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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....

River Wards events for the week of Sept. 11

Outdoor film at Penn Treaty ParkA family film screening will be held at Penn Treaty Park on Friday, Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. “The Amazing...

News in brief for the week of Sept. 11

Fishtown apartments and gym await zoning decisionDeveloper Roland Kassis, who proposed to convert a former hosiery factory in Fishtown into an apartment building with an...

Dancing to their own beat

Born to perform: Young dancers from the NLArts program perform at Liberty Lands as part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAN...

Deadline for Homestead Exemption is Friday

Friday — and, yes, it is Friday the 13th — is the deadline to apply for the Homestead Exemption.The exemption takes $30,000 off a property’s assessment for tax...

Port Richmond mother attacked, recovering at home

Barabara Zimath, a 12-year employee of the Wawa at Richmond Street and Allegheny Avenue, was waiting on the 2600 block of Richmond Street for...

24th Police District Captain commends Memphis Street Academy Charter School

A February 2013 photo of a group of Memphis Street Academy Charter School female students, who were enrolled in the “D.I.V.A. Academy” program, which...
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