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Meet the Beese Knees: The Local Bakers Whipping Up Gourmet Ice Cream Cakes For Your Wedding
We apologize in advance if this post ignites a serious ice cream/cake/sweets craving, but we guarantee it’ll all be worth it (plus, hey, if we’re […]
What’s a Weekend Without Football?
What’s a weekend without football? Well it’s pretty awful. All anyone does is talk about Tom Brady’s balls. If you want to get beyond that, […]
Who Will Sanction the NCAA in Wake of Penn State?
The NCAA, the organization that’s normally as inflexible as a PVC pipe, gave it up last week. So what if part of the settlement of […]
Foobooz Six Pack: Philly’s Best Pie
Philadelphia is a quintessentially American city. We have the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall and the Betsy Ross House. Even more important, we have some of […]
Six Ferraris, Two Rolls-Royces, $1.2 Million In Jewelry Seized in Doylestown Fraud Case
Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has announced the arrest of seven people — five from one family — charged in a massive insurance fraud scheme […]
Proof That Jersey Shore Beach Access Opponents Are Wrong, Snobs
Over the holidays, I shipped out to Southern California to visit family for a week. Almost every day I was there, I ran along Redondo […]
Cohen: Net Neutrality Could Scuttle Time Warner Merger
Comcast is the focus of a big Page One story today in the Wall Street Journal, focusing on the company’s power in Washington, net neutrality, […]
113-Apartment Building With Roof Terrace and Dog Park Planned for Washington Ave.
Harman Deutsch presented plans for the the 5-story mixed-use development of a vacant lot at 2401 Washington Ave. this week. The oddly-shaped lot, which has […]
Fond Adds $35 Prix Fixe, Revamps Menus for Winter
Fond on East Passyunk Avenue has updated its menu for winter 2015. Lee Styer and Jesse Prawlucki’s restaurant is now offering a $35 prix fixe […]
Wawa’s New App Offers Free Drinks, Food
Now Wawa is working its magic on your smartphone. The beloved convenience store chain this week unveiled the Wawa app. And while it’s handy — […]
Council Members Back Testing “Revolt”
There’s a “revolt” against standardized testing under way in Philly, and some members of the City Council are backing it. Seventeen percent of students at Feltonville […]
Morning Headlines: Suit Claims Society Hill Condo Used in Sex-for-Rent Affair
So here’s a bizarre story to start off your Friday morning. According to Morgan Zalot of the Daily News, a “high-powered Brooklyn real-estate mogul” named […]
Are Jim Kenney and John Dougherty About to Join Forces?
The mayor’s race grew a hell of a lot more interesting over the last 48 hours.
Wolf Goes to Battle With GOP
That didn’t take long. On only his second day in office, Gov. Tom Wolf started throwing down with Republicans — voiding some last-second picks for […]
Winter Weather on Way for Weekend
Post by US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly. Forecasters say a nor’easter is on the way to the Philadelphia region and should give us a […]