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Overbrook High Could Have a Real Biology Teacher by Friday

Last Wednesday, we reported that Overbrook High School hadn’t been teaching biology this school year, because they were unable to find a replacement for their […]

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Every Performance at the 2015 Grammy Awards, Ranked

Grammy moment. The two-word phrase was spoken so many times I stopped counting. The idea was to let you know that the upcoming performance was […]

City Life

Kennett Square Man Held After Suspicious Death of 18-Year-Old Chadds Ford Girlfriend

Tragedy struck at Millersville University in Lancaster County on Sunday when 18-year-old Millersville freshman Karlie Hall of Chadds Ford died in her dorm room. Prosecutors […]

City Life

Dimming Hopes for Comcast Merger?

The New York Times today jumps aboard the increasingly crowded “maybe that Comcast merger with Time Warner Cable won’t happen after all” bandwagon. You already […]

City Life

Would You Spend $200,000 on Your Child’s Bedroom?

So last week the Wall Street Journal filled me in on Dahlia Mahmood, an interior designer who created a lovely princess-themed bedroom for a Virginia […]

Property

Morning Headlines: Another Eminent Domain Case Leaves Owner in a Lurch

Yet another eminent domain case has popped up in the area, this time across the river in Camden. According to the Inquirer’s Jonathan Lai, real estate investor […]

Citified

Mayoral Front-Runner Anthony Williams: “I’m Not Machiavellian”

State Sen. Anthony Williams is the consensus front-runner and the top fundraiser in the Philadelphia mayor’s race. But what does he stand for? Citified sat down […]

Citified

The Brief: Let the Hunger Games Begin, Finally

Can it be? Have we finally, belatedly, reached the end of the months-long mayoral preamble? Maybe so. The Democratic mayoral field now appears set. Barring […]

City Life

Another Cosby Accuser Comes Forward

Another woman has come forward to accuse Bill Cosby, this time for allegedly making “unwanted sexual advances” on the set of The Cosby Show in […]

City Life

Police Brutality Charges Show the System Is Trying, Not That It’s Working

Seth Williams was almost right. The district attorney entered last Thursday’s press conference — the one announcing brutality charges against two Philadelphia police officers — seemingly […]

City Life

Winter Weather Advisory Issued for Philly, Region

Remember Sunday, when it felt like spring in Philadelphia? That’s ancient history. Today’s forecast in the region? Freezing rain, sleet and snow. So says the […]

Restaurants

Grey Lodge Launches Sunday Cheese and Beer Pairings

Mike “Scoats” Scotese received a copy of Di Bruno Bros. House of Cheese: A Guide to Wedges, Recipes and Pairings by Tenaya Darlington from his […]

Citified

Meet Mayoral Front-Runner Anthony Williams

In the Philadelphia mayor’s race, everything’s coming up Anthony Williams. When past city solicitor Ken Trujillo dropped out of the race, it was good news for […]

City Life

Weed Cookies: My Fully Baked Ambien Alternative

The last time I took an Ambien was a little more than two years ago. I was a couple weeks into the prescription and woke […]

Restaurants

Restaurant Review: Kensington Quarters

You walk by Bryan Mayer’s butcher case at Kensington Quarters, and you develop certain expectations about what awaits you in the dining room. These deepen […]