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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...

River Wards events for the week of Oct. 24

Stay up to date on what’s going on in your neighborhood.Pumpkin painting partyRichmond Library, 2987 Almond St., will host a pumpkin painting party for children...

City to clean up Frankford and Tulip encampments in new plan to combat opioid crisis

The city’s new plan is divided into seven different “mission areas,” each of which are run by different organizations within the city government.Thursday afternoon,...

Setting the stage

River Wards Theatre Company to present first production.“Wednesday is a goth princess,” she said. “She is so powerful, she stands her ground, and, she...

River Wards event for the week of Oct. 15

Stay up to date on what’s going on in your neighborhoodGrief and loss support groupHave you experienced a significant loss in life? Are you living...

Shooting the Kensington Blues with Jeffrey Stockbridge

Stockbridge’s photography of Kensington eventually amounted to a photo book called Kensington Blues, which features 168 pages of scenes everyday life of the heroin...

Fit for a T-shirt

Fishtown natives design T-shirts responding to nickname.By Melissa KomarWith houses going for $700K and coffee shops popping up faster than you can brew that cup...
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