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The Philadelphia Citizen

Mayor Parker’s FY27 Budget, By the Numbers

In partnership with Committee of Seventy, a breakdown per person of how the Mayor and City Council will use your money over the next year. […]

The Philadelphia Citizen

Citizen of the Week: Kadafi El-Kardah, Germantown’s “Drain Buddy”

How one local resident is bringing neighbors together to fight flooding, one cleanup at a time Read more at The Philadelphia Citizen.

City Life

This Just In: All the Details You Need About Philly’s Parallel Parking Championship

We now have all the details about the first-ever Philadelphia Parallel Parking Championship, organized by the Philadelphia Parallel Parking Association. Yes, the PPPA. (We had […]

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City Life

How Hoagie Heir Joey Sacco Became an OnlyFans Millionaire

So the story goes like this: Joey Sacco, now 26, was 19 and bored. He opened his phone, made a sexually explicit solo video, sent […]

The FBI at Dane Fine Arts in Ardmore on Wednesday morning
City Life

FBI Agents Swarm Prestigious Main Line Art Gallery

     Listen to the audio edition here: The suburban town of Ardmore is a relatively quiet place, not the kind of town that normally […]

Restaurants

Manna Bakery Set to Open Thursday

Saif Manna didn’t start out as a chef or a baker. He began as a student at Temple, making cookies in his apartment for his […]

Be Well Philly

The Doctor Will See You Now — On Your Laptop

     Listen to the audio edition here: Log onto your computer or phone for an appointment with Jefferson Health family medicine physician Ed Buchanan, […]

Restaurants

Recipe Philly — the City’s New Reality-Show Restaurant — Sets Its Opening Date

A while back, I told you all about Recipe — an actual brick-and-mortar restaurant based on a reality show, based on a recipe contest, based […]

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Philadelphia Wedding

Your First Look at the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia’s Newly Refreshed Ballroom

The event spaces at the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia were always lovely, of course — two smaller ballrooms and a grand foyer, all located on […]

An Arby's cheesesteak and a disgusted taste-tester
Restaurants

I Tried Arby’s New Cheesesteak So You Don’t Have To

     Listen to the audio edition here: We here at Philadelphia magazine tend not to pay much attention to whatever chain restaurants are doing, […]

City Life

LeBron James’s Philly Connections Run Back Nearly 25 Years

     Listen to the audio edition here: LeBron James’s announcement that he was signing a two-year deal with the Sixers means the greatest-of-all-time short-lister […]

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City Life

Behold: Philadelphia’s LeBron James Era Has Begun

Here we were expecting a slow summer Friday. Maybe get an early start to the Jersey Shore. Alas, this was not to be, because basketball […]

Restaurants

What to Eat at the 2026 Best of Philly Party Presented by Penn Medicine

The countdown is officially on! Philadelphia magazine’s Best of Philly Party Presented by Penn Medicine is just around the corner, and it’s shaping up to […]

Cecily Tynan, who is retiring from 6ABC, speaking at the Pennsylvania Conference for Women in Philadelphia
City Life

Fare Thee Well, Cecily Tynan

     Listen to the audio edition here: As somebody who has been reporting on Philadelphia for more than 20 years and who has observed […]

Restaurants

Best of Philly Bars: Here’s Where to Drink Right Now

Any dummy with a Mr. Boston guide and a handle of Tito’s can pour out a line of lemon drops on alumni night. But the […]