Prepare now for a rough hurricane season
Ready for the next big storm?Did you just shrug?The tough thing about persuading people to prepare for the kind of weather that will flood basements, knock...
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 /...