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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...

Register to receive a free tree from the city

FROM GREENPHILLYBLOG.COMSpring’s just around the corner — here’s how to get your hands on a free tree to plant in your yard.Philadelphia’s Department of Parks & Recreation...

The determined DIVAs of Memphis Street Academy

The girls who participated in the D.I.V.A. Academy, led by Shalena Broaster (center, in pink). Broaster led the girls through exercises in self-esteem, and...

Fishtown man spearheads national anti-bullying movement

People from all over the country have already posted dozens of pictures on Syboll’s Facebook page of themselves “Doing the Syboll.” PHOTO COURTESY OF...

A community group gun ban: what do the River Wards think?

After one Police District Advisory Council in the city banned civilian members, even those with permits, from carrying guns to its meetings — it could be...

Henon holds outreach meeting for Bridesburg’s controversial Coke lot

A view of the now-vacant former Philadelphia Coke Co. lot, along he 4500 block of Richmond St.The first meeting of a citizens’ “working group” to...

The River Wards’ tax increases under the AVI

The River Wards are likely to see tax increases under the Actual Value Initiative: We’ve got the numbers by neighborhood and Zip Code.Property owners can...
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