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Major Schuylkill River Trail Extension Will Be Ready By Year’s End

The first link in the chain connecting the Schuylkill River Trail to Bartram’s Garden is a cable-stayed bridge in Grays Ferry that will open around the end of spring.


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

Long Bright River writer Liz Moore, who sees her book become a Peacock series in March / Photograph by Stevie Chris
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Meet the South Philly Author Behind the New TV Show Long Bright River

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Dan Rhoton’s Big, Audacious Plan to End Poverty

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Philly Today: You Can Now Order the New Pennsylvania License Plate

Plus, Joey Merlino drops f-bomb 22 times with Philly Mag.

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Joey Merlino Would Like to Get Some Things Off His Chest

In this sprawling interview, the supposedly former mafioso explains why he’ll never step foot in Angelo’s and how The Godfather got it all wrong. 

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Philly Today: Larry Krasner Coasts to Victory Over Pat Dugan

Plus, the Inquirer‘s big AI problem.

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What Happens to Friendships When Money Gets in the Way?

Money doesn’t just change what you can afford — it can change who you feel close to.

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Philly Today: Delco Pooper Has Bad Day in Court

Plus, local woman tries to convince world she’s not dead.

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WHYY’s Cherri Gregg Talks Her Badass Husband, Wawa, and Regrets of R. Kelly

An interview with the co-host of the Best of Philly-winning Studio 2.


Best of Philly 2024: City Life

Best of Philly 2024: City Life

A squad of teenage robotics champs, a 100-year-old jazz trailblazer, a deeply laughable mascot, and a Flyer to be truly proud of

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Post-COVID, Does Center City Have a Future?

Back in the day, Philly, like a lot of cities, banked on a revival of its downtown to spark new life. The plan worked fine — for Center City. But now that the pandemic has emptied offices, boomer residents are aging, and millennials are opting for the ’burbs, where do we go from here?


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Philly Today: Why This Main Line Woman Is Suing NYU for Libel

And what it all has to do with Larry Krasner. Plus, a Phanatic-Jason Kelce yarnbomb. And vegans score a big win in South Philly.

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Just Ask Victor: How Not to Fall Victim to Philly Event Ticket Scams

We’re light years beyond some shady guy outside the Spectrum selling counterfeits.

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Philly Today: Jake Tapper’s New Biden Book Has Everybody Talking

And not everybody is happy that everybody is talking about the Philly native’s damning book.

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Philly Today: Inside the Republican Scheme to Defeat Larry Krasner

Plus, readers react to Pete Rose news.

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This Delco NPR Host Is Positively Obsessed With Eurovision

She’s hosting a big watch party of the weird event this Saturday in Philly.

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How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

How the Pandemic Turned a South Philly Golf Course Into the City’s Best New Park

The former municipal golf course at FDR Park became an indispensable natural refuge for many locked-down South Philadelphians over the past year.

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

Fifty years after founding their legendary Philadelphia International Records, Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff, with friends and collaborators from Thom Bell to John Oates to Patti LaBelle, look back on the musical partnership that came to define the city.


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Philly Today: Child-Sex Enthusiast Pete Rose Reinstated By Major League Baseball

Hall of Fame, here Pete comes!

A scene from a Fourth of July parade, like the one that has been canceled in Whitemarsh Township
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Philly Today: Terrorism Fears Cancel Suburban Fourth of July Parade

Plus, Taylor Swift and some football guys and their mom brunched in Philly.

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How to Grow Up in Philadelphia

Author Tom McAllister’s new book navigates the ups and downs of being raised in Philly, and the adult who came out the other side.

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How Conshohocken Got Cool

The sleepy borough on the Schuylkill has surprisingly become one of Philly’s hottest places to live.

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