South Kensington’s star is rising
The vacant former Absco site in South Kensington, seen from American and Master streets (above), is where the SoKo Lofts project (below) is slated...
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...