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What Your Favorite Philly Weather Forecaster Says About You

In this town, there’s no shortage of meteorologists to turn to when you want to spend hours listening to hyped-up, laughably inaccurate forecasts while sending […]

Restaurants

Jake’s Sandwich Board Extends Hours To 3 am

Calling all University City students: now you can cure those late night munchies with Jake’s after-midnight breakfast sandwiches. Jake’s Sandwich Board is extending their hours on […]

City

Church and State: Pennsylvania House Resolution Honors God

A resolution introduced yesterday by State Rep. John Lawrence, who represents the 13th legislative district, honors the Lord. Okay, it’s not a resolution praising God […]

Restaurants

A Summer Barbecue In February

Okay, so this whole snow thing is getting old already. And the cold? Tired of it. Apparently, so are George and Jennifer Sabatino, because they’re […]

City Life

Medical Marijuana Back in Play in Pennsylvania?

State Sens. Daylin Leach and Mike Folmer are try, trying again. The bipartisan duo — Leach is a Democrat, Folmer a Republican — have reintroduced […]

City Life

Senate GOP Sues Over Wolf’s Firing of Open Records Czar

Pennsylvania Senate Republicans are suing Gov. Wolf over his ousting of the executive director of the Office of Open Records. The suit, filed in Commonwealth Court, says Wolf’s actions “violate […]

Property

There’s a Cool Time-Juggling Sculpture Outside of PAFA Right Now

The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts building (yes, that iconic Frank Furness designed structure on North Broad) now has a head-turning addition: a 16-foot […]

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City Life

Does Philly Really Have One of America’s Most Efficient School Systems?

Get this: A new study from WalletHub.com says Philadelphia has the ninth most-efficient school district in the nation. Really. The study compared 90 of America’s […]

City Life

Meet Robert Drake: Philadelphia’s Unofficial Weather Savior

Over the last several major weather events in Philadelphia, we’ve noticed that more and more people seem to be looking to a guy named Robert […]

Citified

Jim Kenney Is Resigning From Council Thursday

Philadelphia City Councilman Jim Kenney is resigning Thursday, according to a press release just put out by his office. Sources confirm that Kenney has decided to […]

City Life

Mayor Nutter Defends Closing the City Today

Mayor Nutter is defending the city’s decision to shut down the government Tuesday. Philadelphia only ended up getting a couple inches of snow, despite predictions that a historic blizzard was upon […]

City Life

John Bolaris Attacks “Classless” Angelo Cataldi on Twitter

On Tuesday morning, in the wake of the Great 2015 Blizzard of Philadelphia That Didn’t Happen, there was a lot of blame going around, including […]

Expect crowded conditions on the Broad Street Line around this time every day during the convention. | Photo: Ben Schumin
City Life

Here’s Why the Subways Ran All Night Last Night

The threat of snow gave many workers in Philadelphia Tuesday off. It also had another benefit: It caused SEPTA to run the Market-Frankford El and […]

Things to Do

Highs and Lows of The Bachelor, Week 4

Unfortunately, I have some bad news about this week’s Bachelor recap: This will not be a wrap-up of the full episode last night. Thanks to […]

City Life

Lyft Is Launching in Philadelphia on Friday

Ride-hailing service Lyft announced today that it will launch its service in Philadelphia on Friday, January 30th. The company had been advertising for drivers in […]