Philly is expanding street sweeping in April, and you can ask officials about it this week
Cleanup crews are slated to come through 14 neighborhoods this spring.
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Where to get your Fat Tuesday fastnacht fix in Philly
Here’s your excuse to eat donuts this week.
KP’s Fine Meats opens in Port Richmond, on a corner that’s been home to a butcher shop for a century
With local and imported products — and soon, housemade salumi — the store offers free delivery within 20 miles.
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City recycling truck gets stuck in Port Richmond sinkhole
Work has been ongoing on Livingston Street for more than a year.
Designers reveal plans for Graffiti Pier as a waterfront park
When Philly's most-Instagrammed site gets a makeover, it'll look...pretty much the same.
How community leaders in Kensington, West Philly and other bruised neighborhoods say they’ll make it through
“What I saw today was every race out there just helping.”
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.
Kensington’s new food co-op could shut down if it doesn’t raise $20k this week
The member-supported grocery store is in dire financial straits
A Grinch bar is stealing some Christmas cheer for Port Richmond
Expect $7 Eggnog White Russians and tons of twinkle lights.
Fire sale? The Kensington-Port Richmond scrapyards are cashing out to developers
The industrial stretch along Lehigh Avenue is being filled up with condos.
Is there only one candidate against safe injection sites in this River Wards race? Nope.
Contrary to a claim on her campaign mailer, Republican Patty-Pat Kozlowski admitted her opponent Joe Hohenstein doesn't support them either.
‘Fat bastard’ vs. ‘completely unhinged’: Politics divides old friends in River Wards
A party line spat over Patty-Pat Kozlowski's candidacy in the 177th District
Two decades ago, 10,000 tires caught fire in Port Richmond and melted part of I-95
The perpetrators were apparently trying to be cheap.
This Philly housing project helps residents double their income
The Women's Community Revitalization Project offers 282 units and a slew of community services.
LOVE Park granite set for new skatepark on the Delaware
Nothing's etched in stone, but community leaders are eyeing Pulaski Park.