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HEADstrong Foundation Brings Annual Benefit to Fishtown

The HEADstrong Foundation, an organization dedicated to aiding families battling cancer and making care more accessible, will host its 15th annual fundraiser on September 18, 2025, from 6 p.m....

Kensington Faces Extreme Heat, Local Leaders Urge Action

Yesterday, local leaders, public health advocates, and elected officials gathered for the first event in the Extreme Weather Emergency Tour, a four-state press tour highlighting how climate-change-fueled extreme weather...

Helping at-risk kids take the right path

  The sport of boxing will always be in Maleek Jackson’s corner. “Boxing was always a thing that I held close to me and I didn’t...

Firefighters, paramedics back Oz

Local 22, the Philadelphia firefighters and paramedics union, endorsed Dr. Mehmet Oz for U.S. Senate. The union released the following statement: "Dr. Oz showed up,...

Put your pet in costume

The Northern Liberties Business Improvement District is partnering with Street Tails Animal Rescue on the eighth annual Hound-O-Ween Fall Festival and Pet Costume Contest,...

Rolo, Jeffrey could be right for you

Rolo is a super-sweet, young mixed-breed (likely some Shepherd) pup who is in foster care through Philadelphia’s Animal Care and Control. Rolo is big...

Going the extra 240 miles

You can’t run 240 miles without taking the first step. That’s one Jim Logan needed to take to get to where he is today. Logan is...

Around Town

Learn to use Narcan State Rep. Joe Hohenstein and the city Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual Disability Services will sponsor a training in Narcan,...
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