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City

Cops to South Philly Drivers: Um, Don’t Leave Your Car Running

Police have a message for car-owning residents of South Philadelphia: Don’t leave your car running. According to the Bella Vista Neighbors Association newsletter, police have […]

Restaurants

Jose Garces is Opening Three Restaurants at the Tropicana in Atlantic City

Atlantic City is apparently collecting Iron Chefs. With Bobby Flay, Wolfgang Puck and Geoffrey Zakarian already there and Michael Symon opening Angeline at the Borgata […]

Restaurants

James Beard Finally Acknowledges Philly’s Little Guys (and Gals) for its 2017 Semifinalists List

This story has been updated. The almighty James Beard Awards Committee rarely ever left its comfort-zone when it came down to Philadelphia restaurants. Year after year, it […]

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City

Burlington Coat Factory Drops Ivanka Trump Merchandise (Online, at Least)

Burlington, the South Jersey discount department store better known as Burlington Coat Factory and also known for not being affiliated with Burlington Industries, no longer […]

Limerick Generating Station
City

Limerick Residents Told to Re-Up on Potassium Iodide

As if there weren’t enough to worry about in life already, Montgomery County officials are reminding residents within a 10-mile radius of the Limerick Generation […]

Business

Knit Wit Closes One Door, Looks to Open Another

A “lost our lease” sale is usually sad news, but in the case of Knit Wit, the store’s owners are taking the forced closing of […]

City Life

Protesters Gather at ICE Headquarters After Philly Immigration Arrest

More than 60 activists gathered at Immigration and Customs Enforcement headquarters in Philadelphia yesterday to protest an immigration arrest. 

Restaurants

Fancy Corndogs Make an Early Debut At Reading Terminal Market

A couple months ago, we told you about the upcoming opening of Fox & Son Fancy Corndogs at the Reading Terminal Market. We didn’t have […]

City Life

Biden Chosen to Chair National Constitution Center

Former Vice President Joe Biden will chair the National Constitution Center following a unanimous vote from the museum’s board of trustees.

Property

First-Time Find: Pleasance in Point Breeze for $230K

It’s been over thirty years since the last time this Point Breeze rowhome was on the market – but thanks to a complete remodel by […]

City Life

Friends’ Central Suspends Teachers Who Invited Palestinian Speaker

Friends’ Central School in Wynnewood has suspended two teachers who invited a Palestinian speaker to its campus – just days after the school canceled the […]

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City

Bucks School Board VP: Teaching Climate Change Makes Kids Depressed

This is not an ordinary story about a school board’s conservative members deciding they don’t want climate change taught to children, despite the scientific consensus. […]

City

Did Seth Williams’s Top Assistant Resign to Run for D.A.?

Tariq Karim El-Shabazz, a longtime defense attorney who became District Attorney Seth Williams’s first assistant district attorney late last summer, resigned on Monday. But it’s […]

Restaurants

Le Virtu is Doing a Medieval Italian Dinner

So here’s something you don’t get to eat every day: Stewed gourds. Or rosewater ravioli. Or dessert made of mozzarella cheese. But that’s exactly what […]

City Life

Chaput: Media “Hostile” to Everything Trump Does

Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput criticized mainstream media outlets for their coverage of President Donald Trump during a radio show on Monday.