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City Life

Teachers Approve Contract With Philly Schools

Unionized teachers have voted overwhelmingly to approve a contract agreement with the School District of Philadelphia. The deal ends a bitter, four-year stalemate between the […]

Property

Trinity Tuesday: Suburban Quiet in Fitler Square for $380K

Not all of the little streets in Center City are equal. Some are just more charming than others. Tryon Street, a one-block lane sandwiched between […]

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City Life

When and Where (and How) to Avoid I-76 This Week

Here’s the good news: I-76 is getting repaved! If you use the highway to travel through Montgomery County between I-476 and City Avenue, expect a smoother […]

City Life

Main Line Family Launches GoFundMe to Cover Deportation Costs

Typically, when a Kickstarter or GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign lands in our inbox, it’s to raise money for underfunded schools, theater endeavors, or a band’s new […]

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City Life

Teachers Union to Vote on New Contact With Philly Schools

It’s been four years since the Philadelphia School District and its teachers’ union have agreed on a contract – and five years since teachers have […]

City Life

Seth Williams’s Trial Starts This Week

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams’s trial starts today. Williams faces 29 corruption charges, including wire fraud, extortion and bribery-related charges. Prosecutors say that, among other offenses, […]

Property

New York Developer Buys Shovel-Ready Penn Treaty Park Project

Shovel Ready Projects LLC has sold its latest shovel-ready project, the 19-unit Views at Penn Treaty, to New York-based developer Gotham Bedrock LLC for $7 […]

Property

Fattah Estate Goes on the Market in East Falls for $995K

The latest property being unloaded in the Disgraced Pol Hit Parade went on the market last Tuesday. It’s the former home of Congressman Chaka Fattah […]

Restaurants

Monday Morning TL;DR: This Place Is Making Garbage Ice Cream (For Charity)

So here we are again. Another Monday morning, the start to another week. And if you’ve found your way here, it’s probably because you’d like […]

City Life

Prepare for Torrential Downpours Today

Expect a gloomy start to the workweek, Philly: we’re in for lots of rain today. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch […]

City Life

The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Bucks County’s Fox Pox

When we were growing up in Bucks County in the 1970s, it was a wonderland of deep dense forests and verdant farmland and misty hills, […]

Restaurants

Where To Eat This Weekend: Nashville, Jupiter, and Mars

It has been a long week. But here you are, at the end of the work-week, start of the weekend, and if you’re anything like […]

Restaurants

Han Dynasty Owner Says Member of “Racist” Wedding Party Fractured His Ankle

Han Dynasty’s Han Chiang will be the first to tell you he doesn’t shy away from a verbal scrap, whether it’s with a guest in […]

Property

Tenants Continue to Press Case Against New Penn Wynn Manor Owner

About 40 Penn Wynn Manor residents and their supporters in the Philadelphia Tenants Union staged a protest in front of the Centre Square office complex […]

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City Life

Rep. Meehan Proposes Bill Targeting Hazing on College Campuses

Pennsylvania Congressman Patrick Meehan introduced a bill on Thursday that would crack down on hazing on college campuses nationwide. The legislation, called the Report and Educate […]