River Wards experience end-of-summer crime spike
The CVS store on Aramingo Avenue, where police officers responded last week to what turned out to be a phony bomb threat. SAM NEWHOUSE...
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...
