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Common sense tells women that while mammography is an imperfect, inadequate defense against a disease that will kill 40,000 of them this year, it is better than nothing.

Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Southeastern Pennsylvania said Monday its board of directors has given it the go-ahead to invest $950,000 in five early-stage Pennsylvania companies.

Today: is the 320th day of 2009. There are 45 days left in the year. On this date In 1776, British troops captured Fort Washington in New York during the American Revolution.

Bob and Bobbie Leiter of Elkins Park, and Sara and Mark Sokoloff of Fort Washington announce the engagement of their children, Rebecca Susan Leiter and Noah Ian Sokoloff.

Vantage Point Bank said Thursday that it began a public offering of stock Nov. 6 that will continue through Jan.

Chef Alison Barshak is now telling customers that she's officially closed Alison at Blue Bell -- her six-year-old BYOB, which had been closed since Oct.

A random assortment of restaurant deals: Paul , the BYO at 1120 Pine St. in Wash West, is offering $20 three-course meals on Tuesdays.

As part of the Obamaa s administration Making Home Affordable Program name and shame initiative, every month a list of banks and mortgage providers is issued.

With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, things might get a little wild. If you're still looking for plans, perhaps consider one of these options: Wear a Halloween costume to a day-early cocktail party happening October 30 at Alison two in Fort Washington, where cocktail-making demos, along with drink and hors d'oeuvre specials, will be ...

Clinical therapist Margaret Preston believes that working out is key to a woman's mental health.

Margaret Preston with shirts she designed with a pink heart on the sleeve, meant to encourage women to work out together for safety.

A Fort Washington volunteer firefighter is under arrest on sexual assault charges for an alleged relationship with an underaged girl.

Law Offices of Robert A. Stutman represented Harleysville Insurance Company STROUDSBURG, Pa., Oct.

Based in Fort Washington, Pa., Mikros Systems focuses on the research and development of electronic systems technology, primarily for military applications.

Schoemaker-Tester. Annemarie Frances Schoemaker, daughter of Erik and Kathleen Schoemaker of Princeton, to Michael William Tester, son of William and Linda Tester of Fort Washington, Pa., on July 18 at St.

One of the rules of the day - "Respect and be kind to everyone" - is held aloft by Julian Whelan yesterday outside Oak Lane Day School.

The families of the 70 preschool and elementary students at Oak Lane Day School in Blue Bell got the bad news in an e-mail. Despite selling the school's bucolic, 30-acre campus last month to try to stay afloat, the financial challenges of finding a new home and operating a tiny school in an increasingly competitive private school market were just ...

Nearly 200 renters left homeless by a fire at their upscale suburban Philadelphia apartment complex will receive an average of $40,000 from a legal settlement announced Wednesday.

Definition Testicular cancer occurs in the testicles , which are located inside the scrotum, a loose bag of skin underneath the penis.

Their friendship didn't get off to the easiest start. Phyllis Markoff was waiting in her oncologist's office for chemotherapy treatment when she noticed the scarf on the woman across from her, a woman also in her mid-30s named Emily Scattergood.