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95% of Philly School Speed Cushions Fail Safety Standards

A newly released report from the Philadelphia City Controller’s Office details extensive noncompliance in speed cushions installed outside city schools, finding that nearly all reviewed locations failed to meet...

Health Experts Urge Vaccination as Measles Cases Surface in Lancaster County

Pennsylvania has recorded its first five measles cases of 2026, all in Lancaster County, among unvaccinated school-aged children and young adults. The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed the cluster,...

Pence delivers pro-police message at FOP

Vice President Mike Pence was at Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5 on Thursday, meeting with the family of a slain officer and eight...

Residents call out DA, rally for change at protest in Kensington as Krasner responds

Kensington resident George Kalfas lives only three blocks from the Allegheny stop on SEPTA’s Market-Frankford Line. In the last six months, he’s been robbed...

Quiñones-Sánchez slams Kenney administration over handling of Kensington; mayor’s office responds

After weeks of complaints from residents about a higher-than-usual volume of trash on the streets in the Kensington area, City Councilwoman Maria Quiñones-Sánchez called...

Philadelphia Dairy milkmen bringing back home deliveries

Erin Clancy-Carfagno works in administration in her dad’s ice cream and dairy distribution businesses, and heard recently from a Merion Station doctor who was...

Heidelbaugh opposes defunding police

Heather Heidelbaugh, the Republican candidate for attorney general, called on incumbent Democrat Josh Shapiro to state his position on the newly developed effort to...

Your guide to eating outdoors in the River Wards

At last! As Philadelphia gradually slides into the yellow phase of reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the city, as of Friday, has officially allowed...
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