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To Stave Off Gentrification, Kensington Becomes Its Own Landlord

How one special sliver of the city is redefining what smart neighborhood development can look like in Philadelphia … and far beyond.


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New Documentary Boys to Fame Tells the Most Tender Eagles Story You’ve Probably Never Heard

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The Man at the Forefront of the Battle Over Philly’s Slavery Memorial Tells All

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Inside the Philadelphia Art Museum’s Epic Meltdown

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Philly Today: Democrat Kevin Boyle Caught on Video in Tirade at Local Bar

Plus, PATCO’s “ghost station” to reopen in mere months.

Philadelphia police say the man wearing the motorcycle helmet in the wild viral motorcycle video from Sunday night is 26-year-old Cody Heron
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Philly Today: Wild Biker Cody Heron Pleads Guilty in Infamous Road Rage Case

His lawyer hopes a boot camp program could have him out by early 2025.

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Philly Today: Mayor’s Office Learns Not to Mess with Librarians

Plus, the weirdest news you’ll hear all week. (We hope.)

Philadelphia school Cedar Grove Christian Academy, which the NAACP has told to remove its ban on "big Afros" and dreads
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Philly Today: NAACP Tells City School to End Ban on “Big Afros”

Plus, Rochelle Bilal campaign goes all conspiracy-theory on the Inquirer.

Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal
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Philly Today: A Bizarre Rochelle Bilal Mystery Emerges

Plus, why Philly might go nuts on July 4, 2026.

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Fight Like a Girl: The New Wave of High-School Wrestling 

Just three years after the founding of the first girls’ high-school wrestling team in Pennsylvania, nearly 200 squads now compete.


Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Best of Philly 2025: City Life

Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

Inside Pennsbury High’s Legendary Prom: The Most Epic School Dance in America

A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.


Legislators just banned buskers like this juggler from most of the Ocean City Boardwalk in New Jersey
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Philly Today: Ocean City Is About to Get Even Less Fun

Plus, who keeps $100,000 sitting around in their house? In Delco?!

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.

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.