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Bridge Deck Repair, Barrier Installation Scheduled at Night Next Week on Interstate 95 in Northeast Philadelphia

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that bridge deck repair and barrier installation are planned at night next week on I-95 in Northeast Philadelphia. Motorists are advised of...

Time Mission Philadelphia Opens with Free Adventure Weekend

Time Mission, a team-based adventure experience, is set to open in Philadelphia on Friday, October 17, 2025, at 1530 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102. This marks Pennsylvania’s first Time Mission...

Neighborhood news in brief for the week of Nov. 6

Bridesburg private police leave neighborhoodStar reported in September that at a Bridesburg community meeting that month, residents were handed brochures for the Pennsylvania Private...

A brighter future for the American Street corridor

American Street in Kensington (pictured) is filled with former industrial sites, some of which are being developed for new businesses and housing. SAM NEWHOUSE...

Greenway is a ‘great vision’ in Port Richmond

A student celebration: Mayor Michael Nutter (at left) greets Our Lady of Port Richmond School students, who made the first walk down Port Richmond’s...

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....
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