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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: The Pumpkin Spice Phone
Our birthday happens to cozy right up to Halloween, and as a child, we preferred pumpkin pie to cake to fete the occasion. Anybody can have […]
60,000 People Leave Philly Each Year. But It’s Not Like All of Them Hate It.
After a run of consistent population decline from 1950 to 2006, Philadelphia has, in recent years, enjoyed touting itself as a renaissance city — full […]
Philly Public Schools Will Mark Climate Change Protesters Absent Today
All the Greta Thunbergs of Philly will skip school on Friday to hit the streets in protest as people around the world take part in […]
A Look Inside Temple’s New $175 Million Charles Library
When it came to planning the new Charles Library at Temple University, there was a particular problem Joe Lucia, the school’s dean of libraries, had to […]
Robots Are Taking Over Rehabilitative Medicine
There was a time when losing a limb meant losing a bodily function forever. The idea of bionics was nothing more than fodder for television. […]
Philly to Facebook: Get Your Dating Ads Off of Our Sidewalks
In case you haven’t heard (or if the ubiquitous social media site hasn’t already informed you — or if you haven’t literally stepped on an […]
Trouble’s End Brewing Will Open With Beer, Food, and Music in Collegeville
A new brewery with a Philly connection is coming to Collegeville. Trouble’s End Brewing will take over the former home of Appalachian Brewing Co. that shuttered last […]
The Zoo Will Turn Into a Magical Holiday Lights Wonderland in November
The Philadelphia Zoo has been crushing it lately. If the goal was to take it from a popular spot for tots in strollers and turn it […]
Oncologist Edith Mitchell Wins PHL Life Sciences Ultimate Solution Award
Edith Mitchell is a force. The decorated researcher and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital oncologist has accomplished so many “firsts” that even she can’t keep track […]
New Online Absentee Ballot Request Makes Voting in Pa. … Marginally Easier
We have a lot of elections here in America, so it’s not unlikely that, at one point or another, you’ve been out of town on […]
Biden, Sanders Among 6 Democratic Presidential Candidates in Philly on Tuesday
Here come the candidates. Six of the 20 Democratic 2020 presidential contenders (yes, there are officially still 20) will visit Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon to attend a […]
When You Can’t Eat Certain Foods, How Do You Stay Chill About Your Diet?
September 13th was National Celiac Disease Awareness Day, which calls attention to this genetic autoimmune disease that affects an estimated 1 in 133 Americans. There […]
Philly Police Investigating Incident in Video Involving White Officer and Black Teen
The Philadelphia Police Department is investigating an incident involving a white police officer and a 15-year-old black high school student in North Philadelphia last Thursday […]
Sushi Has Returned to Reading Terminal Market
There used to be a sushi bar at Reading Terminal Market. Tokyo Sushi Bar handled all Japanese fish-on-rice dealings at Philly’s eminent food hall. But […]
Do You Care About Independence Hall? A $1 Million GoFundMe Wants to Know.
In July, I wrote a story about the plight of Independence National Historical Park, the National Park Service–run site that includes among its many historic […]