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Gelato Cat Bike Ride Combines Gelato, Cats, Bikes

Flow State CoffeeBar on Frankford Avenue is set to open sometime this fall. In the meantime, the owners are having some summertime fun with a […]

City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Bucks County’s Fox Pox

When we were growing up in Bucks County in the 1970s, it was a wonderland of deep dense forests and verdant farmland and misty hills, […]

City Life

Poll: More Than Half of Pa. Voters Want to Legalize Weed

More than half of Pennsylvania voters – 56 percent – want to legalize marijuana, according to a new survey from Franklin & Marshall College. According to […]

City Life

Pa. Senate Committee Advances Bill That Would Limit Wolf’s Economic Power

A Pennsylvania Senate Committee has approved a bill that would limit Gov. Tom Wolf‘s – and future governors’ – economic power. Senate Bill 561, introduced […]

City Life

Wolf Pushes to Revoke License of Berks County Immigration Detention Center

Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is attempting to revoke the license of a controversial Pennsylvania immigration detention center. The contentious Berks County Residential Center, located about […]

City Life

Firefighters Find Alligator Inside Tacony Home

.@FOX29philly Here you go. Alligator found at fire scene in Tacony tonight. 18-24 inches long. Unharmed.#fox29 pic.twitter.com/ZYWfgzxYnG — Dave Schratwieser (@DSchratwieser) April 20, 2017 Firefighters […]

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City Life

About Those “Coywolves” People Keep Spotting

Reports of “coywolves” are on the rise in the Philly area. You’re probably wondering what a coywolf is – and we’re here to help. Apparently, […]

City Life

Report: Homes in Philly Have More Mice Than in Any Other U.S. City

Homes in Philly are more likely to be rat or mice infested than households in any other U.S. city, according to a Bloomberg analysis of recent census […]

City Life

Rats In Philly: Even Worse Than Before

Our civic leaders like to talk about Philadelphia as the Next Great American City. There’s an amazing restaurant scene. There are newly developed urban oases […]

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WATCH: Residents Chase, Catch Runaway Pig on Washington Avenue

It was an ordinary Labor Day for Colin Weir — to begin with, at least. He was browsing a Facebook group for his neighborhood, Southwest […]

Former Governor Ed Rendell with the Kansas delegation's donkey.
City Life

DNC Donkeys Make Their Last Stand

All good things eventually come to an end, and the DNC Donkeys are no exception. The DNC Host Committee announced today that they would begin […]

City Life

The DNC Host Committee’s “Donkeys Around Town” Scavenger Hunt Officially Begins

The Philadelphia DNC Host Committee officially launched its “Donkeys Around Town” Scavenger Hunt today at Duross & Langel, where the New Jersey and South Carolina […]

City Life

These DNC-Week Art-and-Politics Events Make a Real Statement

Let’s be honest, those painted donkeys parked around the city in advance of the Democratic Convention are colorful but make no statement, no demand. Well, […]

City Life

Anti-Fracking Group: Democrats’ Platform Is a Pile of Crap

The environmental group Food & Water Watch isn’t fracking around. On Tuesday, the group held a press conference at City Hall to say that its […]

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Meet the DNC Host Committee’s “Donkeys Around Town”

During next month’s Democratic National Convention, visitors will likely run into a few colorful donkeys. And they’ll have some local artists to thank for that. […]