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Tartaglione’s Safe Injection Site Ban Passes Senate

With a decisive 38-11 vote, the Pennsylvania Senate passed Senate Bill 347, legislation introduced by Senator Christine Tartaglione (D-2) to prohibit the operation of safe injection sites in the...

College Lacrosse: Kate Quinn’s Career Day Lifts No. 23 Drexel Past Towson, 12-9

The Drexel University Dragons are officially on fire. Behind a career-high five-goal performance from Kate Quinn and a milestone day for goalkeeper Jenika Cuocco, No. 23 Drexel muscled past...

Feed the need

Last Thursday, more than 200 hams were handed out to residents in front of Grace Episcopal Church and the Incarnation in Port Richmond. The hams...

Here’s how one Port Richmond deli helped animals during the pandemic

While much of America is finding ways to help people who’ve been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Joanie Thompson, an employee at Hecker’s Deli...

Staying safe

  Usually, Susan Murphy is making hundreds of Fishtown- and Philly-centric tree ornaments, from Philadelphia Parking Authority violations to Fishtown’s self-proclaimed neighborhood beverage, Arctic Splash. But...

Chipping in

The chips may be down, but the community served by Lutheran Settlement House is certainly not being left out. The Fishtown-based nonprofit provides “life-sustaining” services,...

Serving up altruism

With the mandates for restaurants in the city changing overnight a couple of weeks ago, many owners were left scrambling to find new ways...

PPAC’s latest photo exhibition moves online

It’s not exactly how they drew it up, but Ten Years, the latest exhibition from the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, is on display -...
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