What are our students going back to?
FROM WIKIMEDIA COMMONSBridesburg mom Kristin Misko said she has always believed in public education.With three children — in kindergarten, first and third grade — about to begin the...
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...
