Community

A worker at the supermarket on East Passyunk Avenue has the hepatitis A virus. The city’s is advising some recent customers to get the vaccine.

Roughly 6.9 percent of construction companies in Philadelphia are minority-owned, according to data from the U.S. Census.

U.S. Steel says the pollution controls at its Clairton Plant are fully operating again after a fire damaged them in December.

Facebook was once praised for spreading free-speech values. But the world is pushing back with different values, which Facebook is importing to the U.S.

The ‘community store’ version of the coffeeshop in Parkside will have space for local groups and hire from neighborhood.

Dozens of people waited in a line at City Hall on Thursday after Mayor Jim Kenney launched the long-awaited local government ID program.

Directors of the nonprofit that wants to open a supervised injection site in Philly told outraged residents they wouldn’t move forward without further input.

PPA director Scott Petri wants the authority to certify Uber and Lyft drivers as part of wide-ranging regulatory package aimed at making ride-hailing services safer.

More than 133,390 volunteers have removed nearly seven million pieces of litter over more than three decades.

Revisit one of rock’s most enduring bands, browse an eclectic array of art or get out in the great outdoors to fly a kite this weekend.

Pennsylvania Latino Convention chairman Norman Bristol Colón said the overarching goal is to make sure the community is heading in the right direction.

After 20 years of teaching English as a second language and offering other classes, Welcoming the Stranger is recognized for its efforts to help immigrants.

New Jersey is the first state to offer the online purchase of annual park passes, Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe announced. 

Work to demolish a 115-year-old dam in the Brandywine Creek in Wilmington should help restore the habitat of the American shad fish.

The political uncertainty comes as food wholesalers begin to switch from Mexican suppliers to local sources, which is usually a gradual 6- to 8-week process.