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Shapiro doubles down on combating gun violence

Gov. Josh Shapiro took to the road to spread the message that reducing gun violence is a priority for the state and his administration. The...

Cornerstone Kensington pharmacy set to close

There’s another drug crisis brewing in Kensington. This time, it is about legal drugs. Lifesaving drugs. Drugs for all the good people of the...

PECO warns of latest small-business scam

PECO is warning its small business customers about a scam involving their electric bills. Con artists are threatening some of the utility’s customers that...

SNAPSHOT: Rocking out for a great cause

COURTESY OF ROCK TO THE FUTUREOn Saturday, Aug. 24, youth music outreach organization Rock to the Future hosted its “Rally for Rock” event at Northern...

River Wards experience end-of-summer crime spike

The CVS store on Aramingo Avenue, where police officers responded last week to what turned out to be a phony bomb threat. SAM NEWHOUSE...

What are our students going back to?

FROM WIKIMEDIA COMMONSBridesburg mom Kristin Misko said she has always believed in public education.With three children — in kindergarten, first and third grade — about to begin the...

LAST CHANCE: Vote for the Best of the River Wards 2013!

If you haven’t voted, vote NOW:Thanks for voting in Star’s 2013 readers’ choice contest! Vote once from now through Aug. 30, 2013, at 3 p.m....

Blighted wall collapses; neighbors hope for action

The partially collapsed property at 325 W. Girard Ave, seen above on Aug. 20, has been declared “imminently dangerous” by the city’s Department of...

Public notice: A letter from State Rep. John Taylor Re: 2121 Wheatsheaf Lane

2121 Wheatsheaf Lane, where the Kintock Group will build its headquarters. It could one day become a halfway house. SAM NEWHOUSE / STAR PHOTOTo: Mr....

Giving from one neighborhood to another

A family smiles with the school supplies donations they picked up at the “Stuff the Bus” event. COURTESY OF HYPERION BANKThe Portside Arts Center in...

Neighborhood news in brief for the week of August 28

State wants motorists’ inputPennDOT and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission seek the public’s input on traveler information through a brief online survey, available at www.511PA.com...

River Ward events for the week of August 28

Frank Glavin Girl Scouts car washThe Girl Scout Troops at Frank Glaving Playground, 2600 Westmoreland St., will host a car wash on Saturday, Sept. 7,...

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