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Conservative Group Sues PFT Over “Ghost Employees” on Philly Schools’ Payroll

A new conservative nonprofit sued the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (PFT) and school district in Common Pleas Court Wednesday over the district’s policy of keeping full-time union employees on […]

City Life

32 Arrested in Massive Montco-Colombia Drug Trafficking Bust

On Wednesday, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Vetri Ferman and a host of other law enforcement officials announced the arrest of 32 suspects allegedly involved […]

City Life

Gosnell-Inspired Bill Targets Infanticide, Illegal Abortions

A bill that would lengthen the statute of limitations for crimes of the sort committed by “House of Horrors” abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell has been […]

City

Bart Blatstein: I Never Made Threats About Pier Shops

Yesterday was supposed to be the big unveiling of Bart Blatstein’s plans for The Pier Shops at Caesars, the half-empty mall over the ocean in Atlantic […]

City Life

Video: Four Guys Attack 13-Year-Old in Fairmount for iPhone

Last Friday, a 13-year-old boy was walking by historic Eastern State Penitentiary on 22nd Street in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia when four teens attacked […]

Property

The Question of Pedestrian Safety During Construction

Today in extremely safe West Philly construction practices swaying in the wind over the sidewalk. pic.twitter.com/crIfy8SAaN — Amara Rockar (@arockar) November 25, 2014 With developments […]

Things to Do

Comics: Evildoers Must Now Fear Philadelphia’s Newest Superhero, The Black Hood

In his first incarnation in the 1940s, The Black Hood was at first a NYPD detective who was framed for a jewelry store robbery by […]

City Life

The Sixers Are Good at Math. The Phillies Aren’t.

We already know that the Sixers stink. We expect that the Phillies — barring a miracle — will do the same during their forthcoming season. […]

Restaurants

NOW OPEN: The Lanes at South Bowl

The long awaited South Bowl has softly opened on Oregon Avenue, just east of I-95. The 26-lane bowling alley from the team that brought us […]

Property

Can’t Miss Pic: Ghostbusters-like Scene at Penn’s Fisher Fine Arts Library

One of the city’s architectural gems had an interesting, albeit minor, maintenance issue this weekend that made for a ghostly picture. A broken radiator in the lobby […]

City Life

FBI Hunting for Flyers Cap-Wearing South Philly Bank Robber

The Philadelphia Police Department and the FBI are asking for the public’s help in finding the man seen here, who allegedly robbed the Santander Bank […]

Restaurants

Parlor In Ardmore Is Opening On March 1

Rob Wasserman (owner of Rouge and 500º), is opening his new restaurant, Parlor, on March 1, and he’s doing it in the same Suburban Square […]

City Life

Robert Marshall, Blind Faith’s Murderous Husband, Has Died

Robert Marshall, the Toms River man who was convicted of killing his wife and became the subject of a book and TV movie about murder, […]

Philadelphia Wedding

WATCH: The Sweetest Proposal Went Down on The Ellen Show Yesterday

One diehard Ellen DeGeneres fan got the surprise of a lifetime yesterday when her boyfriend popped the question during a tapping of the talk show. […]

Citified

Why Philly’s GOP Doesn’t Support Its Own Council Incumbents

Philadelphia’s Republican Party voted last week to not endorse any candidates yet for City Council At-Large in the May 19th primary. Joe DeFelice, executive director of the […]