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Federal Judge Orders Penn to Turn Over List of Jewish Employees

A federal judge has ordered the University of Pennsylvania to give federal investigators information about Jewish faculty and staff during a discrimination investigation tied to antisemitism complaints reported on...

Philadelphia May Add Delivery Tax to Fix Growing Pothole Problem

Philadelphia officials are considering a plan that would connect road repairs to the growing volume of package deliveries across the city. Mayor Cherelle Parker proposed the idea in March...

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,...

A F.O.R.K. in the road

And they’re off: The F.O.R.K. Tour group hustles to Steap and Grind, 1619 Frankford Ave. The teashop and cafe was the first of several...

The Best of the River Wards 2013

After a very popular 2012 contest in which Star received almost 2,000 votes for the best local businesses, people, recreation spots, food, shopping and...
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