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North Philly Land Trust Renovates Homes for Low-Cost Rentals

A community land trust operated by the North Philadelphia nonprofit Esperanza is acquiring deteriorated rowhomes and converting them into renovated, below-market rental housing in eastern North Philadelphia. The initiative...

Lucky Duck Opens on Delaware River Waterfront in Philly

On a stretch of the Delaware River that has seen little nightlife activity since Festival Pier closed, a new bar has opened its doors. Lucky Duck began serving customers...

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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