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Ms. Tootsie's (Google maps)
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
The Philadelphia Tribune

Famed Ms. Tootsie’s RBL now up for sale

The celebrated restaurant owned by KeVen Parker, who died on Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, was a staple in the community.

5 years ago

A photo of Olney Transportation Center Wednesday morning showed few commuters in the falling snow. (Facebook/Jeff Byrd)
PlanPhilly
Gun Violence
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Transportation

Neighbors avoid Olney transit hub after mass shooting: ‘I wouldn’t catch it there’

After gunmen injured eight victims Wednesday afternoon, North Philly commuters feel traumatized. “We’re just trying to make it out of our own neighborhood,” one person said.

5 years ago

Philadelphia Eagles' Carson Wentz
Philadelphia
Sports
NBC10

Carson Wentz traded to Colts, source confirms to NBC Sports Philadelphia

The Eagles on Thursday agreed to trade Wentz to the Colts for a 2021 third-round pick and a conditional 2022 second-round pick.

5 years ago

A bartender pours a drink at the Toasted Walnut
Business
LGBTQ
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly’s only lesbian bar is shutting down, adding to a somber nationwide trend

Bars catering to queer women, like the Gayborhood’s Toasted Walnut, are disappearing across the U.S.

5 years ago

(From left) Nikki Grant, with the Amistad Law Project, Kendra Van de Water with YEAH Philly, Clarise McCants with the Movement Alliance Project, and James Aye and Kameron Troy with YEAH Philly, at Malcolm X Park in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Policing

New survey finds Philadelphians feel police aren’t keeping them safe

More than 90% of Philadelphians surveyed in a new poll from a coalition of community-based groups say they support redistributing money from police toward social services.

5 years ago

Kyle Hiller outside his home in West Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Changing Communities
Income Inequality
Race & Ethnicity
Social Justice
Eyes on the Street

Coming home to West Philadelphia without survivor’s guilt

Writer Kyle V. Hiller left West Philadelphia, where he was raised, to attend college. His 2020 return was a homecoming he never could have anticipated.

5 years ago

A still from the movie 'Judas and the Black Messiah'. (Warner Bros. / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSjtGqRXQ9Y)
Things To Do
Community Events
February 18 - 24, 2021

Black history shines on film, Michael Eric Dyson’s new book, and restaurant week in South Philly in this week’s ‘Things To Do’

The week’s events in and around Philadelphia include Black history on celluloid and an East Passyunk food fest.

5 years ago

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A priest uses his thumb to draw a cross of ashes on the forehead of a parishioner during an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Philadelphia
Public Health
Religion

After a year of pandemic sacrifices, the faithful make one more for Lent

After a year of so many pandemic sacrifices, the faithful ponder living a little leaner still on Ash Wednesday.

5 years ago

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Lower Moreland High School (Google Maps)
K-12
Pennsylvania
Race & Ethnicity

After anti-Asian speech sparks outrage, Lower Moreland school officials act. Is it enough?

After the Lower Moreland board approved the creation of a diversity council and planned for increased training, community members called the actions the “bare minimum.”

5 years ago

Eight people were shot on Feb. 17 at the Olney Transportation Center in Philadelphia. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Gun Violence
Neighborhoods
Public Safety

8 people shot near Olney Transportation Center

Philadelphia police say eight people were shot just before 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon near the busy intersection of Broad Street and Olney Avenue.

5 years ago

A pair of animatronic T-Rexes
History
Philadelphia

24 animatronic dinosaurs to take over Philly Zoo in new exhibit

Guests will embark on a prehistoric journey to when dinosaurs roamed the Earth in the zoo’s forthcoming exhibit.

5 years ago

The former Trump Plaza casino is imploded
New Jersey
Real Estate

Former Trump Plaza Casino in Atlantic City goes out with a bang

The former Trump Plaza casino was imploded after falling into such disrepair that chunks of the building began peeling off and crashing to the ground.

5 years ago

water main break causes flooding in North Philly
Infrastructure
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
NBC10

Crews rescue 11 people during massive water main break in North Philly

Crews rescued 11 people after a massive water main break flooded roads and vehicles in North Philadelphia early Tuesday evening.

5 years ago

Penn State THON executive leaders sit on campus wearing face masks
Pennsylvania
Public Health
WPSU

Penn State THON prepares for a virtual weekend of dancing

The pandemic means thousands of people – including many immunocompromised kids with cancer – can’t gather together in the Bryce Jordan Center.

5 years ago

Volunteers with City Wide Mutual Aid at a delivery of groceries and food in Kensington
Income Inequality
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Mutual aid is booming in Philly. Here’s how you can help

Team up, talk to your neighbors, practice self-care, and don’t judge, say folks who’ve joined the local movement.

5 years ago

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