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“It’s always good to start where you’re from,” Markeem Kendall said Monday from Fishtown’s Waterview Lounge.
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Rain rushed the Soccer Sisters United Soccer Club off Smith Playground, 2100 S. 24th St., Friday evening, sending 17 sets of talented legs scampering. Securing shelter mattered more than converting kicks for one night, but the nation next year will…
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Joey Vento, owner of South Philly staple Geno’s Steaks, 1219 S. Ninth St., suffered a heart attack and died Tuesday at the age of 71.
Vento, who opened his now legendary cheesesteak shop in 1966, came into work as he always…
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The Philadelphia Fringe and Live Arts Festival has always been a platform for redefinition — whether it is a dance style, the concept of a performance venue or anything in between. This year, Sara Schuenemann is looking to take a negative…
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The Citizens Crime Commission is offering a reward leading to the person responsible for a Whitman woman’s murder.
Police located Iris Tyson’s body in an abandoned Point Breeze lot a week after her parents reported her…
A senior allowed a duo into his Newbold home because he thought they were his medical workers, but in actuality, they were there to rob him Monday morning.
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I have always dreamed of going on a road trip to Memphis, home of the blues, barbecue and B.B. King. For me, nothing beats the blues.
I thought The Twisted Tail, a new restaurant at Headhouse Square that once housed Kildare’s, featured…
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On a brutally cold evening in 2003, I lit the fireplace, brewed myself a cup of tea and settled into my favorite chair to begin “The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen” by Jacques Pépin. At the time, chef Anthony Bourdain wrote, “I’ve been waiting for this book my…
A local cop was arrested last week for assaulting an ex.
Officer Sean Jang, 28, of the 18th District in West Philly, allegedly assaulted his former girlfriend, according to the Police Public Affairs Unit.
A group of teens comprising of both genders assaulted an elderly man in West Passyunk Monday night.
Three girls and nine boys ages 12 to 17 surrounded an 81-year-old at 9 p.m. near Smith Playground’s basketball courts on the 2200 block of…
The U.S. Court of Appeals Third Circuit did not overturn the convictions of a former politician credited with defrauding the state senate and two nonprofits along with his former aide, but the judges’ panel did order the duo to be resentenced.
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Fans of ice cream and the Phillies congregated at McDonald’s, 120 W. Oregon Ave., to celebrate the launch of its new McFlurry, which features red, white and blue candy pieces. Gigi Beltrante, a 3-year-old from South Philadelphia, was one many kids who could not…
A man forced another to withdraw money from a Whitman ATM last week.
The unknown man riding a bicycle approached a 19-year-old as he was in front of an ATM at Fourth and Wolf streets at 11:15 p.m. Aug. 17, Detective Danielle Tolliver…
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As the clouds parted for the first time in days, the sun beamed down on Ashburn Alley and its red-clad soldiers. It all seemed very fitting as after a two-day rain-induced delay, Aug. 16 was a time to remember one of the greatest figures…
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VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22): If you are feeling generous, donate to a cherished cause. You are likely to recruit others into making contributions. This gesture may benefit your career. Lucky number: 975.
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Dr. Arlene C. Ackerman has managed to make herself the most controversial Philadelphia school superintendent in the history of this town. That is no small feat in a city where its public schools are always in the headlines for the wrong reasons, and its school…
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Like something Stephen King might have inspired in the mid-1980s, “Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark” is a genuinely spooky haunted house flick with a knowing, advantageous sense of humor, at once inducing shivers, chuckles and creepy-crawlies.