UPDATED: Fire displaces five Port Richmond families
Aftermath: The boarded-up homes on the 2800 block of Memphis Street on Tuesday afternoon. SAM NEWHOUSE / STAR PHOTOEd. note: Check back to this story...
Addressing flood concerns in Port Richmond
Heavy rains on Monday, July 21, brought an expensive headache to some Port Richmond residents, who experienced flooding in their homes. Flooding occurred on...
Port Richmond to celebrate Second Saturdays
At the Port Richmond Community Group meeting on July 25, neighborhood residents Bill Mason and Matt Pizzola officially announced the date of the first...
Penn Treaty Middle School to expand in fall
Penn Treaty Middle School, 600 E. Thompson St. GREATPHILLYSCHOOLS.ORG.Penn Treaty Middle School, 600 E. Thompson St., will add grades 9 through 12 in the...
River Wards events for the week of July 31
St. Anne’s produce vouchersSt. Anne’s Senior Center, 2607 E. Cumberland St., has been distributing produce vouchers through the Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP.) Seniors...
Celebrating the Big Green Block
PHOTO COURTESY OF NKCDCOn Saturday, July 20, from 11 a.m. to noon, the New Kensington Community Development Corporation, the Philadelphia Water Department, Pennsylvania Horticultural Society,...