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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....

The River Wards’ business boom

Fishtown neighbors enjoyed the grand opening of Pizza Brain, a pizza shop and museum, just one of the businesses that opened in the River...

Family of Port Richmond’s “Romney T-shirt girl” to sue

Samantha Pawlucy, 16, pictured, is interviewed on Oct. 9, the first day she returned to Charles Carroll High School after allegedly being mocked for...

Beloved Port Richmond pizza chef passes away

Barbara Tacconelli, PHOTO COURTESY OF TACCONELLI FAMILYBarbara Tacconelli was co-owner of the award-winning Tacconelli’s Pizzeria; now the shop is run by her kids, who...

Philly students of Sandy Hook victims: ‘We still feel their pain’

Ninth-grade students at Kensington International Business High School pose with paper butterflies which they made as part of a class project to send to...

New year, old churches

The sanctuary of First Presbyterian Church of Kensington, 418 E. Girard Ave., one of the six churches featured on last weekend’s Historic Holiday Church...

Fishtown: ‘More parking, more misery’

Core Realty president and Canal Street North project developer Michael Samschick addresses neighbors at an FNA meeting Dec. 18, where two proposals for surface...
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