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To Stave Off Gentrification, Kensington Becomes Its Own Landlord

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Prime Finds: Sweet Feet

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Paradise Island, Bahamas

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Banish clutter and chaos from your home office with a professional organizer

Banish clutter and chaos from your home office with a professional organizer The battleground of my marriage measures 20 by 30 feet. It has neutral […]

Scare the living daylights out of yourself at this creepy, crawly film fest

This is the one time of year when your love of zombies won’t creep people out, so get your fix of gore at the six-night […]

We wake up to lights, sounds and vibrations to see which alarm clocks really ring our bell

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Best of Philly 2025: City Life

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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

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

Home: Homefront: Trunk Show

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Prime Finds: Pump Up the Volume, For a Cause

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Prime Finds: Lil’ Hound Dog

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How Two Philadelphia Tortoises Stole Our Hearts

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An Oral History of the Sound of Philadelphia

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Because he’s about so much more than the ladies … and the, uh, children …

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Pulse: Chatter: Books: The Devil Wears Robes

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With “concierge medicine,” you pony up $1,500 a year just for the privilege of snagging a doctor’s appointment. And that’s got some patients feeling sick

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