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Philadelphia Protesters March After Federal Shooting of Nurse Alex Pretti

On Monday, in below-freezing temperatures, a peaceful march moved through Center City Philadelphia as hundreds of people gathered in support of Minnesota communities and in response to federal immigration...

Philadelphia Plan Closes 20 Schools, Relocates 5,000 Students Citywide

Philadelphia’s public school district released a facilities plan that includes closing 20 schools, relocating nearly 5,000 students in the coming years, merging schools, co-locating programs, modernizing buildings, and repurposing...

Interiorscape made by Portside Arts Center featured at Philadelphia Flower Show

The last thing Portside Arts Center’s founding director, Kim Creighton, expected was a call from the Philadelphia Flower Show. “They just called us out of...

A whirlwind week for supporters, opponents of safe injection sites

For a brief, roughly 24-hour period last week, Philadelphia was set to become the first city in the United States to open a safe...

Hearts on their sleeves

Joann Fithian, 61, has a long road to recovery, but she’s already talking about returning to her corner at Cedar and Allegheny in Port...

Rendell: Safehouse will have a safe injection site in Kensington “if all goes well”

A day after Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Gerald A. McHugh’s ruling that Safehouse’s “proposed operation is to reduce drug use, not facilitate it,”...

Fishtown neighbors green light two companion development proposals

Fishtown residents green-lighted two development projects planned for the corner of Oxford and Belgrade at Tuesday night’s FNA zoning meeting at the First Presbyterian...

Kensington’s famous milk bottle building might just come back to life as a creamery

After operating for more than 100 years in the heart of Kensington, Harbisons’ Dairies - the building with the giant milk bottle on top...
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