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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...

Robin Morton Broke Cycling’s Barrier as First Woman Team Owner

Philadelphia is preparing to recognize its many firsts ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary. Among them is a development from the city’s cycling community. In the 1980s, Robin Morton...

River Ward events for the week of November 6

Mother of Divine Grace spaghetti supperMDG is hosting its annual spaghetti supper on Sunday, Nov. 10, from 2 to 6 p.m. Tickets are $10...

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...
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