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Subzero Shock Strikes Philly Monday—Midweek Thaw on the Way

Philadelphia and the surrounding region spent Monday under dangerously cold conditions as an Arctic air mass remained locked over the Delaware Valley. Although skies were mostly sunny for much...

Kensington Schools Embed Mentors to Turn Survival Into Graduation Wins

In West Kensington, one of Philadelphia’s most economically challenged neighborhoods, high schools are rebuilding the path to graduation by embedding support directly inside classrooms. More than a quarter of...

Civic group meets to dicsuss issues of blight and crime

On Jan. 18 inside Kensington’s Trinity Presbyterian Church, a small group gathered in an attempt to solve a very large problem.Led by organizer and facilitator...

Fishtown man charged in two bank robberies

FBI agents and Lower Merion Township police on Jan. 17 arrested a man wanted in connection with two bank robberies in the Northeast last month.Brandon...

Body pulled from Delaware River is missing Bridesburg man

The search for missing Bridesburg resident Joe “Babe” McGeehan came to a sorrowful end on Sunday when a volunteer search crew pulled his body...

Feeling Crafty

The current show at the Walnut Street Theatre — based on Agatha Christie’s classic thriller The Mousetrap — is touted as the world’s longest-running play.This year marks its...

Where’s Joe McGeehan?

A Jeep pulled from the Delaware River on Sunday is the vehicle of Joseph McGeehan, the missing Bridesburg man who has been the subject...

Megawords is Mega Art

If you walk into the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s west entrance — the one at the rear, away from the widely known entrance atop the famous...
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