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Snow Will Make Wet, Slick Roads During Evening Commute

Post by US National Weather Service Philadelphia/Mount Holly. Snow should be arriving in time to make your evening commute tricky, forecasters say, with an expected […]

City Life

Jury Finds Former Ironworkers Boss Joseph Dougherty Guilty

A federal grand jury on Tuesday found Joseph Dougherty, the 73-year-old former leader of the Ironworkers Local 401, guilty of racketeering conspiracy, using fire to commit a felony, and […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Wildfox Will Unveil Its First-Ever Bridal Lingerie Collection This Spring

If you’ve ever luxuriated—and we’re willing to bet you have—in one of popular retro-inspired knitwear brand Wildfox‘s kitschy-cute pieces (I basically spend the whole of December in […]

Property

The Only List That Matters: Your Neighborhood As Girl Scout Cookies

What’s the one thing on this planet that you love even more than your amazing Philadelphia neighborhood? Girl Scout Cookies. Well, guess what? Monica Weymouth just […]

Citified

Williams Takes Advantage of Campaign Finance Loophole

Why is Philadelphia’s 2015 mayoral field so disappointing? Here’s one potential answer: Thanks to what some call a “loophole” in campaign finance law, incumbents such as state […]

Restaurants

Justin Bogle Named Corporate Executive Chef For Garces Group

So for those of you who’ve been wondering whatever happened to the guy who used to run the kitchen at Avance, now you know. The […]

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City

Airline Review: I Flew Frontier to Miami for 30 Bucks

It was good news for Philadelphia travelers when Frontier Airlines announced in September it was returning to the Philadelphia market after a two-year absence. Not […]

City Life

John Bolaris Fired Someone Over Sunday’s Ice Storm

[UPDATE, 9 p.m., 1/21] Harry Holmes, who says he’s the man John Bolaris claims to have “fired,” has responded. [ORIGINAL] John Bolaris always gives good conversation. […]

Restaurants

Restaurant Week Alternative: American Sardine Bar

Scott Schroeder is upgrading his Best of Philly winning Pittsburgh Cheesesteak between now and January 30th, during dinner hours (5 pm. to 10 p.m.), as an […]

Property

Yet Another Reason Philly is Awesome: Affordable Office Space!

We’ve been having our fun in the spotlight for the past few days, so we’ll just tag this mini pro-Philly tidbit onto the Philly Is Awesome train: […]

City Life

Streets Commissioner David Perri Explains Sunday’s Ice Disaster

On Sunday morning, thousands of folks in the Philadelphia region got in their cars, unaware that the roads were about to turn into sheets of […]

City Life

Pennsylvania: Tom Wolf Is Your Governor Now

Tom Wolf becomes #Pennsylvania's 47th governor. http://t.co/oRO0Mcl3Cw #PAinaug pic.twitter.com/aYAmP3REJ2 — WFMZ-TV 69News (@69News) January 20, 2015 It’s official, Pennsylvania: Tom Wolf is your governor now. […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Wow Your Guests: The New Rittenhouse Spa & Club Can Choreograph a Flash Mob-Style Dance for Your Wedding Reception 

By now you’re probably pretty familiar with the whole flash mob proposal thing (we love this Philly one), but imagine pulling off a surprise like […]

City Life

State Examiner: City Can’t Just Change DROP

Two initial decisions by a state hearing examiner have found that the city of Philadelphia violated the law when it made changes to the Deferred Retirement Option Plan three […]

Property

Projects Bubbling Up in Brewerytown in 2015

Looks like Tacony isn’t the only neighborhood fixing for a revival. The Brewerytown boosters at MM Partners recently sent out a report of the projects they have in […]