A tribute to players who broke baseball’s boundaries
It’s fair to say that Jerry Franklin, branch manager of the Richmond Library, is a devoted baseball fan.A baseball-memorabilia collector since his youth, Franklin has...
A career ‘alternative’ for former union organizer
In 2003, Kensington resident Ronald Jablonski retired after 42 years as a sheet-metal worker and union organizer.But it hardly has been a traditional retirement.Instead,...
March Madness!
This year’s 11th annual March Madness — an academic competition that pits area students against one another in a trivia challenge — kicked off with a roar on...
Love in Bloom
Kristine Kratt and Bill Shaffer, Northern Liberties residents, were married on March 7 at the Philadelphia International Flower Show — only the second wedding ever held there.Mauro...
Nutter visits ‘Needle Park’ to announce the fifth annual Spring Cleanup
The sun shone brightly on Kensington’s McPherson Square last week as Mayor Michael Nutter joined elected officials and a cadre of hard-working local volunteers...
Port Richmond native’s film ‘Swooped’ to screen at the Troc
Matt Godfrey / For the Star (From left) Gariffo and Costello in front of an advertisement for their movie.There’s one tip for writing that every...