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Morning Headlines: Conshohocken Development Aimed At Younger Residents?
Modern office spaces continue to pop up here and there throughout the city, enticing young professionals who favor shared, open areas at work. However, as Jon […]
Will Michael Nutter Replace Chaka Fattah in Congress?
Chaka Fattah is talking — but not about that. Everybody else is talking — about who might replace Fattah if the legal scandals in his […]
The War on Household Germs Goes Nuclear
Last weekend I was at the Shore with my relations, as I am every August at this time of year. We’d just finished supper, and […]
Gillick Says Amaro’s Job Is Safe
Feels like old times: Tomorrow's back page pic.twitter.com/TMstPlMkAU — Philly Daily News (@PhillyDailyNews) September 3, 2014
Poll: Wolf Widens Lead Over Corbett
The news keeps getting worse for Gov. Tom Corbett. A new poll shows him 30 points behind opponent Tom Wolf in the November gubernatorial election, […]
Philly Becomes the Land of the Logos
When I first moved to Philadelphia six years ago, one of its chief faults (in my view) appeared to be this: It wasn’t New York. […]
Nutter Hopes for PGW Sale by Year’s End
The old deadline is dead. Now there’s a new one. Mayor Nutter, who failed in his efforts to get a City Council vote on selling […]
Morgan’s Pier Launches Pumpkin Week
Well at least Morgan’s Pier waited until September for Pumpkin Week. The riverfront bar is offering $10 pumpkin beer flights from now until Sunday, September […]
Happy Bourbon Heritage Month!
So weird that we’d have a whole month to celebrate a bunch of 16th century French and Spanish kings. I mean, Henry the IV? He […]
Chaka Fattah Jr. Talks Gambling, His Congressman Dad, the IRS
It’s a crazy time to be Chaka Fattah Jr. He’s facing federal charges for tax evasion. He’s suing the IRS for $10 million (complaint below). And his […]
Is Mayor Nutter Making Nice on Pot Decriminalization?
It looks as though Mayor Nutter is charting a new course on pot decriminalization. Newsworks reports that the mayor — who still has several weeks […]
Tonight: Foobooz Burger at Rex 1516
Tonight, Tuesday, September 2nd, Rex 1516’s Justin Swain is taking my idea for a Welsh Rarebit burger and turning it into a reality. The Welsh Medium […]
Are Philly College Students Really America’s Most-Caffeinated?
This can’t be right, can it? Online food delivery service GrubHub has crunched all the numbers in its database to determine the 10 most-caffeinated campuses […]
One Weekend, Three Celebrity Weddings: All Of The Details About The Stars Who Just Got Hitched
Labor Day was quite the celebratory occasion for three celebrity couples who tied the knot over the long holiday weekend. From Gabrielle Union and Dwyane Wade’s […]
WATCH: Cecily Tynan’s Water Sports Obsession
In an interview in August’s Best of Philly edition of Philadelphia magazine, impressively armed 6 ABC meteorologist Cecily Tynan told me that her newfound summer […]