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Philly Moments That Made Us Proud in 2025

A year when kids became heroes, sports took the spotlight, and our sandwich finally got its due


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The Editors’ Cut: What We’re Reading, Watching, Doing, and Liking This Week

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Philly Mag’s Favorite Long Reads of 2025

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How to Recycle Your Christmas Tree in Philadelphia

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Jesus & Johnny

A second coming of sorts

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5 Minutes With Lauren Humenik

Meet the new girl at Tavern

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Philly Cops Still Use Typewriters, Monitor Twitter on Ticker Tape

Sure, the Philadelphia Police Department offers the public a whiz-bang almost-real-time crime-mapping system, but after paying a vendor more than $7 million over the last […]

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Mandatory Civil Draft Could Help America

For many of us, Veterans Day has become a day off from work and an excuse to buy a new mattress.

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Former Inquirer Editor the Most Clueless Man in America

Or so his wife says. Vernon Loeb, the former deputy managing editor at the Inky and current Washington Post metro editor who co-wrote the the […]

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New Council Bill Should Make Drivers Who Hate Cyclists Happy

This Thursday, City Council’s Committee on Streets and Services will introduce bill 120532, and many cyclists will cautiously rejoice. Better known as Complete Streets, the […]


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.


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Ghost-Hunting Cops Tackle the Really Cold Cases

In a Poltergeist-y profusion of paranormal puns, the Daily News‘s Stephanie Farr profiles a group of Philly police officers who investigate hauntings around the city. […]

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Flyers Player Defects to Germany for Ice Time

The ever-lengthening NHL lockout may have depressed fans and impoverished maxillofacial surgeons across America, but recently acquired Flyers defenseman Bruno Gervais is doing his bit […]

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Morning Scoop: GPS-Enabled Pill Bottle Foils Pharmacy Bandits

Cops Use FindMyRobbers to Nab Rite Aid Raiders. A GPS-enabled pill bottle swiped from a drug store in Northeast Philly last night led Philadelphia police […]

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U.S. Homophobes Must Be Contemplating Emigration

As last week’s elections incontrovertibly proved, 2012 will go down in history as The Year of the Queer. Welcome to your worst nightmare, homophobes.

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Petraeus Lives in Philly???!!!

If this isn’t an endearingly Philly headline, I don’t know what is: “Petraeus email trail has Philly link.” No matter what the big national story […]

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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.


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What the Media Is Missing in the Petraeus Affair

The media has been asking all the wrong questions about the unfolding Peyton Place-like Petraeus saga. As I type this, the FBI is raiding Paula […]

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Facebook Introduces “Couples Pages” Because Gross

We’ve all know couples who refused to abide by Facebook’s rules and chose to share a single account right? And in the cases where we […]

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New Bicycle Bill Should Renew Philadelphia’s Love of Stu Bykofsky Jokes

Philadelphia Weekly reports that a new bill before City Council will require both bicyclists and drivers to treat each other with respect on the city’s […]

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Signs Say It’s Time for Andy Reid to Leave the Eagles

It’s probably fair to say that Philadelphia Eagles fans—never known for their patience—have just about had enough of the Andy Reid era. The latest sign […]

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