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...
Briefs: April 12, 2022
Union keeper Freese spokesman for Ardent
Ardent Credit Union, which has a branch in the Navy Yard, has signed Philadelphia Union goalkeeper Matt Freese as a spokesman for its youth financial products.
Freese, 23, who was...
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...
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...
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...
Pennsport and Whitman rally for a savior
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The Archdiocese of Philadelphia said it has made its final decisions regarding the closings and consolidations of schools across the city, but community members in Pennsport and Whitman have not yet backed down.
More than...
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,...
