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City commissioners address availability of general election ballot   The final candidate nomination appeal for the Nov. 5 general...

Community Calendar

September 25 Witness to Revolution: The Unlikely Travels of Washington's Tent Museum of the American Revolution, 101 S. 3rd...

Mutt Strut for a good cause

The dog days of summer are over, but Philly’s finest furry friends will have their day to strut their stuff at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. The 18th Annual Mutt Strut...

New exhibition at Da Vinci Art Alliance 

Lisa Hendrickson, in partnership with Broad Street Love, presents a collection of intimate portraits capturing the humanity of the "unhoused." This exhibition, called “Unhoused & Unseen: Our Invisible Neighbors,”...

Sports

Big decisions coming for Eagles

The preseason is almost over. Really. Two preseason games and a joint practice are already in the books. The Eagles have won two thrilling preseason...

Veteran scribe Zach Berman chronicles Eagles’ greatest era

Basically, we are all spoiled, even if it doesn’t always feel like it. Fans of the Philadelphia Eagles are in the midst of one of...

Arts & Entertainment

Crime

Lt. Gov. Davis hails gun violence efforts

In Harrisburg last week, Lt. Governor Austin Davis hosted a roundtable discussion with local and state leaders, representatives of law enforcement, community organizations and...

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Controller: City contracts were exempt from public bidding City Controller Christy Brady issued a special report on the City’s contracting process that found departments awarded...

The ‘Angry Grammarian’ returns

After a successful spring run, South Philly resident Jeffrey Barg is back on stage with his hit musical The Angry Grammarian. Running from Sept. 20-29...

Letters to the Editor

Make illegal firearms harder to obtain Almost every week the news media outlets report on gun violence via newspaper, television and radio. Reporting on shootouts,...

Philly area loses 3 hockey titans

Years ago, living near Philadelphia and making it in professional ice hockey was a pipe dream. Hockey was a sport dominated by Canadians and Europeans....

2 awesome shepherd mixes

Roxy and Raina are 5-month-old shepherd mixes and are awesome. They have been staying with a foster mom who says they are the sweetest...

Jennifer Blaine gets creative on stage

Jennifer Blaine has always felt a strong connection with her audience.  The South Philly resident and Brooklyn native arrived at a crossroads shortly after moving...

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