Elkins Park News

This summer Americans will eat about 7 billion hot dogs, and a good amount of those will be consumed on the 4th of July alone! So, for this week's edition of a Taste of the Jersey Shore, Phaedra Laird heads off the boardwalk to see what makes the franks at The Hot Dog Hut such a popular choice.

Rabbi Ira F. Stone can cite one reason why Conservative congregations have been losing ground to their Reform and Reconstructionist counterparts: Many people perceive them as less open to intermarried families.

Elkins Park, Pa. - June 30, 2009 -- Alysse Einbender,49, of Wyncote, Pennsylvania is learning to stand and walk again with the help of a device called the ReWalk.

Can the Presidential candidate recover from his gaffes at Pat's this week? By Craig LaBan Inquirer Restaurant Critic This article was originally published in The Philadelphia Inquirer on Aug.

A Pennsylvania rehabilitation hospital has started the first U.S. clinical trials of a motorized robotic suit that uses computer sensors to help paralyzed patients stand and walk.

Dr. Gilbert Grossman, 76, lost much of his nest egg to Bernie Madoff's swindling.

MossRehab Hospital is hosting a media event Tuesday to demonstrate new technology being developed to allow paraplegics to stand, walk and climb stairs.

To the guy in the Suzuki with NJ plates, I'm really sorry that I almost caused a car accident with you at around 8pm at Washington Ln.

The first female clinical trials patient and an experienced male user and soldier from Israel will demonstrate going from a wheelchair to performing ambulatory functions using the Re Walk suit.

A defense lawyer went ballistic at the Criminal Justice Center yesterday after a judge initially refused to lower his client's bail or change his sentence in a contempt case.

When you Wistar upon a "Star": The Brind brand of communal service has always been known as one of excellence, and now Ira Brind , president of his own investment firm, will be honored with the Wistar Award at the institute's gala this fall at the Rittenhouse.

Soliciting support and testimonials, Jane Golden and Steve Powers go door to door along Market Street near 56th.

When Congress authorized the American flag in 1777, it created a grand banner but a peculiar design dilemma.

As long as her parents can remember, Leah Horowitz had always been drawn to adventure and fascinated with the wider world.

Wine Thief , Chris Simpson's bistro at 7152 Germantown Ave . , is due to open Wednesday night.

A visit to a former pharmacy in Krakow, Poland, became a poignant moment of a trip with my husband to Eastern Europe.

Reconstructionist Judaism was born in the United States. It makes sense, then, that Reconstructionist rabbis would want to bring democracy and Judaism together.

Brian Gralnick has always been civic-minded and community-oriented. He worked in local and state politics, then for the Pennsylvania Department of Aging in Harrisburg.

A show and sale of art by professional artists living with disabilities is on display for three more weeks at an Elkins Park rehabilitiation center.

ELKINS PARK, Pa. - May 31, 2009 -- Most of us take walking for granted. It just comes naturally.