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Tacony Street Traffic Disruptions Expected Amid Major Bridge Construction

Philadelphia drivers should brace for temporary closures of Tacony Street this January as the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) advances work on a critical overhead bridge construction project.  This effort...

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...

Taste of Port Richmond to showcase neighborhood dining scene for fifth year.

If you want to have your kielbasa, coffee and Stock’s pound cake, too, look no farther than Port Richmond this Wednesday. The Port Richmond Business...

Girl Talk

Young girls aged 10 to 17 from the Police Athletic League’s Positive Images program were on hand at Rizzo PAL Center last Monday night...

Right on cue

Fresh off celebrating its second anniversary, the River Wards Theatre Company is busy preparing  for its second full-scale production. The nonprofit community theater organization formed...

Memphis Street Academy gets a new library

Officials from Memphis Street Academy and American Paradigm Schools were on hand Friday morning for the ribbon-cutting of the school’s new library, which was...

Showing their strength

Police Athletic League of Philadelphia last Wednesday held its fourth annual Positive Images Youth Summit at the 26th District PAL, and while it was...

Fallen officer honored in Harrowgate

The Philadelphia Police Department’s 24th district was joined by state Sen. John Sabatina Jr. and Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 president John McNesby...
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