Ateenage driver and his passenger were fatally shot in the head Tuesday night while sitting in a car on the 2000 block of South 15th Street near McKean, police said.
Last summer, Vince Blundi struck up a conversation with a stranger taking shade underneath a tree on West Moyamensing Avenue.
At first glance, the stranger, Sam D’Amico, mistook Blundi for younger brother Carl Blundi, whom D’Amico knew from St. Rita of Cascia School. But…
Jesus Heard knows how it feels not to get presents from his parents on Christmas morning. He never even met his parents. The 20-year-old has seen friends arrested for dealing drugs.
And three years ago, Heard was on a very bad path himself. He had so much trouble…
Al Perry describes housing sales in South Philly with one word: “Phenomenal.”
The Realtor for Century 21 Advantage Gold, 2010 Oregon Ave., partly attributes the allure of the area to a 10-year property-tax abatement on new construction. Since the inception…
Earlier this month, a 12-foot beluga whale lost its way in the Delaware River, far away from home. But much fishier was the resurgence of the northern snakehead species in FDR Park’s Meadow Lake within the last week.
Eight games into the season, Neumann-Goretti pitcher Brian Dietrich is still looking for his first varsity win.
There have been a few close ones, like last year’s 2–0 loss to St. Joseph’s Prep, in which he pitched a complete game, and an 8–6 defeat to the same team…
A handful of Point Breeze neighbors can still remember when the area was an attractive mix of commercial and residential property.
Now the community is looking to reclaim its once-proud reputation.
Since its 1989 release, Rob Reiner’s semi-classic romantic comedy, When Harry Met Sally, has had more than its share of imitators but very few equals. With two remarkable romantic leads and a knowing script, A Lot Like Love manages to put its own laid-back spin on the age-old question…
Shen the Fleisher Art Memorial closed at the end of November for a $1.8 million renovation, Scott Rosenthal was disappointed.
The resident of the 900 block of South 10th Street has been taking sculpting classes since 1991 at the country’s oldest free art school, at 715–721…
For more than 25 years, Deborah Kaplan has been creating glorious, often one-of-a-kind wedding cakes. Her towering confections have been featured in Vogue and engaged couples flock to her pastry shop/café in Queen Village to study an album of beautifully photographed full-color cakes.