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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...

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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 3-6 p.m. and Wednesdays,...

SugarHouse offers reward after string of robberies

A $10,000 reward has been offered for information leading police to the men who have followed casino patrons home and robbed them.In announcing the reward...

River Ward events for the week of September 19

PRWCAN to meetThe next meeting of the Port Richmond West Community Action network will be Thurs., Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. at the Memphis Street...

Steering clear of the scam slam

“Who does he think he’s kidding?” a Northeast Philadelphia woman said she thought as a man on the other end of the phone told...

Candidate Freed visits River Wards

David Freed (left), the district attorney in Cumberland County who is running for attorney general, Bob Branstetter (center), and Marc Collazzo (right) sit down...

Author remembers Depression-era Fishtown

Some 80 years ago, close to midnight on sleepy Sunday evenings, the elevated train returning to Philadelphia from Atlantic City would pull up and...

Victory blooms in the River Wards

Eight River Wards-based gardens took honors in this year’s Philadelphia Horticultural Society Citywide Garden Contest.About 250 Philadelphia gardens were entered into the contest, which began...

In brief: back-and-forth over Finnigan’s balconies

Last Tuesday, Mayor Michael Nutter vetoed a controversial plan to build balconies above Spring Garden Street at the Finnigan’s Wake bar and restaurant in...

Port Rich. pizza cook charged in phone hoax

A Port Richmond pizza cook is in hot water with the feds after allegedly perpetrating a fake bomb threat as revenge for a “compromising...

Arts and crafts for all at Lehigh Ave. Arts Festival

Now in its biggest year ever, the Lehigh Avenue Arts Festival attracted over 50 arts vendors to Port Richmond last Saturday to peddle their...

Fishtown: ‘Yes’ to Canal St. North project

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERAThough the primary — and overwhelming — concern was the availability of parking, Fishtown residents voted in support last Tuesday of Core Realty’s proposal for a “family-friendly...

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