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HEADstrong Foundation Brings Annual Benefit to Fishtown

The HEADstrong Foundation, an organization dedicated to aiding families battling cancer and making care more accessible, will host its 15th annual fundraiser on September 18, 2025, from 6 p.m....

Kensington Faces Extreme Heat, Local Leaders Urge Action

Yesterday, local leaders, public health advocates, and elected officials gathered for the first event in the Extreme Weather Emergency Tour, a four-state press tour highlighting how climate-change-fueled extreme weather...

Palmer Doggie Depot volunteers work to raise funds and recycle Christmas trees

The comforting feeling of a fresh start to a new year - or in this case a new decade - that January brings is...

Not Just a PAL, a Hero

From now on, every day is a Saturday for Ernie Rehr. “That’s what he says whenever people ask him how his retirement is going,” said...

A special display for Coach Jay

When Jason “Bubba” DiMartino, 46, passed away in February 2018 from cholangiocarcinoma, he left behind a wife, two sons, extended family and numerous friends. The...

Fishtown point of view

On Tuesday, Dec. 3, dozens of people perused photographs hanging at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center taken by an unlikely collection of artists: elementary school...

O Christmas Tree

Although the temperature was hovering near freezing, the dozens who gathered Saturday evening in a schoolyard in Port Richmond were merry and bright. School staff,...

Merry and bright

Greensgrow Farms, 2501 E. Cumberland St., will host the final day of its annual Holiday Bazaar today, Dec. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4...
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