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Philly Jazz Scene Grows with Black Squirrel and Cellar Dog

Philadelphia’s jazz culture has deepened with the arrival of two new venues, Black Squirrel Club in Fishtown and Cellar Dog in Center City.  The venues join a legacy of iconic...

Shake Shack Opens New Fishtown Location in Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood is buzzing with excitement as Shake Shack prepares to open its doors at 1359 Frankford Ave.  This highly anticipated event is a major piece of Fishtown news,...

Soft spot for ice cream

Once an ice cream shop, always an ice cream shop. At least that's how father and son duo Frank, 61, and Anthony, 32, DiSalvo saw...

Crease Street Garden continues efforts to maintain its space

Efforts to maintain a vacated lot-turned-sprawling garden in Fishtown received a major boost this past week. The Crease Street Garden, located on the 1200 block...

Henon to remain in office until sentencing

City Councilman Bobby Henon (D-6th dist.) released a statement indicating he will remain in office until he is sentenced on Feb. 22. A federal jury...

Finding new ways to practice religion

A new community at Grace Episcopal Church and the Incarnation in Port Richmond is looking to reimagine how young people can engage in Christianity. Called...

Henon guilty, sentencing on Feb. 22

City Councilman Bobby Henon faces a Feb. 22 sentencing after a federal jury convicted him Monday of 10 counts of conspiracy to commit honest...

VFW holds Veterans Day ceremony

The Bridesburg Lawton VFW Post 2 celebrated Veterans Day with a memorial service on Thursday. Friends, neighbors and fellow veterans gathered at the headquarters of...
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