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FeaturesAccu-Reggie September 16
Last week we ended the weather regime of summer and got a taste of cooler, fall-like weather on Sunday and Monday. We also got the rain we needed —…
Accu-Reggie | 09/16/2015 -
FeaturesClean Plate Roasted Red Pepper Pesto
The pesto I know and love is made with a whole basil plant, toasted pine nuts or walnuts, some good olive oil and a handful of Parmesan cheese. A cold…
Casey Ann Beck | 09/14/2015 -
Community in Port RichmondSt. Anne Parish: Celebration of 170th Anniversary
Years before Abraham Lincoln became the sixteenth President and our country engaged in the Civil War, the faithful of Kensington and Port Richmond were attending services at St. Anne Roman…
Thomas J. Lyons II | 09/14/2015 -
FeaturesThe Local Lens
The announcement of a proposed 14,000-square-foot Fine Wine and Good Spirits Shop at 12th and Chestnut Streets got me thinking about how Pennsylvania needs to get out of the liquor…
Thom Nickels | 09/11/2015 -
A&E in KensingtonInside Out Brings Museum of Art Replicas to the Riverwards
Take a walk through the neighborhoods of Fishtown and Kensington this fall and you’ll notice large format artwork hung up around on the walls of local businesses and in community…
Max Pulcini | 09/11/2015 -
Community in KensingtonHome Catches Fire in East Kensington
Philadelphia Fire Department responded to and put out a fire in an East Kensington home this morning. Two firetrucks and other emergency vehicles crowded around the 2100 block of Letterly Street…
Max Pulcini | 09/10/2015 -
Features in FishtownSugar House Announces New Restaurant: Hugo’s Frog Bar and Chop House Set to Open as Part of $168 million expansion
There’s been a lot of buzz about SugarHouse Casino’s new $168 million expansion. The project will bring the total construction cost of the facility to $559 million and increases its…
Max Pulcini | 09/10/2015 -
Community in FishtownRemembering Moon Mullen
Seeing a funeral procession is, for me at least, slightly unnerving. It’s hard to not feel like you are an unwelcome intruder on a private situation, like making eye contact…
Ben Smolin | 09/10/2015 -
Community in Port RichmondWomen’s Community Revitalization Project Breaks Ground on Grace Townhouses in Port Richmond
Last week, on a sweltering Friday evening in Port Richmond, the congregation of Firm Hope Baptist Church, the Women’s Community Revitalization Project (WCRP) and three elected officials processed in song…
Megan Matuzak | 09/09/2015 -
Community in Port RichmondWater Mains and Waiting Games: Diagnosing a problem plaguing our streets
Olde Richmond resident Bridget Layden has a stack of photographs detailing her home’s partial-destruction earlier this summer. In some of them, three feet of water has overtaken her basement’s utilities,…
Randy LoBasso | 09/09/2015 -
FeaturesClean Plate: Lime Pie with Coconut Cream
We all have cooking tools and kitchen gadgets we use so frequently that it’s not even worth putting them away. For example, my electric skillet has been getting a lot…
Casey Ann Beck | 09/04/2015 -
Community in Kensington“Being Neighborly” is back in Vogue in the Riverwards
I remember a time when being from a neighborhood had its perks. If you asked your neighbor for some help, you got it — right then, right there. It was…
Denise M. Krenski | 09/03/2015