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2026 Philadelphia Parallel Parking Association Championship winner
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‘One-shot Mar’ crowned Philadelphia’s best parallel parker

The Philadelphia Parallel Parking Association’s inaugural competition drew a large crowd to South Street, raising funds for safer streets.

3 weeks ago

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Public Safety
Transportation

Consumer Reports drops e-scooter recommendation over safety concerns, but some say they still have a place in Philadelphia

Children account for 45% of e-scooter-related injuries, according to a Johns Hopkins study.

3 weeks ago

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Immigration
Philadelphia

Philadelphia’s Chinatown celebrates resilience, immigrant rights at Mid-Autumn Festival

Asian Americans United founded the festival in 1995 to mark the holiday, celebrated widely across Asia, that honors family reunions and the end of harvest season.

3 weeks ago

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PGW upgrading infrastructure to cut a small fraction of its climate pollution

The project will reduce methane releases and cut the utility's overall greenhouse gas emissions by a fraction of a percent.

3 weeks ago

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Philadelphia Youth Basketball CEO and co-founder Kenny Holdsman speaks into a microphone at a podium
K-12
Kids
Philadelphia

Philadelphia Youth Basketball plans to build new $50 million workforce facility after receiving $500,000 in state funds

The 40,000-square-foot facility, dubbed “The Generator,” is set to break ground in fall 2027 and open in early 2029.

3 weeks ago

Bill Marrazzo speaking at a podium on stage
Immigration
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

The Welcoming Center to release new report on immigration’s impact in Philadelphia region

An Oct. 6 event will explore data on immigrant entrepreneurship, homeownership, education and more.

4 weeks ago

Cari Whittenburg, director of museum programs at Eastern State Penitentiary
History
Incarceration
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

America’s first penitentiary is right here in Philly

This week’s Philly “Firstival” highlights Eastern State Penitentiary – America’s first penitentiary that now serves as a space for prison reform and education.

4 weeks ago

Vibrant's maple pumpkin spice latte
Business
Food & Drink
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Philly coffee shops making a case for the pumpkin spice latte

PSLs are the Taylor Swift of the coffee world: overexposed, weirdly divisive, but when they’re good, they hit.

4 weeks ago

At the EMR scrap metal facility in Camden, heaps of scrap metal are stacked very high. A sign shows what the allowable height limit is.
Environment
New Jersey

Camden residents, advocates push N.J. to seek compensation for neighbors from EMR

The state’s public nuisance lawsuit against a scrap metal recycler over repeated fires seeks operational changes. Residents say that’s not enough.

4 weeks ago

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A sign commemorating hitchBOT in front of Elfreth's Alley in Old City
Community Events
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Elfreth’s Alley Museum is remembering hitchBOT again. Could it grow into a festival?

Last year’s First Friday celebration of the 10th anniversary of the hitchhiking robot’s visit to Philly drew around 550 visitors.

4 weeks ago

Several people are shown holding up handmade signs while standing on the side of the road for the anti-ICE protest in Norristown.
Immigration
Pennsylvania
Policing
Protests

Norristown rally decries impact of ICE operations on community

Community members called on Gov. Josh Shapiro and local municipalities to pass legislation restricting cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

4 weeks ago

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Philly's Analog Lovers Club promotes connection through physical media
Philadelphia
Public Spaces
Technology
Billy Penn

Philly is embracing its ‘analog’ activities

Some Philly spaces are celebrating an “analog” experience – or those that are centered around physical media. We talked to a few.

4 weeks ago

The Forgotton Bottom
Neighborhoods
Philadelphia
Billy Penn

Finding the Forgotten Bottom of Grays Ferry

Once cut off from the Schuylkill by industry, this secluded corner of Grays Ferry is opening up to the river — even as residents grapple with who shapes what comes next.

4 weeks ago

Philadelphia Parallel Parking Authority mascots Parallel Pete and Curbie
Community Events
Philadelphia
Transportation
Billy Penn

Meet some of the contestants in Saturday’s parallel parking competition on South Street

Fifteen pros and amateurs will test their parking skills in the inaugural edition of the Philadelphia Parallel Parking Authority’s competition.

4 weeks ago

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Media
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia

WHYY finalizes deal with Penn State to take over and operate WPSU, saving PBS, NPR affiliate from likely closure

The agreement comes after two years of negotiating, during which WPSU was slated to permanently close following federal funding cuts.

4 weeks ago

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