In the debate over MLK Drive, both sides agree: the city skipped necessary community input
After a big announcement that cars would be allowed back on the roadway, a last-minute change will keep part of it closed.
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Golden Farms: Overbrook’s new supermarket is ready to open
The location was originally a ShopRite, which the owner said he shut down because of the soda tax.
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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Kenney hints at a new grocer swooping in to replace the closing Overbrook ShopRite
ShopRite owner Jeff Brown says the soda tax might force him to shut down two more stores.
Residents displaced by West Philly fire get help, but there’s no longterm housing plan
The impromptu shelter at the high school gymnasium will remain indefinitely.
Water ice is blowing up in Savannah thanks to a West Philly entrepreneur
So far Philly Flava is only a mobile cart, but it's getting a brick-and-mortar home soon.