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Borski Park Opens in Bridesburg with July Celebration

A decade in the making, Bridesburg’s Robert A. Borski, Jr. Park will be open to the public on July 11th at 10 am with a dedication ceremony taking place...

Philadelphia Launches Red Card Philly Anti-Trafficking Campaign

As part of the City of Philadelphia’s Fiscal Year 2026 Operating Budget, City Council approved $500,000 in funding to launch “Red Card Philly,” a comprehensive, multilingual awareness campaign to...

Spreading Christmas Cheer to Seniors: Nativity Place Elves

“This year, it’s even more people reaching out than last year,” Lynch said. “Children from Cohox Tots come and they wear their elves hats...

Maritime Charter students clean up Port Richmond Veterans Park

“It’s not a city park so we didn’t know who to contact,” said Hentnick. “I still don’t know who is supposed to be responsible...

Our Lady Help of Christians Church added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places

The church was nominated by Philadelphia-based historian Celeste Morello.In a surprise move, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia did not oppose the nomination of Our Lady Help...

Ladder to success

Longtime Ladder 16 firefighter recognized for life-saving actions in Port Richmond.“I can’t say a whole lot about the individual award because we worked as...

Hohenstein wins 177th district race

Kozlowski said it was too much to overcome the Democratic voter-registration advantage. She thanked her family, Pratt Street neighbors, Taylor, ward leaders. top campaign...

A spooktacular bash

St. Anne’s Senior Community Center hosts annual Halloween party.One member decorated a door for Thanksgiving.“She did a fall theme, and that’s in our entryway,...
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