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PA’s Get Away Campaign Aims to Boost Tourism in Philly

PA House Tourism & Recreational Development Committee Chair Mary Jo Daley has said she is proud to help announce that the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development launched...

Stroke Survivor to Perform at Philadelphia Tango Festival After Remarkable Recovery

May is Stroke Awareness Month, and a Philadelphia-based dance teacher exemplifies the extraordinary recovery that ispossible with hard work, timely medical care, the support of a caring partner and...

Picking up the pieces

On Thursday, the Panas family finally heard the word they’d been hoping to hear for more than two years — “guilty.”The parents of slain Billy Panas...

Knife-wielding man shot in Fishtown

A knife-wielding assailant was shot by police on Sunday night after he broke into a home on Wildey Street and terrorized the people inside,...

Local legislators urge Port Richmond to get involved

State Senator Larry Farnese“There are two things you can be: part of the problem or part of the solution,” Michael Blackie, leader of Port Richmond...

Fishtown soprano sings her tune in Ava opera

ChloŽ Moore, sopranoOn Saturday evening, Feb. 25, the Academy of Vocal Arts presents a fully staged production of Claude Debussy’s only opera, Pelleas et Melisande,...

Witnesses recount Panas slaying at trial

Karen Panas, mother of William Panas Jr. ,places a flower on a plaque for the memory of her son, who was killed in November 2009...

By the grace of God…

Fishtown’s St. Laurentius Church filled with residents for a weeknight service last Thursday.And everyone wore a smile.Earlier that day, parishioners learned the outcome of an...
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