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How Many Snakes Would It Take to Make You Leave Your Favorite Philly Restaurant?

I have been bitten by one snake in my life. It’s an embarrassing story, and not really germane to the discussion we’re about to have […]

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City Life

Councilman: Police Failed to Evict Squatter in Pastor’s Home for Months

Republican City Councilman David Oh wants to crack down on “squatters.” Oh has proposed legislation that would establish rules for how the city handles squatters, […]

City Life

Man Stabbed to Death Outside Free Library in Center City

This is a developing news story. Check back for more information. A man was stabbed to death on Friday morning outside the Free Library of […]

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City Life

Steve Bannon Endorses Pennsylvania’s Trump-Loving Gubernatorial Candidate

A two-hour plane ride with Steve Bannon left state Sen. Scott Wagner feeling “emboldened” last weekend — and apparently earned the gubernatorial hopeful an endorsement. Wagner, the York […]

City Life

ICE Arrests 107 Immigrants in Philly This Week During “Operation Safe City”

Ever since Donald Trump took control of the White House, there have been frequent rumors of large-scale ICE raids in Philadelphia — rumors that have […]

City Life

Why You Shouldn’t Be So Quick to Judge Philly ‘Scrappers’ Digging for Trash

“Did someone catch him doing it? If so did they break his hands? I sure hope so.” “There are soooo many lately.” “He’s up too […]

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City Life

Asplundh Tree Company to Pay $95M in Undocumented Workers Case

Willow Grove-based Asplundh Tree Expert pleaded guilty on Thursday to charges of illegally recruiting, hiring and employing undocumented immigrants. The massive company agreed to pay […]

Property

Survey Finds Philly Renters Value Convenience, Comfort More Than Amenities

Eurostyle kitchens, hardwood floors and bathrooms with Toto toilets and rain shower heads may lure tenants to apartment complexes in other cities, but here in […]

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City Life

Lower Merion Parents Outraged Over “Mega School” Plans

Parents in the Lower Merion School District want to keep “mega schools” out of their backyards. The term means what it sounds like: a really […]

City Life

Jayson Werth Tried to Show Philly Some Love Last Night… It Didn’t Go Well

In what would be the perfect ending to a hypothetical trope-filled Philadelphia sports movie along the lines of The Garbage Picking Field Goal Kicking Philadelphia […]

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City Life

Northern Liberties Trolley Crash Kills Woman, Injures Kids

A trolley crash in Northern Liberties on Wednesday left one woman dead and two children injured. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. near 4th Street and Girard Avenue., […]

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City Life

Panic Near 30th Street Station Leads to Full-Blown SEPTA Chaos

Panicked SEPTA Regional Rail riders rushed out of a train onto Center City railroad tracks last night, prompting commuting chaos – all because of false rumors […]

City Life

Here’s Mayor Kenney’s Plan to Save the Planet

After President Donald Trump made public his desire to withdraw the United States from the Paris climate agreement, Mayor Jim Kenney responded in kind by […]

City Life

All Those Philly Soda Tax Ads Cost $5.4 Million This Year

Mayor Kenney sure hit a nerve with his soda tax, didn’t he? Even before the law went on the books last year, a public relations war […]

City Life

Spotted in Rittenhouse Square: Bruce Willis

Hey! … Was that just? Yes! Bruce Willis was spotted hanging out around Philly this week while in town filming Glass, the latest M. Night Shyamalan […]