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Bankruptcy Round Up: Tony’s Baltimore Grill and Johnny Manana’s

Tony’s Baltimore Grill in Atlantic City has filed for bankruptcy. Co-owner Christopher Tarsitano tells the Atlantic City Press that a $715,000 bill for withdrawing from a pension […]

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Nutter Joins Faculty at Columbia U.

Michael Nutter is joining the faculty of Columbia University as a professor of professional practice in urban policy, the university announced Wednesday morning. He will teach […]

Restaurants

Catch a Movie at Reading Terminal Market Tonight

Tonight at 7 p.m., Reading Terminal Market is kicking off their “Movies at the Market” series. Once a month, anyone looking to watch a free flick […]

City Life

Just How Buzzed Are Pa. College Students?

Pennsylvania ranks among the nation’s Top 10 states in the rate of both drug and alcohol arrests of college students. The numbers, from a new […]

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Property

Manufacturing Philadelphia Tech Jobs: A New “Factory” to Rise on American Street

[Updated Jan. 27, 5:30 p.m. to indicate that a vote has yet to take place.] South Kensington (or Old Kensington, to some) has historically been […]

City Life

The Informant: Bart Blatstein’s Wife Files for Divorce

Welcome to The Informant, our new gossip column from longtime Philly Mag reporter Victor Fiorillo. Each week, The Informant will bring you the tantalizing tidbits […]

Property

Report: Brickstone Planning Two Towers at 12th and Sansom

It seems like every other week we’re bringing you some news about a brand new development coming to Midtown Village. Well, buckle up, folks. It’s […]

City Life

Morning Headlines: Girl Arrested for Racist School Threat

Good morning Philadelphia. Here’s what you need to know today. A 17-year-old girl has been arrested after posting an online threat: “All blacks must die.” […]

City Life

Sixers Bounce Back With 113-103 Victory Over Phoenix Suns

The Philadelphia 76ers swept the season series over the Phoenix Suns, defeating Jerry Colangelo and Mike D’Antoni‘s former team by a score of 113-103 Tuesday night at […]

City Life

The PPA Is Immediately Buying $300K Worth of Snow-Removing Bobcats

Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this story erroneously overstated the cost of Bobcat front-end loaders and the total amount the PPA was spending on […]

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Honeyfund & Minted are Giving One Lucky Bride-to-Be a Sweet $4,000 Prize Pack

Awesome contest alert: Honeyfund (the registry site we’re always telling you about) has teamed up with the online stationery shop Minted to give away an […]

City Life

Gov. Christie Announces “Partnership” — Not State Takeover — in Atlantic City

Call it a state takeover. Call it a “partnership.” Call it … well, “You can call it what you want to call it,” in the words of […]

Citified

City Hall Says 80% of Philly Streets Are Now Drivable

Mayor Jim Kenney’s communications office just released a statement about the city’s snow removal efforts, in what is surely (at least in part) an effort to […]

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City Life

Upper Merion Residents Seek to Derail KofP Train Proposal

While the business interests and developers in King of Prussia are all in on SEPTA’s proposed Norristown High-Speed Line spur, a bunch of Upper Merion […]

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City Life

South Jersey Shore Town Residents Slam Christie Over Storm Response

We got a lot of snow over the weekend. But the Winter Storm of 2010 was just as big. It dropped between 12 and 32 […]