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A design for the Manayunk bridge trail must be complete by late next year. That’s a stipulation that comes with the contract awarde ...

The Soul, Philadelphia’s arena football team, closed Market Street between 16th and 17th for practice on Thursday and invited the c ...

Mayor Michael Nutter is expected to endorse Pa. State Rep. Kenyatta Johnson this afternoon for Philadelphia’s 2nd District Council ...

Elisabeth Raab walked away Wednesday night with $16,400. The Philadelphia teacher finished in third place at the Jeopardy! Teach ...

The next phase of the effort to turn the Manayunk Bridge into a pedestrian park and path connecting Philadelphia and Lower Merion is movi ...

What has 8 eyes, 8 legs, is hairy and can make most people scream and run at the sight of it?  A Tarantula of course!  First Ex ...

If it ever actually warms up for good this season (we’re looking at you, low temps and high cloud cover), you might enjoy some time ...

Two families impacted on 9-11 were Jill Abbott, who lost her father in the World Trade Center, and Sheila Flocco, who lost her son at the ...

Jan Ting joins the State of Play group this week along with Stephanie Hansen and Bill Cook.  The group is thinking about the Christi ...

When Gov. Jack Markell signs the Civil Union bill into law, will members of the gay and lesbian community outside of Delaware relocate to ...

In his monthly contribution to First, Rob Tornoe has a different take on what the death of Osama Bin Laden means.  He talks to Shir ...

Since 1969, Dover has hosted NASCAR races at the Monster Mile.  This week, we take a look back at the track’s history through ...

A Philadelphia City Councilman wants to give firefighters close to retirement another year to leave the city. The city of Philadel ...

As part of an effort to encourage job growth, Governor Jack Markell outlines a plan to reduce the gross receipts tax for businesses and l ...

A local software company has crunched the numbers and found Philadelphia’s 7th District to be the most gerrymandered local district ...