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Full Day Kindergarten Remains

Philadelphia schools superintendent Arlene Ackerman just announced that full day kindergarten, which was going to be eliminated for the upcoming school year, will stay put […]

Philadelphia Wedding

This Week’s Real Wedding

This week, we bring you the beautiful wedding of Jill and Peter Murphy at The Union League of Philadelphia … Enjoy!

City Life

Wilmington the “Center of Cool”?

A Huffington Post contributor spends about twenty thousand words trying to convince us. [HuffPo]

Restaurants

Our Time and Liver Bending Picks for the Weekend

Damn the liver, damn the budget, damn the time-space continuum, damn the women and children. Without limits, these are Philly Beer Week events we most […]

City Life

The Times Visits Mt. Airy

In today’s New York Times travel section, a feature on the Mt. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia declares: “Buoyed by reasonable housing costs and relatively safe […]

City Life

Weed Conference Coming to Shore

Don’t know about you, but we’re thinking the last thing we want to be in Atlantic City is stoned. We’re skipping the first New Jersey […]

City Life

Lynched Dog Not A Dog

We were shocked and horrified when we learned that someone in Bridesburg killed a dog by hanging it from a tree the other day. But […]

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Pink Reproduces

In truly important news, singer Pink and her motorcross-racing husband Carey Hart welcomed Willow Sage Hart into the world yesterday. Of course, it was all […]

City Life

Tragedy In Wildwood

According to a breaking report, a child has fallen from a Ferris wheel at Morey’s Pier. An earlier report had the child dying, but a […]

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Don’t Mess With Patti LaBelle

West Point cadet Richard C. King is claiming that Patti LaBelle ordered her bodyguards to attack him for standing too close to her luggage at […]

Restaurants

MyPlate Replaces Food Pyramid, We Replace MyPlate

Months of work. $2 million dollars. 4,500 focus group participants. The loving attention of Tom Vilsack, the Department of Agriculture, Michelle Obama’s anti-obesity task force […]

City Life

Philadelphia Schools Strike A Possibility

Local teachers union leadership suggests that a new decision by the School Reform Commission could lead to the picket line. [philly.com]

City Life

Photo of the Day

There’s never really been a shortage of places to get a drink in Philadelphia. But starting today, Philly will go from being a city where […]

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Financial Troubles for the Phillies?

The Phillies games may be sold out all the way through the Second Coming, but that doesn’t mean they’re in the black. MLB leadership is […]

City Life

Impending: Traffic Nightmare

Hope you weren’t planning on driving anywhere near the Parkway, Kelly Drive, or Manayunk this weekend. [Inquirer]