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Programs at Richmond Library Richmond Library, 2987 Almond St., offers a Literacy Enrichment Afterschool Program that meets Mondays and Tuesdays from 2-6 p.m. and Wednesdays,...

More outreach, investment planned for Kensington

City Councilwoman Quetcy Lozada (D-7th dist.) said she welcomes Council’s and the Parker administration’s attention to the opioid crisis in Kensington, which included action...

We will never forget

In tribute: A memorial flag is illuminated near the spot where American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. FROM...

Coming next week…

Check out the September 18 edition of Star to see which people, places and businesses in your neighborhoods won in our 2013 “Best of...

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...

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