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Whooping Cough at Four Abington Schools Has Parents On Edge

When Abington business owner Lisa Schaffer heard just before Christmas that a student at Abington High School had been diagnosed with whooping cough, she thought […]

Restaurants

Wanna Have Lunch At Vetri?

Very early this morning, The Insider dropped the news that Marc Vetri–after years of being pestered by his fans–would open his namesake restaurant (which remains […]

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City Life

If the Flyers Win Their Last 2 Games, They Make the Playoffs

The Flyers looked like they were about to crash out of the playoff chase last night. They trailed the worst team in the NHL, the […]

City Life

Today Is Villanova’s Championship Parade

Today is the championship parade for the Villanova Wildcats men’s basketball team in Center City Philadelphia. Here’s what you need to know: As we’ve reported […]

Citified

Reports: New Fire Commissioner Chosen

Adam Thiel, Virginia’s deputy secretary of public safety and homeland security, has been chosen as Philadelphia’s next fire commissioner, according to reports at multiple outlets. […]

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City Life

WATCH: Bill Clinton Spars With Protesters in Philly Over 1994 Crime Bill

Erica Mines said she didn’t plan on shouting at Bill Clinton on Thursday afternoon. Mines attended a rally for Hillary Clinton‘s presidential campaign, but she’s […]

City Life

4 Takeaways from Bernie Sanders’ Speech at AFL-CIO Convention

After a heavy night of campaigning through the city on Wednesday, first appearing at the Tindley Temple United Methodist Church in South Philly for a discussion, […]

City Life

How Did We Become So Obsessed With Food — and So Lazy at the Grocery Store?

I was shopping the other night with my kid at Fresh Grocer in West Philly, which is the closest grocery store to where she lives. I […]

Restaurants

It’s A Vegan Mac And Cheese Mac-Down

Over on Be Well Philly, our healthy compatriots are getting excited over a vegan mac-and-cheese smack-down that’s going to be happening on May 1st in […]

Property

Is There a Big Hotel in the Works on 19th Street?

Up until last month, 29 S. 19th St. was one of a row of 19th-century homes-turned-commercial structures that survived the transformation of West Market Street […]

Restaurants

Should Kids Be Banned from Bars?

It’s Thursday night. You’ve had a rough day at work. And all you really want to do is belly up to your favorite bar and […]

Restaurants

More Food Truck News: Manayunk’s StrEAT Food Festival Is This Weekend

If you just can’t find it within yourself to wait until June for the Food Truck Border Brawl we wrote about earlier today, take heart. […]

City Life

Hate Roosevelt Boulevard? Here’s Your Chance to Change It for the Better

Are you one of the many Roosevelt Boulevard users who are ready to “route for change” for the Northeast’s most reviled thoroughfare? (I no longer […]

Citified

The Latino Vote Series — Join Us for a Different Kind of Conversation

Would a Donald Trump nomination drive Latino voters to the polls in November? Will Hispanics in Wyoming, New York and Pennsylvania back Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders? If Ted Cruz won a contested nomination, […]

City Life

Nutter Blasts Sanders for Clinton “Qualifications” Comment

Former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter blasted Bernie Sanders for Sanders’ comments that Hillary Clinton isn’t qualified to be president. Sanders made his comments Wednesday at […]