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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.
Jon Geeting: The Urbanist
No individual has done more to popularize — and build a constituency around — the city’s evolving urban fabric.
Feminista Jones: One-Woman Social Justice Crusade
Her massive social media following spans continents, and has made her one of the leading voices in the social justice movement.
A Phoenixville mayoral candidate sure looks like a silly wabbit.
They walked out of classes on Friday morning for a “Unity Event.”
Some 45,000 people packed the streets in 2016.
Our world-champion Eagles, a messy traffic stop, an unexpected councilperson, and the Delco pope
A six-figure budget. Hundreds of helpers. Giant art installations. A tentacled kraken. This prom is like no other.
The debate over the commission’s existence has taken a major turn.
The company will operate out of Jefferson County.
Police say he was seen taking pictures atop tall buildings.
School officials are calling the incident vandalism.
Apparently we give out too many tootsie rolls — as if that’s even possible.
Beloved Galapagos tortoises Mommy and Abrazzo became first-time parents — and gave their species a ray of hope.
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.
Owens: The poorest big city in America can’t afford it.
Residents in the neighborhood reported four incidents this week.
Tim Long promised Newtown Middle he’d spend the night outside if it raised $8,000 for Hurricane Harvey relief.
Nicholas Ochs allegedly used his mom’s shore house to loot $250K in FEMA funds.
