Love is in the chair
If you’ve recently taken a stroll through Campbell Square, you may have noticed a shiny, red oversized lawn chair.
The custom, wooden Adirondack-style furniture is...
Norris Square Neighborhood Project wins $20,000 award for its efforts in sustainable agriculture
Since 1973, the Norris Square Neighborhood Project has provided a safe space for local residents and their children to develop sustainable-agriculture skills in the...
Candidate Q&A
With less than a week left until an election that will decide the next leader of the country, voters will also head to the...
Kensington Avenue is getting a police substation, which the PPD hopes can benefit surrounding neighborhoods as well
The Philadelphia Police Department’s 24th district, which includes Kensington, Port Richmond, Harrowgate and Juniata, currently leads the city with 46 homicides so far this...
Senior news
REUNIONS
Thomas Junior High reunion set for October 2021
An all-class reunion for the former George C. Thomas Junior High School will take place on Oct....
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...
