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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...

A picturesque park picnic in Port Richmond

Sitting pretty: Ava, 8, (right) and Sloane, 2, enjoy the music of the Polish American String Band at the Picnic in the Park last...

Star breaking news: Wednesday, July 17

Fire at Fishtown pretzel shopOn Wednesday morning, Furfari’s Soft Pretzel Bakery, 2025 Frankford Ave., experienced a small oven-related fire.It was the first such blaze in...

A River Wards Summer

A refreshing retreat: Indigo, 4, left, and Tianna, 8, cool off last week in the sprinklers at the Shissler Recreation Center’s “sprayground,” which opened...

River Wards events for the week of July 17

Fishtown soccer tryoutsThe Fishtown Americans U-8 soccer team will have the last night of tryouts tonight at 6:30 p.m., at Shissler Recreation Center, 1800 Blair...

Neighborhood news in brief for the week of July 17

WCRP housing project canceledThe Women’s Community Revitalization Project has canceled the planned Nitza Tufino Townhomes, a housing project for low-income families that would have led...

‘Times are changing’ in Port Richmond

The Pilsudski Fraternal Association at Belgrade and Ontario streets has been closed for a year, and may soon be converted into new apartments, one...
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