FDR master plan unveiled during Great Lawn celebration
Dozens of park enthusiasts from across Philadelphia and beyond gathered on the Great Lawn of Franklin Delano Roosevelt Park early last Wednesday evening for...
Eagles formally announce 4-year extension for Carson Wentz
By: Al Thompson
The Eagles’ marriage to Carson Wentz is now official. The fourth-year quarterback and the Birds agreed to a four-year extension that,...
Second annual Eagles Autism Challenge set for this weekend
Spearheaded by Philadelphia Eagles Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie, the Eagles Autism Challenge presented by Lincoln Financial Group is the team’s one-day cycling and 5K run/walk signature event that aims to support innovative...
Third district community crime bulletin – June 3 to 9
From June 3 to 9, there were six robberies throughout the third police district in...
Wanted: Suspect for assault in the 1st Police District
The Philadelphia Police Department needs the public's assistance identifying a suspect for assault around 26th...
Wanted: Suspect for burglary in the 1st police district
Police need the public's assistance identifying a suspect for burglary in the 1st police district.
On...
Third district community crime bulletin – May 6 to May 12
From May 6 to 12, there were four robberies throughout the third police district in...
Third district community crime bulletin – April 29 to May 5
From April 29 to May 5, there were four robberies throughout the third police district...
Wanted: Suspects for robbery in the 17th District
The Philadelphia Police Department needs the public's assistance identifying suspects for robbery around 18th and...
Letter-to-the-Editor: Rebuttal to Tom Cardella’s abortion stance
By: Gloria C. Endres
South Philly resident
In keeping with the spirit of respect and lucid conversation urged by Tom Cardella in his column on the...
Cardella: Summer Sketches
(Personal reflections…some happy, some not…of summers past)
Getting something to eat at a Phillies game can be an adventure. My barber told what happened to...
Cardella: Bay windows and things
There’s a new dirty word in Philadelphia — “gentrification.” The internet dictionary defines gentrification as “the process of renovating and improving a district so...
Cardella: Spring Multiple Choice
1-A Princeton physicist and climate change denier compared the “demonization” of carbon dioxide to—
a) Billy Joel playing three encores of PIANO MAN
b)...
Op-Ed: Then and Now – Evolution of a Great School
By Gloria C. Endres
South Philly Resident
Little over a decade ago, I submitted an op-ed to the Philadelphia Daily News: "The Golden Girls of Saint...