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Morning Headlines: More Info On Planned W / Element Hotels Coming Next Week

According to PlanPhilly’s Jared Brey, the developers of the planned W and Element Hotels at 15th and Chestnut (currently a parking lot) don’t need zoning […]

City Life

Retired Philly Police Captain Joins Ferguson Protests

Fresh outta Ferguson: RT @jaketapper: Retired Philly police Captain Ray Lewis #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/Dnz6aZ8dto — Angelo Fichera (@AJFichera) August 22, 2014

City Life

Mayor Nutter Backs Comcast Merger

Mayor Nutter has come out in support of Comcast’s merger with Time Warner Cable. CBS Philly reports that Nutter joined 50 other mayors in signing […]

City Life

Is “Tainted Justice” Now Tainted?

It would appear that an Inquirer story killed last month by publisher Gerry Lenfest is back from the dead. The Inquirer today has a lengthy […]

City Life

Taney Dragons Fall at Little League World Series

The Taney Dragons were eliminated from the Little League World Series in a 6-5 loss to Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West team Thursday night. Taney, the […]

City Life

The Taney Dragons’ Magical Ride Comes to an End

Philadelphia’s Taney Dragons were entertaining to the very end. They came up just short in their elimination game Thursday night, losing 6-5 to Chicago with […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Two Local Wedding Planners Join Forces To Create New Full-Service Company Lauren James Events

As longtime colleagues in the events department at The Ritz-Carlton Philadelphia, Lauren Lerner and Jamie Fishman coordinated quite a few impressive Philadelphia weddings. Their combined resume […]

Restaurants

Silk City’s Mark Bee Opening Bar in Former Sisters

G Philly has the story on Mark Bee (Silk City and N. 3rd) reopening Sisters in the Gayborhood as a straight bar welcoming gay business […]

Philadelphia Wedding

Rizzieri Salon & Spa Will Be Opening A 14,000-Square-Foot Location At The Moorestown Mall In September

A new salon is coming to town and it’s going to be massive. Come September, Frank and Sal Rizzieri—whose cosmetology empire includes multiple salons, a beauty […]

Restaurants

Tickets are Now on Sale for the Third Annual Garces Foundation Gala

Tickets are now on sale for Jose Garces’s third annual Garces Foundation Gala. The event is being held on Wednesday, October 29th at the Kimmel […]

City Life

3 Feel-Good Stories the Internet Has Ruined This Week

Have you noticed how angry everyone online is lately? Taking a confluence of factors into consideration, this might have been the most furious Internet week of […]

City

Del. Peeping Tom Sketch Looks Like Drake, Many Others

Police in New Castle County, Delaware, are looking into reports of a peeping Tom. Cops say a neighbor saw a man walking in a woman’s […]

Restaurants

Throwback Thursday: Starr’s Cafe

Way before there was a Stephen Starr and his twenty-one or so Philadelphia restaurants, there was a Starr’s Cafe. This 1917 photo of Margaret Street and […]

City

Pilots Warned About Design of Jet in Lewis Katz Crash

Gulfstream has warned pilots about a safety device that does not work as expected on its Gulfstream IV jets. The jet’s design is supposed to […]

Restaurants

Summer Luau at Morgan’s Pier

If you’re not wearing white, or black or sweatpants tonight, perhaps  you want to break out your Hawaiian shirt? Morgan’s Pier is offering a luau with […]