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Glen Foerd 3rd Thursday Returns July 17 with Live Music, BBQ & Family Fun

Glen Foerd’s popular 3rd Thursday event returns on Thursday, July 17, 2025, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Glen Foerd, 5001 Grant Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19114. This month’s event features: ...

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....

What’s your NoLibs story?

Baker points out decades-old artifacts meant for the exhibit. MIKALA JAMISON / STAR PHOTOJennifer Baker once found artistic inspiration in the wreckage of a neighborhood.Now,...

EDITORIAL: The great, big parking problem

FROM WIKIMEDIA COMMONSPhiladelphians have a parking problem, but it may not be the one you think.Lack of parking is the grandest grievance of most city-dwelling...

A River Wards Halloween

The Girl Scouts at Frank Glavin Playground and its Advisory Council went all out for their Halloween haunted house, on Friday and Saturday, Oct....

River Ward events for the week of October 30

Liberti church Halloween partyOn Halloween night, liberti church east will open its doors at 2424 E. York St. for kids and families to enjoy...

City announces tax plan to help some homeowners who have fallen behind

The city this month announced it will help some homeowners who have fallen behind in paying their property taxes to get current and stay current.They...

Community grants from SugarHouse will soon increase

The SugarHouse casino has disbursed funds to some River Wards communities through the Penn Treaty Special Services District since 2009. FILE PHOTOIt may just be...
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