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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...

River Wards events for the week of June 12

Penn Treaty Park eventsThe Friends of Penn Treaty Park invite you to Movie In The Park night tonight at 7 p.m., to see “Thunderstruck.” This...

A bid to buy the blight

Shaukat Ali, 71, with his two granddaughters, lives next door to landlord Robert Coyle’s former office, which has been decaying blight for years. SAM...

First Friday on Frankford

A crowd of people at 3rd Ward on First Friday stand before artist Emily Erb’s “Garden of Earthly Delights.” SAM NEWHOUSE / STAR PHOTOFrankford Avenue...

Public school staffs are slashed

In what could prove to be the largest jobs cut in almost 40 years, more than 3,700 school employees will be laid off July...

‘We’re all going to have to pray together’

Rev. William E. Grogan outside of All Saints Parish, in Bridesburg, which will close July 1 as part of a merger. SAM NEWHOUSE /...

‘We’re all going to have to pray together’

Rev. William E. Grogan outside of All Saints Parish, in Bridesburg, which will close July 1 as part of a merger. SAM NEWHOUSE /...
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