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...