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Victor Fiorillo

Senior Reporter at Philadelphia Magazine

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City Life

Philly Today: Mom Finds Loaded Gun at Queen Village Playground

She had hoped it was a toy gun. It wasn’t.

Mayor Cherelle Parker, an advocate of year round school in Philadelphia (Getty Images)
City Life

Philly Today: Sounds Like Year-Round School Really Is Coming to Philadelphia

Plus, Michael Smerconish gets canceled, both figuratively and literally.

Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker, who just signed a tinted windows bill into law
City Life

Philly Today: Philadelphia’s Latest Crackdown Is On Tinted Car Windows

Plus, Krasner disses Columbia and Bradley Cooper slings more cheesesteaks.

The parents of the 11-year-old Havertown biker known as Oneway Lilman recently put up this "My Neighbor Is a Karen" sign on their Delco lawn. (photo via Facebook)
City Life

Philly Today: Ridiculous Delco Battle Erupts Over a Kid On a Bike

But this isn’t just any kid on a bike. Meet 11-year-old Oneway Lilman.

City Life

It’s 2024, and Michael Smerconish Still, Somehow, Refuses to Take Sides

Loved Rizzo and Reagan. Voted for Obama. Ten years into his CNN show, political commentator Michael Smerconish remains an independent voice in what is set to be the most contentious election in American history.

A Yelp sign
City Life

Philly Today: New Yelp “Best Brunches” List Offers More Proof of How Worthless Yelp Is

Plus, an ice cream shop brouhaha brews in Fishtown.

A woman walks by the encampment of protesters at the University of Pennsylvania on Saturday
City Life

Philly Today: All Eyes Are On Penn Encampment

There have been hundreds of arrests at U.S. colleges recently.

City Life

Reality TV Sucks. Former Philly Guy Marc Summers Explains Why.

The longtime Double Dare host has some thoughts.

Crowds in Chestnut Hill, the neighborhood with the highest voter turnout in Philadelphia during the 2024 primary
City Life

Philly Today: This Philadelphia Neighborhood Had the Highest Voter Turnout

Plus, the neighborhoods where Nikki Haley beat Donald Trump — even though she’s no longer running.

A street scene in Delaware County, Pennsylvania borough Media, which Money magazine just named one of the best places to live in the United States
City Life

Philly Today: Is This Delco Town Really One of the Best Places to Live in the U.S.?

So says one national magazine. But it also says that about Buffalo.

Kevin Boyle, who just saw an arrest warrant that was in his name withdrawn
City Life

Philly Today: So Much for that Kevin Boyle Arrest Warrant

Plus, meet the $30,000-per-month Philly apartment.

Photos of McGillin's bartender John Doyle
Foobooz

Meet Philly’s Longest-Running Bartender, Who’s Been at McGillin’s for 50 Years

Best of Philly-winning bartender John Doyle has been behind the bar since Frank Rizzo was mayor. And he’s got all the stories.

What caused Philadelphia to disappear from Facebook and Instagram?
City Life

Philly Today: Philadelphia Mysteriously Disappears From Facebook and Instagram

A Meta spokesperson explains.

Wawa vs. Sheetz
City Life

Philly Today: The Battle Between Wawa and Sheetz Heats Up

Plus, Philly swinger’s clubs apparently still exist.

Larry Krasner, Terry Gross, Jalen Hurts, Cherelle Parker, and Brittany Lynn are all part of our Philadelphia salary report
City Life

What Philly Makes: The Great Philadelphia Salary Report of 2024

From drag queens to politicians to sports stars to your Wawa cashier, here’s what locals are earning.