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TerraPower Chooses Philly for $450M Medical Isotope Hub

A nuclear science company founded by Bill Gates has chosen South Philadelphia for a new manufacturing facility dedicated to producing radioactive medical isotopes used in cancer treatment. TerraPower Isotopes...

Little Walter’s Turns Neighbor’s Request Into Gluten-Free Pierogi Night

Little Walter’s, a modern Polish restaurant in Philadelphia’s Kensington neighborhood, now hosts a monthly gluten-free dinner service after a special event created for one neighbor with celiac disease drew...

Port Richmond embraces its fallen soldier

A plaque honoring Stanley A. Gogoj, the Port Richmond native who was the first American casualty in the Korean War, was displayed at Campbell...

Port Richmond embraces its fallen soldier

A plaque honoring Stanley A. Gogoj, the Port Richmond native who was the first American casualty in the Korean War, was displayed at Campbell...

Step right up to the plate in NoLibs

Everybody Hits owner David Gavigan stands proudly in front of the crowd at his new indoor batting cages. The cages opened May 1 in...

Group says AVI overprices low-cost homes

A coalition of Philadelphia civic organizations, including several from the River Wards, has criticized the recent citywide AVI reassessment, calling it flawed and saying...

Firefighters oust union boss

Bill Gault would sometimes borrow from The Godfather to illustrate the challenges confronting him as the elected president of Philadelphia’s firefighters union, which is...

Neighborhood still pays for ‘slumlord’ scams

Robert N. Coyle, Sr., who was dubbed the ‘slumlord millionaire’ and is arguably the most infamous landlord in recent Philadelphia history, was sentenced to...
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