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Glen Foerd 3rd Thursday Returns July 17 with Live Music, BBQ & Family Fun

Glen Foerd’s popular 3rd Thursday event returns on Thursday, July 17, 2025, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Glen Foerd, 5001 Grant Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19114. This month’s event features: ...

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....

Local college star offers basketball clinic to River Wards kids

Jen McCook, née Ricco, in a player’s card from her time playing basketball for Temple. PHOTO COURTESY OF JEN MCCOOKPort Richmond mom Jen McCook will...

Neighborhood news in brief

River Wards help to support dying woman’s fundraising wishLinda Belz, 30, of Port Richmond, is an ovarian-cancer patient who is the terminal stages of...

‘Running makes sense out of things that are completely senseless’

Memers of the Fishtown Beer Runners including Lee Porter, far left, and Suzanne Allaire, far right, who ran in support of Boston bombing victims...

Rep. Taylor calls for mandatory ‘illegal carry’ penalty — two years

State Rep. John Taylor (R-177th dist.) holds up a bill that if passed would toughen penalties for illegal carrying of a firearm, with, from...

Remembering heroes

The families of Michael Goodwin, Robert Neary and Daniel Sweeney, all firefighters killed in the line of duty, gathered at City Hill for a...

Fire Capt. Mike Goodwin remembered as ‘a modern-day good shepherd’

Mike Goodwin embodied the modern-day good shepherd, jeopardizing his own welfare for the benefit of his flock, according to the Rev. Majorie J. Neal,...
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