A Philadelphia Highway Police officer was shot and killed today in North Philadelphia. The shooting happened in the 2200 block of N. Colorado st around 1:45pm. A second officer was shot in the hip according to news reports and is listed in stable condition. The alleged triggerman was pronounced dead near the scene. What [...]

Operation Clean Start is the name of a new major campaign to spruce up Philadelphia’s rec centers. The city is calling on volunteers from the community to pick up brooms, paint brushes, and rakes and get to work. The goal is to beautify eight rec centers by the end of October. Professional city-employed electricians, plumbers, and [...]

Last week, the Committee of Seventy’s Zack Stalberg had enough. For Stalberg, the last straw was hearing that City Councilman Jack Kelly was asking the public to pay for a PR guy to deal with the issue of his indicted former chief-of-staff.  The Daily News quoted him saying “It is appalling that Councilman Kelly would [...]

Republican presidential candidate John McCain and his VP running mate Sarah Palin will visit Media this afternoon at 4:00pm. Palin has turned out to be a “game changer” candidate and injected excitement into McCain’s campaign. So it’s no surprise he hasn’t left her side since the GOP pow-wow in Minneapolis. The candidates will be at [...]

Late last week, Bristol, PA Mayor Sam Fenton announced that luring Foxwoods from Philadelphia could be a “potential home run for Bristol Township.” Fenton mainly has money on his mind. The mayor speaking at a council meeting said that the casino could solve his city’s budget problems and enliven local business. The Bucks County Courier [...]

By: Shannon Curley
It’s been a bad week. On Wall Street, Lehman Brothers collapsed, AIG got a government bailout, and Merrill Lynch was bought out. In state government, Governor Ed Rendell declared a statewide hiring freeze to preemptively address possible budget shortfalls. In Philadelphia, things aren’t looking any better.
Last Thursday, Mayor Michael Nutter announced that the [...]

Holy cow! Something’s not right in Philadelphia City Council. Yesterday in their first meeting back since the summer break, Latrice Bryant, an African-American legislative aide to Councilman Wilson Goode Jr held up a sign reading “Jeff Cole KKK” during the meeting. So who is Cole? He is a white TV reporter for Fox29 who has [...]

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter greeting Eddie Robinson who turned himself in after eluding authorities for two-years after skipping out on probation.

By Benjamin Bradlow
Amid cheers, requests for pictures, and a big box of Philly-style pretzels, Mayor Michael Nutter dropped in today on fugitives waiting to clear their record or receive new court dates at the True [...]

Activists nationwide on Friday will use metered parking spots to stage a little street theater. It’s called National Park(ing) Day. The idea is for folks to convert their little piece of asphalt into something that resembles green open space. Here’s what some folks did last year.
Through Twitter, I found a Philadelphia group that will be participating tomorrow. Temple [...]