Historians, community advocates fret over the future of former Penn Home building in Fishtown
When the Star asked historian Oscar Beisert if he thought the now former Penn Home building - Fishtown’s oldest structure dating more than 250...
Fishtown neighbors come together to show support for family who lost son to suicide
Standing in front of a small crowd of his fellow Fishtown residents at the corner of Albert and Tulip streets Wednesday evening, Tony Cassetta...
Pulling for Petey
Petey didn’t have much going for him when his owner, St. John Cantius pastor the Rev. Joseph J. Zingaro, passed away in May from...
Hohenstein, Isaacson cosponsor bill to give driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants
There used to be a time when an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number was all Pennsylvania residents needed to obtain a state driver’s license. But...
Hohenstein, PPD work to fight illegal drag racing near Bridesburg
Yvonne Stephens can’t get any sleep. She’s not the only one.
“The music is so loud you can hear it in Bridesburg,” Stephens, who resides...
