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Evil Genius throwing a block party for its newest offering

Tom Rimback -
Evil Genius Beer Company is throwing a 4/20-themed block party at its taproom at 1727 N. Front St. in Fishtown on April 19. The celebration...

Eagles draft needs quickly coming into focus

Tom Rimback -
The never-ending National Football League season is barreling toward another milestone. The annual NFL Draft is just weeks away, beginning on April 25. The initial...

Silver lining

Melissa Komar -
After seeing reports of shortages in supplies for medical field workers fighting on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis, Rebecca Harter, 39, decided...

Fishtown-area businesses grapple with the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic

Tom Beck -
As the coronavirus pandemic rears its ugly head, government-mandated social distancing practices have ended plans for not only sporting events and concerts, but weddings,...

Wacker has kids off on right foot

Joe Mason -
Steve Wacker isn’t your typical stay-at-home dad. In fact, he’s usually busy as an assistant soccer coach at St. Joseph’s University. But last week, after the...

The safe injection site fight is shaping up to be a battle between residents and health experts

Tom Beck -
In last Monday’s City Council hearing in front of the Public Health and Human Services Committee, testimonies from roughly 30 individuals in the debate...

Philly won’t be getting a safe injection site anytime soon. Supporters of the cause think there’s plenty of blame to go around.

Tom Beck -
Despite Safehouse’s efforts to implement the country’s first safe injection site in Philadelphia, many members of the city’s pro-safe injection site community have told...

Interiorscape made by Portside Arts Center featured at Philadelphia Flower Show

Tom Beck -
The last thing Portside Arts Center’s founding director, Kim Creighton, expected was a call from the Philadelphia Flower Show. “They just called us out of...

A whirlwind week for supporters, opponents of safe injection sites

Tom Beck -
For a brief, roughly 24-hour period last week, Philadelphia was set to become the first city in the United States to open a safe...

Kensington’s famous milk bottle building might just come back to life as a creamery

Tom Beck -
After operating for more than 100 years in the heart of Kensington, Harbisons’ Dairies - the building with the giant milk bottle on top...

Q+A: The Fishtown Kensington Area BID’s new executive director, Marc Collazzo

Tom Beck -
Local business owners’ desire to formulate a business improvement district dedicated to the booming Fishtown and Kensington neighborhoods dates to 2018, and as of...

New cop on the block

Melissa Komar -
With every new year comes new beginnings and, at Rizzo PAL in Port Richmond, a new cop is ready to take the reins. Police Officer...
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