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Glen Foerd 3rd Thursday Returns July 17 with Live Music, BBQ & Family Fun

Glen Foerd’s popular 3rd Thursday event returns on Thursday, July 17, 2025, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Glen Foerd, 5001 Grant Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19114. This month’s event features: ...

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....

Fishtown student star in new children’s book

In person, Samira Long, 12, is something of a shy, quiet kid.In print, though, she shines as the star of a new book aimed at...

I-95 expansion could see billboard shakeup in Port Richmond, Bridesburg

Through the ongoing I-95 Revive project, more than 60 billboards along the stretch of highway could be removed and replanted in locations about 350...

‘Farm to Families’ makes eating fresh easy (and cheap)

City residents have a new way to obtain fresh, locally grown produce — as well as eggs and meat — thanks to a new partnership with the New...

City Council could OK Grasso venue

Although his project was voted down at a special community meeting last August, developer David Grasso might yet see his vision of a 34,000-square-foot...

PennDOT wants input on sound walls in Fishtown

Elizabeth Rairigh, holding her Three-month-old Vivian, talks with Marian Hull of URS during a public meeting on I-95 construction projects, Wednesday, June 8, 2011,...

A pair of local playwrights on the bill at Walking Fish

He might have begun his career as an actor and a playwright, but Walt Vail soon gave up life upon the stage for a...
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