Community
With a ceremonial mortgage burning, the Paul Robeson House marks its next chapter
With the debt burden lifted, the West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance is one step closer to adding programming to attract younger people to the house and museum.
6 years ago
Longtime former Harrisburg mayor dies at 70
Former Harrisburg Mayor Stephen Reed, who served for almost three decades but was later sentenced to probation for accumulating products he bought with public money, has died.
6 years ago
Community leader Ryan Kellermeyer pushes for a green space to replace illegal junkyard
When Ryan Kellermeyer looks out on the junkyard spanning five blocks in Hunting Park, he doesn’t just see a pile of old cars and scrap metal.
6 years ago
Philly declares all Indego e-bikes ‘stolen property’ and orders police dragnet
A memo instructs officers to “stop and ID” anyone caught riding one.
6 years ago
Return of the Rat: Chinese Lunar New Year honors the trickster
As the Chinese Lunar Calendar cycles to its #1 zodiac sign, rats will look cute this year.
6 years ago
Coastal flood advisory up for N.J.
A Coastal Flood Advisory will go into effect for the entire New Jersey coastline between 6 a.m. and noon Saturday, according to a National Weather Service bulletin.
6 years ago
Project HOME, insurance companies seek to alleviate harm caused by poverty
Project HOME, Independence Blue Cross and AmeriHealth Caritas unveiled a 3-year, $1 million initiative to offer services to reduce the harm of poverty.
6 years ago
Mummers leader says he wants to work with Mayor Kenney to keep parade
The leader of the comic division says more than just two Mummers tried to wear blackface this year.
6 years ago
Teen-repelling ‘Mosquito’ devices to stay in Philly public parks indefinitely
A city review found support for the ‘sonic weapons’ — but they never asked young folks.
6 years ago
Germantown community stands together for wage increase
The Germantown community came together on Martin Luther King Day to continue pressuring the owner of a McDonald’s franchise at 29 E. Chelten Ave. to address what participants
6 years ago
The end may be nearer: Doomsday clock moves within 100 seconds of midnight
Never since the clock's 1947 Cold War debut has it come so close to the putative doomsday annihilation represented by the 12 a.m. hour.
6 years ago
‘A new era for Philly’: Spanish-speaking Catholics praise Hispanic archbishop
For the first time in its 145-year history, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will have a Hispanic leader.
6 years ago
Listen 1:29Work begins to harden Jersey Shore rail yard against storm surge
A post-Superstorm Sandy project to protect a Jersey Shore rail yard from future storms is underway.
6 years ago
PBS NewsHour co-founder Jim Lehrer dies at 85
Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly PBS "NewsHour" that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died, PBS said Thursday. He was 85.
6 years ago
Giant, Aldi, another Trader Joe’s? All the new supermarkets planned for Philly this year
The city’s grocery store boom is not slowing down.
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