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How Philly-Area Athletes Performed at the 2026 Winter Olympics

Team USA closed the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo ranked second behind Norway in both overall medals and gold medals. The Americans totaled 33 medals,...

Up to 16 Inches of Snow Hits Philadelphia, Snow Emergency Declared

A winter storm dropped more than a foot of snow across Philadelphia, triggering a Snow Emergency and activating a citywide response. The National Weather Service reported 14.0 inches of snow...

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...
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