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New Kensington Community Engagement Center Opens to Inspire Change

The New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC) has launched a new initiative aimed at bringing neighbors together and expanding access to essential resources. The Kensington Engagement Center, now open at...

Sweetgreen Fishtown Opens with Food, Fun, and a Mission to Give Back

Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood is buzzing with excitement as one of the area’s most anticipated new restaurants, Sweetgreen, opens its doors at 1359 Frankford Avenue.  Known for redefining fast-casual dining with...

Plan aims to avoid Fishtown parking wars

The Fishtown Neighbors Association hosted an open meeting last Tuesday to address a growing concern — parking, particularly along Frankford and Girard avenues.A group of approximately 30–40...

Fishtown nanobrewer finds a new spot

Call it the little brewery that could.Tim Patton, the Fishtown resident behind the proposed Saint Benjamin Brewing Co., says he found a new site for...

At Fairmount Park’s Sedgley Woods, disc golf rules

On the fringe of Fairmount Park, almost every day, you’ll find a growing throng of “golfers” on what is said to be the nation’s...

Get Ready to Pour! Philly Beer Week Returns!

Philadelphia has been called the best beer-drinking city in America and, this week, the city will celebrate the title — call it the City of Brew-therly...

Making Port Richmond’s waterfront the place to be once again

A Port Richmond resident Janusz Kowalski, right, obtains information of the I-95 project from Doug Robbins of URS Corporation at a public meeting event...

Piazza gets ‘Awesome’ summer film line up

When Josh Goldbloom saw the oversized screen going up on the wall at the Piazza at Schmidts a few years ago, his gut instinct...
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