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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....

Kensington Faces Extreme Heat, Local Leaders Urge Action

Yesterday, local leaders, public health advocates, and elected officials gathered for the first event in the Extreme Weather Emergency Tour, a four-state press tour highlighting how climate-change-fueled extreme weather...

Here’s to new beginnings

Star readers sure do know how to make the new girl feel welcome.As the Managing Editor of the Star, I ended my first week Friday...

Riverward upcoming events for this week-April 25

Riverward night outThe RiverWards CrimeWatch will host a neighborhood night out against crime on Friday, April 27, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Hetzell’s field,...

Comcast Cleans up in Kensington

After years of neglect, Kensington’s McPherson Square is a changed place.The park, which houses one of the city’s remaining public libraries funded by the late...

Welcome to the ‘search church’

In Northern Liberties, there’s a church at 1028 N. 3rd St. that is unlike any other.It was built in 1850, and sunlight still shines through...

Riverward upcoming events for April 18

Flea market at Konrad SquareThe Friends of Konrad Square will host a flea market on Saturday, April 28, at Konrad Square Park, Tulip and Dauhins...

“It looked like the sky was on fire”

Last week, on the morning of Monday, April 9, a fire tore through the long-vacant Thomas W. Buck Hosiery building at York and Jasper...
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