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95% of Philly School Speed Cushions Fail Safety Standards

A newly released report from the Philadelphia City Controller’s Office details extensive noncompliance in speed cushions installed outside city schools, finding that nearly all reviewed locations failed to meet...

Health Experts Urge Vaccination as Measles Cases Surface in Lancaster County

Pennsylvania has recorded its first five measles cases of 2026, all in Lancaster County, among unvaccinated school-aged children and young adults. The Pennsylvania Department of Health confirmed the cluster,...

Kissling’s, a Philly sauerkraut dynasty

The office that Mark Kissling shares with his brother Rick in Fishtown’s A.C. Kissling Co. at 161 E. Allen St. is a shrine to...

Fairmount Park looks for ways to bring in money

Matt Hill of Civic Futures gives a presentation for Generating Future Revenue through Concessions in Fairmount Park during Philadelphia Parks & Recreation Commition meeting...

Superfresh could open in No Libs by summer’s end

When it was reported last week that the long-delayed opening of a supermarket at Girard Avenue at Second Street would become a Superfresh instead...

A new neighborhood crime-fighting tactic

Angel Flores, Bureau Chief of East Division District Attorney Office, speaks at FNA meeting Thursday July 21.Assistant District Attorney Angel Flores visited the Fishtown Neighbors...

Saving lives

Chris Santo (L) from the Hero Welcome committee thanks Ray Hatcher for his seven month service in Iraq. Approximately two dozen members of the...

Police identify Kensington man in bank robbing spree

The FBI and the Philadelphia Police Department are looking for help in nabbing John Digman, 48, who authorities say has been on a bank...
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