Portal:Philadelphia/news archive/2007
Philadelphia Portal news archive
2007[edit]
- December
- December 18: Unisys Corp. announces that it will move from Blue Bell, Pennsylvania into Two Liberty Place in Center City, Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- December 16: KYW-TV news anchor Alycia Lane is arrested in New York City for assaulting a police officer. (AP)
- December 13: Former Philadelphia Phillies players, Lenny Dykstra and David Bell are linked to performance-enhancing drugs in the Mitchell Report during their time as Phillies players. Seven other former Phillies players were also named in the report. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- December 4: Ed Stefanski is introduced as the new president and general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- November
- November 20: Jimmy Rollins becomes the second Philadelphia Phillies player in a row to be named the National League's Most Valuable Player. (Bloomberg)
- November 17: Philadelphia disc jockey Hy Lit dies. (WPVI-TV)
- November 15: Mayor-elect Michael Nutter announces that Charles H. Ramsey will be the next Police Commissioner of Philadelphia. (KYW-TV)
- November 13: The Philadelphia City Council Rules Committee approves construction of the 43-story Trump Tower. (Daily News)
- November 8: Temple University announces that Mayor John F. Street will teach two courses in the spring semester of 2008. (Philly.com)
- November 6: 2007 Philadelphia mayoral election: Michael Nutter is elected the next mayor of Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- November 1: Head of the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania, Charles Bennison, is suspended as a result of charges that he concealed his brother's sexual abuse of a minor girl in the 1970s. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- October
- October 26: Prominent judge and Philadelphia native, Lisa Richette, dies in South Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- October 23: WYSP drops talk radio show Opie and Anthony. (Daily News)
- October 21: The new home of the Philadelphia Theatre Company, the Suzanne Roberts Theatre, opens along the Avenue of the Arts. (KYW-TV)
- October 18: Philadelphia city government announces that the Cradle of Liberty Council will have to pay a rent of $200,000, starting on May 31, 2008, or vacate their building. (AP)
- October 18: The owners of the boxing venue The Blue Horizon confirm that the building is up for sale. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- October 4: Mustafa Ali is charged with the murder of two armored-truck guards in Northeast Philadelphia. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- September
- September 27: Bono and the organization DATA accept the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center. (WPVI-TV)
- September 25: The U.S. Department of Transportation gave US Airways tentative approval for direct flights between Philadelphia and Beijing. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- September 15: The Philadelphia Museum of Art's Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman Building officially opens to the public. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- September 2: A trans fat ban goes into effect in Philadelphia restaurants. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- September 1: The body of Floyd Nelson, father of basketball player Jameer Nelson, is found in the Delaware River. (WTXF-TV)
- August
- August 21: Philadelphia Media Holdings L.L.C. announces that the The Inquirer Building is up for sale. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- August 17: Former basketball player and Philadelphia native, Eddie Griffin dies in a car crash. (AP)
- August 15: Construction begins on the expansion of the Pennsylvania Convention Center. (WTXF-TV)
- August 15: Christoph Eschenbach will continue to conduct the Philadelphia Orchestra through the 2009 - 2010 season. (AP)
- August 7: Pacifica Ventures announces its intent to open a film studio in the Philadelphia area in 2008. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- July
- July 29: Former Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Bill Robinson dies in Las Vegas. (Newsday)
- July 29: Former KYW-TV news anchor and national talk show host Tom Snyder dies. (AP)
- July 15: The Philadelphia Phillies lose their 10,000th game, the first team in any U.S. sport to lose that many. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- June
- June 29: Mayor John F. Street is criticized for waiting in line to buy an iPhone at a Center City store. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- June 27: The U.S. Census Bureau reports that Phoenix officially surpasses Philadelphia in population rankings making Philadelphia the sixth largest city in the U.S. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- June 18: The Comcast Center officially becomes the tallest building in Philadelphia after a topping out ceremony. (Evening Bulletin)
- June 7: Because of the eviction of the Cradle of Liberty Council by the Philadelphia City Council, Philadelphia would become largest U.S. city without Boy Scout building. (Wikinews)
- June 4: Former president of the Independence Seaport Museum, John S. Carter, pleads guilty to fraud and tax evasion for misappropriating more than US$1 million in funds from the museum. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- May
- May 31: In an unannounced vote, the Philadelphia City Council voted to evict the Cradle of Liberty Council Boy Scouts from the building they have occupied since 1928. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- May 23: Mark J. Frisby becomes the publisher of the Philadelphia Daily News. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- May 21: Former president of Independence Seaport Museum, John S. Carter, is charged with fraud and tax evasion for misappropriating more than US$1 million in funds from the museum. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- May 15: Michael Nutter wins the Democratic primary nomination for the 2007 mayoral election. Republican Al Taubenberger ran unopposed. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- April
- April 26: The Philadelphia Zoo announces that three of its African elephants will be moved to Pittsburgh Zoo's International Conservation Center. (Pittsburgh Business Times)
- April 19: Activist Marie Hicks, who led efforts to desegregate Girard College in the 1960s, dies. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- April 17: The jazz club Zanzibar Blue announces that it will close its Bellevue location on April 29. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- April 13: A Commonwealth Court rules that mayoral candidate Bob Brady should not be kept off the primary ballot for not revealing all of his income on his financial-interests statement. (AP)
- April 11: Thomas Jefferson University announces it has sold Thomas Eakins painting, Portrait of Professor Benjamin H. Rand, to the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- March
- March 27: The strike at the Community College of Philadelphia ends. (Evening Bulletin)
- March 22: Ann Weaver Hart is officially installed as the first female president of Temple University. (Philadelphia Inquirer).
- March 20: The Maryland Zoo announces it will not be able to take the Philadelphia Zoo's three African elephants. (Philadelphia Inquirer).
- March 13: Faculty and staff at the Community College of Philadelphia go on strike. (AP)
- March 8: Former Philadelphia Phillies player and manager, John Vukovich, dies. (KYW-TV)
- March 6: Milton Street drops out of the mayoral race and is running for City Council At Large instead. (WPVI-TV)
- February
- February 22: The Philadelphia Orchestra announces that Charles Dutoit will be interim chief conductor starting in 2008 - 2009 season. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- February 16: Former WCAU news anchor Ralph Penza dies. (AP)
- February 15: Mayor Street's brother Milton Street announces that he plans to run for mayor on the Democratic ticket. (WCAU)
- February 13: Philadelphia Eagles coach Andy Reid announces that he will take a leave of absence until the middle of March to deal with family issues. (ABC News)
- February 8: Philadelphia City Council passes a trans fat ban for city restaurants. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- February 6: Pennsylvania State Senator Vince Fumo is indicted for fraud. (ABC News)
- February 2: Joey Chestnut wins the Wing Bowl for a second consecutive time. (Philly Sportsline)
- January
- January 26: Prince Charles and his wife Camilla arrive in Philadelphia. Their plans include visiting various Philadelphia landmarks. (AP)
- January 25: Representative Bob Brady announces that he will run for the Democratic mayoral nomination. (Daily News)
- January 18: Philadelphia is named the second-best American city to make a film in by MovieMaker Magazine. (Philadelphia Inquirer).
- January 10: Comcast announces it plans to sell its internet, voice and video services to small businesses. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- January 5: Thomas Eakins's painting, The Gross Clinic is moved to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Evening Bulletin)
- January 1: The Mummers Parade is postponed for January 6 because of rain. (Daily News)