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100-year-old South Philly native still living adventurously

Joe Schiavo is ready for the next party. The South Philly native and World War II veteran who was known as “Joe the Butcher” at his former grocery store on Oregon Avenue, recently turned 100...

Point Breeze teen already pursuing medical breakthroughs

Nathaniel Boyd loves to hear his alarm before 5 a.m. Rise and shine starts with a meeting with a personal trainer, followed by a full day of school and basketball practice, where he was a...

Longtime business owners giving away free milk on Saturday 

Ralph and Rickey Sciulli are just hoping to make a small impact on the local community they’ve been a part of most of their lives. As South Philadelphia business owners for more than 50 years,...

Big changes are coming to Quartermaster Plaza, soon to be South Quarter Crossing

Part of Girard Estate’s Quartermaster Plaza, located at 24th and Oregon, is likely to get a makeover in the coming years, according to the property’s owner, Cedar Realty Trust. Plans for redeveloping the northern...

Register of Wills and South Philly ward leader Ronald Donatucci is being sued by...

Philadelphia Register of Wills and South Philly-based 26th Ward Democratic leader Ronald Donatucci is being sued in federal court by Meghan Klein, the fiancée of Donatucci’s deceased son Michael, partially for “gross abuse of...

South Philly natives’ award-winning film comes to Amazon

Three summers ago, filmmakers Monique Impagliazzo and Jennifer and Krystal Tini took over the 1900 block of S. Jessup St. and the 1200 block of McKean St. with lights, cameras and action.  Maintaining a small...

Mummers legend honored with funeral procession down Two Street

As the sun shone on Second Street this past Saturday, neighbors emerged from homes, families held hands and Mummers strutted as a sea of umbrellas and brass bands weaved their way from Murphy-Ruffenach Funeral...

Grad Hospital neighbors green-light the largest and final part of development on former chocolate...

At the most recent SOSNA meeting, residents of Graduate Hospital supported the final part of developer Ori Feibush’s plan to build a six-story, 256-unit apartment building on the former site of the Frankford Chocolate...

Sacred Heart of Jesus Parochial School considered for city’s Register of Historic Places

The city’s Committee on Historic Designation approved a recommendation for the former Sacred Heart of Jesus Parochial School, located at 231 Reed St., to be potentially included on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places,...

Another house collapses in South Philly

A home on the 1900 block of S. 6th Street collapsed Thursday early afternoon after what the city’s licenses and inspections is calling an apparent “illegal basement digout.” However, L&I spokesperson Karen Guss noted...
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