The Philadelphia Orchestra May Be Bankrupt, But Its CEO Earned Nearly $600,000 Last Year

Piazza Neighbors to Bart Blatstein: You Stink. Northern Liberties residents are upset about the developer’s trash. [Daily News]

Suddenly Those Septa Buses Are Looking a Whole Lot Better. The mayor is going to make you pay more to park in Philadelphia. [CBS 3]

Where Have All the Children Gone? Statistics show that kids are disappearing from some Pennsylvania suburbs. [USA Today]

It Means “Having Wavy Hair.” A Montgomery Lackawanna County girl nails “cymotrichous” to win the National Spelling Bee. (Yes, we had to look it up.) [Boston Globe]

Beware the Beaver. No, not the Mel Gibson movie. The animal that’s terrorizing Northeast Philadelphia residents. [ABC 6]

So Much for Those Stupid Wine Kiosks. Wegmans just told the PLCB where they could put their automated wine vending machines. [PhillyBurbs.com]

Overpaid at the Orchestra. The CEO for the bankrupt symphony earned well over a half million dollars last year. [ArtsWatch]

Dude, Where’s My Trolley? Septa unveils realtime apps for bus and trolley travel. [Plan Philly]

It’s National Donut Day! Because Philly just isn’t fat enough, Dunkin’ and Krispy are giving away free donuts today. [FrugalPhillyMom.com]

It’s Philly Beer Week! Burp. [Foobooz]