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Federal Judge Orders Penn to Turn Over List of Jewish Employees

A federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to give federal investigators information about Jewish faculty and staff during a discrimination investigation tied to antisemitism complaints reported on...

Philadelphia May Add Delivery Tax to Fix Growing Pothole Problem

Philadelphia officials are considering a plan that would connect road repairs to the growing volume of package deliveries across the city. Mayor Cherelle Parker proposed the idea in March...

Shane Kelly’s name lives on through soccer

Shane Kelly.Shane Kelly loved good soccer. Even beyond that, he was consumed by the sport’s ability to bring people together.Coming up on the two-year...

Two blighted homes, one hardworking office

A warning posted by the SPCA on the door of 3118 Miller St. The blighted property was being occupied by squatters who had animals....

Schoolyard dreams take root at Hackett

Students from Hackett Elementary School participate alongside an adult volunteer during a renovation and redesign of their schoolyard last weekend. SAM NEWHOUSE / STAR PHOTOStudents...

Local playwright pens musical journey

Jerry Perna, who lives in Port Richmond, spent many years writing “The Music You Remember,” in which he also stars. It plays at The...

Gaming Board hears city’s opinion of Wynn

Paul Boni, a board member of Stop Predatory Gambling, held up a print-out of a 2007 quote by Mayor Michael Nutter to the effect...

Fishtown’s Civil War legacy honored

Civil War re-enactors stand at attention during an unveiling ceremony for the Willingmyre brothers memorial at Palmer Cemetery. SAM NEWHOUSE / STAR PHOTOJust over one...
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