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TerraPower Chooses Philly for $450M Medical Isotope Hub

A nuclear science company founded by Bill Gates has chosen South Philadelphia for a new manufacturing facility dedicated to producing radioactive medical isotopes used in cancer treatment. TerraPower Isotopes...

Little Walter’s Turns Neighbor’s Request Into Gluten-Free Pierogi Night

Little Walter’s, a modern Polish restaurant in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, now hosts a monthly gluten-free dinner service after a special event created for one neighbor with celiac disease drew...

Maritime Academy Charter High School thrives in new location

Principal Edward Poznek poses in the school. ALI EAVES / STAR PHOTOAt Maritime Academy Charter High School, the windows are called portholes. The floor is...

Neighborhood news in brief for the week of Jan. 15

Suspected drunk driver crashes into cars, house in BridesburgA man driving a box truck was taken into police custody after he drove into several...

Prison for pot grower

Vinh Quang NguyenThe fragrance of fabric softener blowing out of a Frankford Avenue house in December 2012 was supposed to mask the odor of hundreds...

Two murders within minutes last night

Rickey Carroll, 35, was shot and killed at 9:09 p.m. yesterday in a house on the 3300 block of Amber Street in Port Richmond,...

Local families celebrate Three Kings Day

Volunteers and board members dressed as the Three Kings deliver gifts to children in Concilio programs. COURTESY OF CONCILIOFor some neighborhood families, it’s not just...

A family business

Andrew Rakowski with his wife, Laura, daughters Jenna (right) and Kathryn (center) and son Andrew, Jr. The family will reside above the funeral parlor,...
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