Defying the Amazon onslaught, Philly publisher opens bookstore in Kensington

The Head & the Hand Books will be a place to "look at works that aren’t glowing back at you."

Philadelphia’s new version of street sweeping is…dusty

Watch a demo of the backpack leaf blowers that will scatter debris — so drivers don't have to move their cars.

A couple of outreach workers are getting married at Prevention Point this summer — and they’ll have Narcan on hand for the ceremony

After $2 million scare, Kensington’s Last Stop recovery center is going legit

The 18-year-old operation is forming its first board of directors.

Philly’s opioid crisis

Where will Safehouse open a supervised injection site? Study tags potential locations

The nonprofit says a 2019 launch remains the plan.

Fire sale? The Kensington-Port Richmond scrapyards are cashing out to developers

The industrial stretch along Lehigh Avenue is being filled up with condos.

ReAnimator Coffee is expanding its original Kensington location with a pizzeria and bakery

Neighborhood activist Awilda Ocasio is memorialized in the new mural at Kensington and Allegheny

Strong winds in Philly caused a building to partially collapse at 5th and Master streets in Kensington

First conceived back in 2008, the Kensington Community Food Co-op is just weeks away from launch

A protege of the Kensington boxing gym Rock Ministries, 20-year-old Tyhler Williams will make his professional debut at The Met this Saturday

A love story from Kensington: Bea and David Kelley met on Frankford Avenue when they were teenagers — and they’re about to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary

Philly’s opioid crisis

A Drexel-made smartphone app to reduce overdose deaths in Philly

Unity Philly alerts Narcan carriers when there's an active OD nearby.

City levels $2 million lawsuit against well-known Kensington recovery center

The Last Stop has been helping people with addiction for nearly two decades.

Ever buy a mattress from that Kensington spot under the El? Maybe check it for hidden cash — FBI says the owner was a meth dealer

Yesterday the city completed its month-long effort to clean up homeless encampments in Kensington, finishing up with Emerald Street

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These Philly coffee shops do the opposite of gentrification

"We can create a lot of positive change."

Philly’s big plan to make streets safer in residential neighborhoods

From more than 20 Slow Zone applications, just two will be chosen for the pilot.

The Philly photog behind the lauded ‘Kensington Blues’ series has been added to PAFA’s permanent collection

The Philadelphia Resilience Project’s Safe Corridors initiative intends to make walks back and forth to school safer in Kensington, the epicenter of the city’s opioid crisis