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Home, sweet home

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When Bridesburg native Adam Gault began fostering Petey in September, things were looking anywhere but up. The pup’s longtime, former owner, the late St. John...

Time Out: Leprechaun Sports Association

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The Leprechauns Sports Association clubhouse in Port Richmond should be brimming with excitement about the program’s 60th anniversary.  Instead, sustainability for the future is the...
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Chalkin’ up some fun

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If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us about Philly and the River Wards neighborhoods, it’s that the communities are creative and still...
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Saintly celebration

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Shortly after the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, Oct. 25, parishioners gathered in front of St. Adalbert Church for a special occasion: a statue...
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Honoring police hero Jimmy O’Connor

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Several hundred people braved heavy rains Friday morning to pay tribute to fallen police Cpl. Jimmy O’Connor. A plaque was dedicated in O’Connor’s memory outside...
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Historians, community advocates fret over the future of former Penn Home building in Fishtown

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When the Star asked historian Oscar Beisert if he thought the now former Penn Home building - Fishtown’s oldest structure dating more than 250...
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Exploring AI

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If catching up on reading during these unprecedented times has been on your checklist, look no further than the River Ward’s own backyard. Bridesburg resident...
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Fishtown neighbors come together to show support for family who lost son to suicide

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Standing in front of a small crowd of his fellow Fishtown residents at the corner of Albert and Tulip streets Wednesday evening, Tony Cassetta...
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Pulling for Petey

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Petey didn’t have much going for him when his owner, St. John Cantius pastor the Rev. Joseph J. Zingaro, passed away in May from...
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Artist Lauren Rinaldi gets “outwardly political” in her latest exhibition, Representative

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In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, studies showed that banks led by a higher proportion of women fared better during the great...
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Paul Moore Band on Road to Anglesea

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Irish Weekend has been a staple of the fall in North Wildwood since 1992. And Paul Moore has missed just two of them. He wasn’t around...
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Stars spotted: Cutting back-to-school cost

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NB Shop, a multicultural unisex barber shop in Fishtown, is hosting its 10th annual back-to-school giveaway. “It’s just for kids to have the tools they...
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