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Buses and RVs Will Be Allowed on Restricted Roads During Pope Visit

Buses, RVs and other multi-passenger vehicles will be allowed to access restricted roadways during the pope’s visit next month, transportation officials said Wednesday afternoon. Those […]

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Local Schools Make Newsweek List of Top 500 in Nation

Newsweek just released its latest list of the Top 500 high schools in the nation, along with a new “Beating the Odds” list of schools […]

Restaurants

Free Outdoor Movie Series Coming To University City

I love outdoor movies. I grew up spending weekends slowly asphyxiating inside my parents’ old Fiat at one of the last, true drive-in movie theaters […]

City Life

Pennsylvania Republicans Say They May Raise Taxes for Education

After a summer-long impasse between Gov. Tom Wolf and Republican legislators, it appears a compromise on the Pennsylvania state budget could be in the offing. […]

Property

Rebuffed Old City Project Slips Past Planning Commission

Looks like the would-be “great goddamn building” that Architectural Committee panelist Cecil Baker wanted from Priderock Capital Partners, the developer behind a proposed 216-unit residential complex at 401 […]

City Life

Neil Stein’s Son Thinks You Should Pay $1 Million for His Pope Painting

It had been a while since we’d heard anything from Perry Milou, son of notorious Philadelphia restaurateur Neil Stein and Father of the Great Philadelphia […]

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Ed Rendell: Pope Fence “Boggles the Mind”

Ed Rendell slammed preparations for Pope Francis‘ visit Wednesday morning, saying the plan for a perimeter fence “boggles the mind.” “The Pope went to Bolivia, […]

Restaurants

Kevin Sbraga’s the Fat Ham Offering Three Days of Wings

Kevin Sbraga, who is very much a chicken whisperer, is doing chicken wings for three days at his University City restaurant, the Fat Ham. His […]

City Life

Minions Have Taken Over the Wildwood Boardwalk

When you’re the guy who writes an annual column about t-shirts on the Wildwood boardwalk, your friends send you a lot of texts about the […]

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Planned Parenthood Targets Toomey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv9HNn33XDw Planned Parenthood is running an ad attacking Sen. Pat Toomey, suggesting his vote to defund the organization could be the first step toward a costly government […]

Property

Today’s First-Time Homebuyers Are Late Bloomers Compared to Those From Decades Ago

Know any millennials still on the rent bandwagon and with little to no aspiration to buy a house any time soon? It would be surprising […]

Restaurants

Bar Bombon Has An Opening Date And Menu

Once upon a time, the space pictured at left was going to be a Latin-themed vegan joint from Nicole Marquis (HipCityVeg, Charlie Was A Sinner) […]

City Life

Notorious Obama Birther Philip Berg Now Driving UberX in Philly

Conor Corcoran, a lawyer who lives in Philly and L.A., was bar-hopping a few weeks ago during one of his Philadelphia trips, when he had […]

Restaurants

Main Line’s Yangming Closed Due to Roaches

The Main Line Times has the details about Bryn Mawr’s Yangming being shut down because of an “active infestation” of roaches. The ordeal began on […]

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WATCH: Suspects Sought in North Philly Carjacking, Robbery

Two suspects are wanted by the East Detective Division for a robbery and carjacking that occurred in the Hartranft section of North Philadelphia. Philadelphia Police […]