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Alicia Vitarelli Talks Fan Obsessions, Scuba Dresses, and Her Reluctant Main Line Move

Alicia Vitarelli may be a New York native, but after 15 years in the city she now calls home, she has fully embraced Philly — […]

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“I Hope Your Team Sucks and Loses”: Inside the Head of John Kruk

Last April, while broadcasting a Phillies game in San Diego, John Kruk noticed he had a window. The seventh inning had just started. The Phillies […]

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Talking TV and Philly With Long Bright River Actor John Doman

When you binge the new Kensington-set Peacock series Long Bright River, which debuts on March 13th, you’ll see a familiar face in every episode: the […]

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Dan Rhoton’s Big, Audacious Plan to End Poverty

A dozen years ago, Dan Rhoton was walking down a street in North Philly when he heard someone calling: “Mr. Rhoton! Mr. Rhoton!” He turned […]

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The Battle Over Philly’s Clean Hydrogen Revolution

Before we meet up, Chris DiGiulio warns me there’s a chance we’ll get hassled by security. She’s bringing a camera — which she says can […]

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CBS News Correspondent Robert Costa Talks “Zen Trump” and the Eagles

Bucks County native Robert Costa started out covering the Eagles for his high school television station and editing a school newspaper. He later rose through […]

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Why Investing in “We” Over “Me” Could Heal America

I am not at all inclined to spend money freely or easily, a trait I trace directly to my father. On Saturdays when I was […]

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Pennsylvania Deserves a National Park

Last May, I found myself sweaty and sticky in a hot Southern swamp, questioning my choices. Four years had gone by since my wife and […]

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From Puebla to Philadelphia: Dionicio Jiménez’s Long Journey to Success

James Beard-nominated chef Dionicio Jiménez grew up in a small town in Mexico and came to Philadelphia in 1998, finding a job in Marc Vetri’s […]

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50 Years of Best of Philly: A Boozy Timeline of Philly’s Cocktail Scene

In the late ’90s, in honor of the 25th anniversary of Best of Philly, we held a contest, one grounded in, it seems, Big Apple […]