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Manayunk’s Restaurant Depot to nearly double in size at new Bakers Centre site
“We sell to a lot of delicatessens. You have delicatessens in Philly, right?” Larry Cohen, the chief operating officer ...
14 years ago
Northwest Philly readies for spring in sixth annual cleanup [Photos]
Northwest Philadelphia residents gathered at nearly 25 sites in the area to take part in Saturday’s sixth annual citywide Philly Sp ...
14 years ago
Students gear up for 2,627-mile ‘Coast to Coast for MS’ trek
Two years ago, as a senior at Central York High School in York, Pa., Cameron Swengel needed a subject for his graduation project, a manda ...
14 years ago
Bringing Philadelphia’s ideas to life
At the start of this year, I told myself and my readers that I would give voice to Philadelphians and in doing so, affect change. I thoug ...
14 years ago
Manayunk takes a bite out of the food truck scene on Main Street
This weekend, thousands of hungry families, friends, foodies and local residents flooded Main Street for Manayunk Development Corporation ...
14 years ago
Bass talks property tax, school closings at Coffee With Councilwoman event
Eighth District City Councilwoman Cindy Bass and several staffers met with residents at a Chew Avenue supermarket to field questions and ...
14 years ago
If ‘teaching to the test’ bugs you, don’t blame the test
Some parents have begun pulling their kids out of statewide standardized testing. They say its stresses out their kids, for no good reaso ...
14 years ago
Are you ready for some football?
More than 4000 former NFL players are suing the league for promoting the inherent violence in the sport, and for covering up their knowle ...
14 years ago
Polio vaccine developer, Dr. Hilary Koprowski, dies at 96
A pioneering scientist who developed a polio vaccine used two years before Jonas Salk’s injectable version has died. Dr. Hilary Kop ...
14 years ago