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Lemur babies at the Philadelphia Zoo
City Life

WATCH: Four Recently Born Lemurs at the Philadelphia Zoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjHBywU7kEU Four black and white ruffed lemurs were born at the Philadelphia Zoo last month — and now the zoo has released incredibly cute photos […]

Business

BioTelemetry Makes $15.5M Offer for VirtualScopics

BioTelemetry, the Malvern-based company formerly known as CardioNet Inc., has announced it its intention to buy VirtualScopics Inc., a leading provider of clinical trial imaging […]

Restaurants

The New Vegan Cafe for Fitness Junkies to Flock To

Vegans, rejoice! Heart Beet Kitchen, a new grab-and-go and sit-down vegan and gluten-free cafe in the Westmont, New Jersey, is having its grand opening this Saturday, April […]

City Life

Police ID Suspect in Najee Rivera Murder, Add Him to Philly’s Most Wanted List

Najee Rivera was one of 280 homicide victims in Philadelphia last year, and nearly half of those murders remain unsolved. But Rivera’s girlfriend Dina Scannapieco […]

Restaurants

Insomnia Cookies Adding Storefronts to Drexel and Temple’s Campuses

Insomnia Cookies has been feeding college students cookies and even cold milk since 2003. Starting out as a food truck, they now have locations in […]

City Life

Today Is the Last Day to Register to Vote in the PA Primary

Last year, I changed my registration so I could register to vote in the Philadelphia mayoral primary. It was an easier task than I expected: […]

Business

Aramark Mulls Bringing Avoca to U.S.

How to describe the Avoca chain of stores in Ireland? Maybe something like Pottery Barn meets Starbucks meets Boston Market — the kind of place […]

Restaurants

New Eagles Offensive Lineman: “Wawa Is The Truth”

When the Eagles signed offensive lineman Brandon Brooks to a 5-year, $40 million deal earlier this month, his first words about the city of Philadelphia […]

Brandon Brooks: Wawa Is The Truth
City Life

New Eagles Offensive Lineman: “Wawa Is The Truth”

When the Eagles signed offensive lineman Brandon Brooks to a 5-year, $40 million deal earlier this month, his first words about the city of Philadelphia […]

City Life

Penn Prof: “Don’t Grade Schools on Grit”

There’s probably no person in America who has done more to popularize the idea of “grit” as an essential component of a child’s success than […]

Villanova Wildcats head coach Jay Wright celebrates after winning 2016 national championship title.
City Life

Can the Villanova Wildcats Win It All?

You weren’t tripping on acid this weekend: The Villanova Wildcats really did beat the Kansas Jayhawks to win the South Regional and make it to […]

Property

Coming to Hawthorne: 48 New Condos

Work will commence next month on a 48-unit courtyard condominium development called Garden Square on the 700 block of South 12th Street in Hawthorne. Designed […]

City Life

Morning Headlines: Kenney Defends Soda Tax

Good morning, Philadelphia. Here’s what you need to know today: Mayor Kenney isn’t backing down on his proposed soda tax. There seems to be growing […]

City Life

Jerry Colangelo and his Impact on Free Agency

One of the primary reasons for optimism surrounding the Sixers’ decision to hire Jerry Colangelo as the chairman of basketball operations is that the signing seems […]

City Life

Sixers Fall To Blazers 108-105, Losing Streak Reaches 8

Well, that was different. If you’re looking at last night’s game as the outline to a plot, the basic gist of the game was one […]