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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....

Kensington Faces Extreme Heat, Local Leaders Urge Action

Yesterday, local leaders, public health advocates, and elected officials gathered for the first event in the Extreme Weather Emergency Tour, a four-state press tour highlighting how climate-change-fueled extreme weather...

LAST CHANCE: Vote for the Best of the River Wards 2013!

If you haven’t voted, vote NOW:Thanks for voting in Star’s 2013 readers’ choice contest! Vote once from now through Aug. 30, 2013, at 3 p.m....

Blighted wall collapses; neighbors hope for action

The partially collapsed property at 325 W. Girard Ave, seen above on Aug. 20, has been declared “imminently dangerous” by the city’s Department of...

Public notice: A letter from State Rep. John Taylor Re: 2121 Wheatsheaf Lane

2121 Wheatsheaf Lane, where the Kintock Group will build its headquarters. It could one day become a halfway house. SAM NEWHOUSE / STAR PHOTOTo: Mr....

Giving from one neighborhood to another

A family smiles with the school supplies donations they picked up at the “Stuff the Bus” event. COURTESY OF HYPERION BANKThe Portside Arts Center in...

Neighborhood news in brief for the week of August 28

State wants motorists’ inputPennDOT and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission seek the public’s input on traveler information through a brief online survey, available at www.511PA.com...

River Ward events for the week of August 28

Frank Glavin Girl Scouts car washThe Girl Scout Troops at Frank Glaving Playground, 2600 Westmoreland St., will host a car wash on Saturday, Sept. 7,...
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