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Unpacking riverfront fun

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With COVID-19 restrictions stopping residents from enjoying the usual day-to-day activities, businesses and organizations came up with creative solutions the last few months, and...

From Marge to Mrs. Claus

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  More children and adults alike in Fishtown may know neighborhood native Margaret “Marge” Wible simply as Mrs. Claus. The 400 block of Miller Street resident...
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Procession held in memory of O’Connor

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By Logan Krum Even while the city and world focused on the coronavirus pandemic, Philadelphia police and residents took time to honor the fallen Sgt....
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Combating COVID-19 cabin fever

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It’s been a little over a week and a half since social distancing recommendations were rolled out and a few days since the City...
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Silver lining

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

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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,...
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Wacker has kids off on right foot

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

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

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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...
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Interiorscape made by Portside Arts Center featured at Philadelphia Flower Show

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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...
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A whirlwind week for supporters, opponents of safe injection sites

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

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