Person: Dave Dormond, 33, boatbuilder Place: Workshop at the Independence Seaport Museum, Tuesday afternoon Thing: Checking the hull Is she ready to launch? We’re about […]
Philadelphia’s skinniest mobster Joey Merlino has been living in Boca Raton, Florida since his March 2011 release from federal prison, where he spent a decade […]
A judge ruled yesterday that three men once convicted of torturing and murdering another man won’t be retried for the crime. Common Pleas Judge Benjamin […]
It’s expected to open sometime in late 2016, but construction of the Museum of the American Revolution will soon be underway. In fact, the Inquirer’s Stephan […]
For years now, you’ve witnessed the phenomenon of people paying money to be petrified by other people. How do you explain this strange desire? It’s […]
Hey, remember when Metro bought City Paper? You probably will when you see this week’s cover.
Yesterday, City Paper reported a small, if hilarious piece of news: Anthony Clark, who heads the Philadelphia City Commissioners office, has not voted in the […]
Last night, Hillary Clinton spoke at the National Constitution Center at a rally for Pennsylvania gubernatorial hopeful Tom Wolf. And we learned one very important […]
There are no two ways about it: African food is tough on dilettantes. It’ll confront you with vegetables you’ve never heard of, meat that runs […]
A man on a Wednesday flight from Philadelphia to the Dominican Republic said he had the Ebola virus — apparently as a joke with unintended […]
Pennsylvania’s Judicial Conduct Board will review whether State Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery violated ethics in the state’s expanding “racy email” scandal, the Inquirer reports. The […]
Let’s concede a few things about Mumia Abu-Jamal right off the top: He’s a bad man. A convicted, apparently unrepentant cop killer. A poseur surrounded […]
Philadelphia officials expected there would be fewer students in public schools this fall — but even then they underestimated just how quickly the district would […]
A same-sex couple in Ohio is suing a Chicago-area sperm bank for wrongful birth and breach of warranty after receiving the wrong sperm, resulting in […]
It’s no longer just a sketch or a vision in your dreams anymore, brides: It’s Bridal Market in New York, which means that the Elsa […]
