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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...

Neighborhood demographics: clear like never before

A screenshot of the CultureBlocks tool, with a certain area of the city identified. See bottom of story for River Wards’ data. FROM CULTUREBLOCKSThanks...

Neighbors encouraged to stay vigilant in light of recent crime

In a 2012 photo from a meeting about Port Richmond safety, from left: PROPAC president Ken Paul; 24th Police District community relations officer Tina...

A Fishtown fashionista styles for the small screen

Lauren Dougherty, right, who works in Fishtown, appears in fashion segments on many popular TV shows. PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHELE COHENA local fashion designer is...

A memorial’s missing name

Fishtowner John Plenskofski (left) has a bronze plaque (middle) for a Port Richmond soldier who died in the Korean War; he and fellow vet...

Documentary team catches crime on film

Members of Rock Ministries, a nondenominational ministry on Kensington Avenue, do outreach with women on Kensington Avenue, as portrayed by the ‘This Is Kensington’...

Planting a dream

Little Emma stands in the com­munity tulip garden at Tulip and East Cum­ber­land streets. Calta­girone cre­ated the garden 20 years ago. MARIA POUCH­NIKOVA /...
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