Local Business
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Features in KensingtonTwo Brothers Convert Their Penchant for Alcohol into a Local Distillery
Brothers Matthew and Brian Quigley have opened Federal Distilling, a manufacturing company in Kensington that produces and distributes their own blend of alcohol known as Stateside Vodka, according to an…
Thomas Beck | 01/21/2016 -
CommunityRemembering Dr. King: Service Days Across Riverwards Held in Honor of Civil Rights Leader
While Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday that ensures a day off from work and school for most Americans, many people across the country used the extra time…
Max Pulcini | 01/20/2016 -
Local Business in HarrowgateFrozen Turtle Found in Harrowgate Survives
According to a recent Inquirer article, a frozen turtle, originally thought to be dead, was brought to the Pennsylvania SPCA Shelter Hospital (350 E. Erie Ave) and revived last week.…
Grace Shallow | 01/18/2016 -
Local Business in Port RichmondKenney, Port Richmond Firm Discuss the Future of Manufacturing in the Riverwards and in America
According to the Philadelphia Business Journal, United States Secretary of Labor, Thomas Perez, paid a visit to PTR Baler and Compactor, a manufacturing company in Port Richmond that produces recycling…
Thomas Beck | 01/15/2016 -
Local Business in KensingtonTwo Brothers Convert Their Penchant for Alcohol into a Local Distillery
Brothers Matthew and Brian Quigley have opened Federal Distilling, a manufacturing company in Kensington that produces and distributes their own blend of alcohol known as Stateside Vodka, according to an…
Thomas Beck | 01/15/2016 -
A&E in KensingtonAmalgam: Frankford Avenue Welcomes Comic/Coffee Shop
Frankford Avenue added yet another business to its blossoming corridor just before the New Year, a comic book store and coffee shop fusion called Amalgam Comics and Coffeehouse Incorporated. Located…
Sean Kearney | 01/14/2016 -
Community in FairmountRCO Roundup: A Peek at What Your Community Organizations are Doing
The new year brings a new vision for the Fairmount Community Development Corporation. With sights on assessing two features of the neighborhood, CDC executive director Kevin Moran hopes to sharpen…
Mark Brakeman | 01/14/2016 -
Features in Port RichmondPA DEP Zaps Kinder Morgan’s Port Richmond Plant with Civil Penalties
Energy firm Kinder Morgan has incurred a $570,000 fine by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP). The penalty resulted from a 2015 fuel spill at Morgan’s Port Richmond…
Jack Grauer | 01/08/2016 -
Community in FishtownNew Schoolyard and Renovated Rec Center Coming to Fishtown
Improvements are coming to Fishtown with the reconstruction of two community hotspots. The Friends of Adaire, a registered nonprofit consisting of parents, educators and community members who help provide additional…
Whitney Johnson | 01/07/2016 -
Features in KensingtonCreative People Wanted: NextFab’s Open Studio Nights Running This Winter
The building on North 4th Street that houses NextFab’s Riverwards location is warm and inviting tonight — There’s a mixture of finished walls and exposed areas of building material mixed…
Thomas Weir | 12/23/2015 -
Local Business in Northern LibertiesSEER Interactive Expanding Upward in Northern Liberties
Up, up and away. Over the past six months, SEER Interactive, a digital marketing agency that operates out of both Philadelphia and San Diego, has purchased all but one floor…
Thomas Beck | 12/18/2015 -
Features in KensingtonKensington Steel: Blacksmithing in the Riverwards
Located at 2132 E. Arizona St., Metal Inc. — a community metal studio that rents out fabrication and blacksmithing space to people who wish to make metal projects — is…
Ptah Gabrie | 12/17/2015