A 22-year-old Warminster man was critically injured after a bouncer allegedly threw him from the balcony of a South Street bar during a Memorial Day scuffle, police said.
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With help from the city and filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan, Steven Avinger soon will see a dramatic change in his neighborhood.
Not only did the senior pastor of Greater St. Matthew Baptist Church, 2319 Fitzwater St., receive a $1.5 million grant from Shyamalan…
The South Philly restaurant boom continues as Meze, at the corner of Ninth and Catharine streets, finally opened its doors a few weeks ago. It is hands down one of the finest Philadelphia restaurants to open since last fall, when Paradiso and Southwark launched to well-deserved rave reviews.
Way back in 1974, when Burt Reynolds was the biggest star in the galaxy, he made a bone-crunching film named The Longest Yard. Directed by man’s man Robert Aldrich (The Dirty Dozen, The Flight of the Phoenix), it was the perfect vehicle for Reynolds and many considered it…
The CAPA boys’ volleyball program achieved the ultimate level of success with Public League championships in 2001 and 2004.
Two other times, in 2000 and 2003, the squad entered the title contest with an undefeated mark, only to lose 3–1 to Masterman.
Joining in the birthday spirit, the Philadelphia Museum of Art has launched an exhibition in tribute to the 200th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Beyond the manicured lawns, placid lakes and newly constructed tennis courts at FDR Park lies dense, unkempt woodlands.
Trees and overgrown brush teeming with weeds encroach upon the user-friendly sections of the 330-acre park at Broad Street and…
With the hot, hazy days of summer approaching, parents might be wondering how to keep kids’ brains active during their time off from school.
But moms and dads who don’t want to watch their children spend hours, or even days, zoned out in front of the TV or a video game…
Today, either Central or Frankford will be crowned Public League baseball champion.
That’s the title both Girard Academic Music Program and Edward Bok High were hoping to secure, but both squads were eliminated in Thursday’s quarterfinal round. In past seasons, that…
It seems Mayor John Street and City Council members finally reached common ground — to a point.
Pleased with Street’s allocation of funds for next year’s city budget, Council approved his $3.5 billion plan that, among other things, would restore funding…