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Philly Mag’s Favorite Long Reads of 2025

Beef bandits, billboard wars, an epic high school prom, and profiles of the biggest names in Philly — it’s our roundup of our favorite stories of 2025.


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How Philly Fell for Krampus — and a Darker Kind of Christmas

Longform

Youth Sports in Philadelphia Are Uneven — and the Gaps Are Growing

Guides

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

Latest Stories

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Bucks County Man Claims Elon Musk Stiffed Him and Other Donald Trump Canvassers

He’s filed a class-action lawsuit against Musk anonymously out of fears for his personal safety. Good thinking!

News

Philly Today: Video Emerges of Scary Incident In Fishtown Involving a 13-Year-Old Girl

Police are investigating a series of disturbing interactions between a man and girls and women on the street.

Opinion

How to Pay for SEPTA? For Starters, Toll the Schuylkill

Looking for low-hanging fruit for funding SEPTA? Here you go, courtesy New York City.

News

Philly Today: Police Are Looking for a $25,000 Restaurant Bandit

Plus, frustrated Fishtown parents take matters into their own hands.

Q&A

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

Since joining 6ABC in 2010, the unstoppably energetic Villanova alum has become one of the most beloved TV personalities in the city.

Twenty workers at Chester Community Charter School have been charged with child abuse. (Photo via Chester Community Charter School)

Twenty Delco School Workers Charged With Child Abuse

The charges involve 26 children as young as five years old.


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.


Q&A

Cole Hamels Talks Life, His New Gig With the Phillies, and His Favorite Delco Restaurant

Our 2008 World Series MVP also weighs in on screen time limits and being an Eagles fan in Dallas.

Longform

Krasner vs. Dugan: The District Attorney Race That Will Define Philly’s Future

Former Municipal Court judge Pat Dugan thinks he has what it takes to take Larry Krasner down in May’s primary.

News

Polling the Polls: Who’s Predicting Greatness for the Phillies This Season?

Go Phils! We check in on projections around the league for Opening Day.

News

A Conshy Company Wants You to Sleep Your Way Across the USA

It sounds like a cool idea. It also sounds a little bit horny.

News

Rep. Brendan Boyle Calls Trump’s Chiefs Invite “Sad, Pathetic”

It’s a “full-blown White House participation trophy,” says Boyle.

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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.


News

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

Starting with a bridge from Center City to Grays Ferry that will open soon.

News

Philly Rats Just Aren’t as Ambitious as New York’s and D.C.’s

Plus: National Cheesesteak Day, zombie Rite Aids, and Trump takes in some wrestling.

News

Philly Mag Receives 18 CRMA Nominations

From civic journalism to food coverage to design, we’re very excited about the CRMA nominations this year.

Longform

Inside the Head of John Kruk

Here’s how Krukker became Philadelphia’s rambling id.

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