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How Philly-Area Athletes Performed at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Team USA closed the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo ranked second behind Norway in both overall medals and gold medals. The Americans totaled 33 medals,...

Up to 16 Inches of Snow Hits Philadelphia, Snow Emergency Declared

A winter storm dropped more than a foot of snow across Philadelphia, triggering a Snow Emergency and activating a citywide response. The National Weather Service reported 14.0 inches of snow...

Kensington tulip garden wins big

Little Emma plays in Joe Caltagirone’s award-winning garden on Tulip Street in Kensington. MARIA POUCHNIKOVA / STAR PHOTOA neighborhood oasis: Twenty years ago, local resident...

Local politicians help bag hunger

Local River Wards politicians joined customers Sept. 18 at the ShopRite store on Aramingo Avenue to help bag groceries as part of ShopRite’s Partners...

River Ward events for the week of September 25

PRCG to meetJoin the Port Richmond Community Group on Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7 p.m., at Our Lady Help of Christians’ church hall, at Allegheny...

Bridesburg private security: yay or nay?

Members of the Pennsylvania Private Police, who advertised their security patrol services to Bridesburg residents last week. From left, Chief Harry Mearing, Capt. Christopher...

Golf game supports local cops

Swings for support: Philadelphia Police Department 24th District Capt. Charles Vogt (fourth from right), PDAC chair Pat Healey (third from right), and several officers...

A neighborhood symbol in need

Northern Liberties resident Mary Dankanis beside the neighborhood’s memorial to World War I “doughboys,” which she says is falling into a state of neglect....
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