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Host Your Wedding at the Newly-Renovated Sonesta Philadelphia

If a ballroom wedding is what you have in mind for your Big Day, you’ll want to add the newly-renovated Sonesta Philadelphia to your list […]

Property

$1.1 Million State Grant to Aid Northwest Philly’s Wayfinding Project

Mt. Airy, Chestnut Hill and other neighborhoods in Northwest Philadelphia are about to see a massive makeover thanks to Mt. Airy USA, a community development group […]

Restaurants

Last Call For Thanksgiving Orders At The Fair Food Farmstand

If you’ve just realized Thanksgiving is only a week away by reading this sentence (or you already know how close it is and can’t seem […]

City

Complaint: SRC Violated Pennsylvania Sunshine Act

As anticipated, public school activists have filed a complaint against the School Reform Commission, charging the SRC violated the state’s Sunshine Act when it unilaterally […]

City Life

It’s Hard to Trust Roger Goodell

I once met and interviewed Adrian Peterson. He greeted me, as he does everyone, with a vice-grip handshake that stuns you to your core, a […]

Restaurants

Tonight: Food Fight In Fairmount

It’s a food fight in Fairmount. Tonight at Girard College’s Founders Hall, the Battle of the Neighborhoods Food Fight is going down from 6-9 p.m. […]

City

Charges Dropped in Philly Attempted Murder Case

The Philadelphia District Attorney’s office has dropped charges against Tomayo McDuffy, a Holmesburg man once accused of attempted murder in a home invasion case in […]

City Life

Now CNN’s Don Lemon Is the Laughingstock of Twitter

It was one of the most bizarre interviews ever on TV news. CNN’s Don Lemon, who used to work in Philadelphia at NBC10, asked one […]

City Life

N.J. State Police: 2 Children Shot to Death in Burlco Home

New Jersey state police confirmed today that two children, a boy and a girl, were killed and two other people wounded in a shooting in […]

City Life

Comcast: Are Vultures Circling the Merger?

OK, so it’s probably a bit much to say the vultures are circling over the Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger. After all, the “vulture” in question […]

Restaurants

Tonight: Beaujolais Nouveau Night in Midtown Village

Beaujolais Nouveau, the French red that’s always ridiculously popular for one day a year, will be officially released for sale on Thursday, November 20th. And […]

Property

Hotel Slated for Little Pete’s Site Moves Forward

The hotel planned for the site currently occupied by a parking garage and Little Pete’s diner advanced earlier this week. Philadelphia’s planning commission voted unanimously […]

City Life

North Wildwood’s “Fudgy Wudgy Man” Dies at 76

Andy Markee, known to vacationers for years as the quintessential Fudgy Wudgy Man on Wildwood’s beaches, has died. He had been selling ice cream, primarily […]

City Life

(UPDATE) Kane’s Office Clarifies Porn Email Clarification

[Update 10:30 a.m.] Well, you don’t see this every day in politics. Yes, a politician will make an explosive statement, only to have a spokesperson […]

City Life

90 Pounds of Pot Sent to 69th Street City Blue to Be Destroyed

60 pounds of pot delivered to Upper Darby clothing store: http://t.co/jugoLXC1I9 pic.twitter.com/x34L82c6P2 — Philly.com Breaking (@phillynews) November 19, 2014 An unknown person shipped 90 pounds […]