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Good Citizens at Franklin Towne

Franklin Towne Charter High School announced that six of its 11th-grade students are recent recipients of the Union League’s Good Citizen Award. The students...

Khan touts experience in AG race

Bustleton native Joe Khan is one of five Democrats running on Tuesday for state attorney general. Khan – who attended Greenberg Elementary School, Baldi Middle...

A church grows in Bridesburg

A soon to be sacred space: Pastor Rob Burns of Realife Church in Bridesburg, inside the church’s new building, currently under renovation. SAM NEWHOUSE...

River Wards events for the week of Sept. 11

Outdoor film at Penn Treaty ParkA family film screening will be held at Penn Treaty Park on Friday, Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. “The Amazing...

News in brief for the week of Sept. 11

Fishtown apartments and gym await zoning decisionDeveloper Roland Kassis, who proposed to convert a former hosiery factory in Fishtown into an apartment building with an...

Dancing to their own beat

Born to perform: Young dancers from the NLArts program perform at Liberty Lands as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAN...

Deadline for Homestead Exemption is Friday

Friday — and, yes, it is Friday the 13th — is the deadline to apply for the Homestead Exemption.The exemption takes $30,000 off a property’s assessment for tax...

Port Richmond mother attacked, recovering at home

Barabara Zimath, a 12-year employee of the Wawa at Richmond Street and Allegheny Avenue, was waiting on the 2600 block of Richmond Street for...

24th Police District Captain commends Memphis Street Academy Charter School

A February 2013 photo of a group of Memphis Street Academy Charter School female students, who were enrolled in the “D.I.V.A. Academy” program, which...

‘Good beer, doing good’

Thomas Sheridan, left, and Benjamin Bedard started the Do Good Brewing Company six months ago out of a warehouse on Westmoreland Street in Port...

River Wards events for the week of September 4

PROPAC to meetPROPAC (Port Richmond on Patrol and Civic) will hold its monthly meeting on Thursday, Sept. 5 at Samuel’s Recreation Center, 3501 Gaul St....

River Wards news in brief for the week of Sept. 4

Councilwoman Joan Krajewski passesFormer City Councilwoman Joan Krajewski, originally from Agate Street in Port Richmond, passed away at age 79 on Thursday, August 29,...

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