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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...

Benevolence in Bridesburg

Alex Korn, 15, and his fellow Scouts with a truck full of wrapped gifts they delivered to families at Kensington’s Visitation Homes. PHOTO COURTESY...

SNAPSHOT: Making memories at Memphis Street Academy

PHOTOS COURTESY OF MEMPHIS STREET ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOLSee image gallery at right for additional photo.Proud students in grades 5 through 8 (at right in image...

River Wards schools among those recommended to close

District Superintendent Hite announced last week the recommended closures, mergers and other potential changes for public schools across the city.On Thursday, Dec. 13, Philadelphia School...

SNAPSHOT: A perfect Port Richmond present

PHOTO COURTESY OF NAZARETH HOSPITALOn Dec. 6, the Ladies of Port Richmond presented Nazareth Hospital with a $17,000 grant for breast cancer education and awareness....

2012: The Year in Review

See our image gallery at right for the photos associated with these stories.With this, 2012’s final edition of Star, we present a wrap-up of some...

Helping to make each breath better

Chris Mizes (middle, with glasses), and volunteers for the Port Richmond Air project wore air monitors on their backpacks (the small silver devices) for...
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