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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...

StarGazing for the week of March 20

We’re encouraging readers to send in their best wishes, birthday announcements, memorial messages or any other greetings and photos for our “StarGazing” page. Send...

Taking Fishtown to the River

Revitalization may be coming to Columbia Avenue in Fishtown as part of plans for general improvements along the Delaware riverfront. Top: artist’s rendering of...

With leukemia beat, she’s ready for first grade

Dawn Labb (right) and daughter Julia, with a family friend, at a bake sale last year at the Bridesburg Recreation Center, the proceeds of...

Beware small biz scam

The Federal Trade Commission is warning small business owners to be wary of e-mails that say they’re from the FTC.They’re not, the agency said in...

Coke Factory and Winzinger plant concern Bridesburg

The new Winzinger recycling plant on Hedley Street in Bridesburg (pictured) has raised some neighbors concerns about air pollution. PHOTO COURTESY OF DAN ADAIRWith increased...

‘Every Philadelphia wrestler should want to be Joe Galasso’

Joe Galasso, a Father Judge junior who lives on Edgemont Street in Port Richmond, pins his opponent in the PIAA state wrestling championship Saturday...
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