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Spring brings new Cloud Cups Gelato scoop shop

There’s a brand-new gathering spot for lovers of gelato. The traditional Italian dessert treat has found a home at the MaKen Studios North building...

Around Town

Programs at Richmond Library Richmond Library, 2987 Almond St., offers a Literacy Enrichment Afterschool Program that meets Mondays and Tuesdays from 3-6 p.m. and Wednesdays,...

PHOTO GALLERY: Never a dull moment

At Greensgrow Farms’ May 4 Spring Crafts Fair, vendors made their creative wares available to locals, who enjoyed shopping among the other offerings of...

River Ward events for the week of May 15

Keep up with the goings-on in your neighborhood with our “Around the Neighborhoods” guide.Fishtown Tots Preschool ProgramPreschool at Fishtown Recreation Center registration day for...

Neighbors encouraged to stay vigilant in light of recent crime

In a 2012 photo from a meeting about Port Richmond safety, from left: PROPAC president Ken Paul; 24th Police District community relations officer Tina...

Neighborhood demographics: clear like never before

A screenshot of the CultureBlocks tool, with a certain area of the city identified. See bottom of story for River Wards’ data. FROM CULTUREBLOCKSThanks...

A Fishtown fashionista styles for the small screen

Lauren Dougherty, right, who works in Fishtown, appears in fashion segments on many popular TV shows. PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELE COHENA local fashion designer is...

A memorial’s missing name

Fishtowner John Plenskofski (left) has a bronze plaque (middle) for a Port Richmond soldier who died in the Korean War; he and fellow vet...

Documentary team catches crime on film

Members of Rock Ministries, a nondenominational ministry on Kensington Avenue, do outreach with women on Kensington Avenue, as portrayed by the ‘This Is Kensington’...

Planting a dream

Little Emma stands in the com­munity tulip garden at Tulip and East Cum­ber­land streets. Calta­girone cre­ated the garden 20 years ago. MARIA POUCH­NIKOVA /...

Celebrating 30 years of dance in Philly

Pat Kaminski (center) and alumni from the Penn Academy Dance group at the April 20 recital in the Northeast. STAR FILE PHOTOStudents past and present...

Vacant Front Street banks’ fate in judge’s hands

A proposal to demolish historic banks at Front and Norris streets and build low-income housing is being fought in court by two Kensington women...

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