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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...

Become a part of Adaire’s foundation

The yard at Alexander Adaire Elementary School, 1300 E. Palmer St., looks much like many other schoolyards in the city.It is bleak, bare and devoid...

Fishtown on the small screen

Fishtown is being sized up, like it or not.A Boston-based television production company, Powderhouse Productions, is deciding if there is potential for a reality show...

River Ward events for the week of October 31

Mater Dolorosa “Night at the Races”On Saturday, Nov. 3, celebrate the church’s biggest fundraiser of the year. Mater Dolorosa, at 1676 Ruan St., will host...

Shenanigans Saloon raising money for neighbor’s vet bill

Shenanigans Saloon, at 3133 Gaul St. in Port Richmond, is rallying neighbors to help an elderly neighbor and her dog after a pit bull...

Northern Liberties TV program is moving on up

If you’ve spent any time at all in Northern Liberties, then you might have heard the name Larry Freedman. Locals know Freedman as chairman...

Beautifying a neighborhood’s roots

Under a drizzle and gray skies last week, an unusual sound echoed across Campbell Square in Port Richmond.Chip. Chip. Chip.The sound was artist Roger Wing,...
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