Public school staffs are slashed

In what could prove to be the largest jobs cut in almost 40 years, more than 3,700 school employees will be laid off July 1 if more money isn’t found to fill up the district’s $304 million budget hole.

A bid to buy the blight

Shaukat Ali, 71, with his two granddaughters, lives next door to landlord Robert Coyle’s former office, which has…

River Wards events for the week of June 12

Penn Treaty Park events

The Friends of Penn Treaty Park invite you to Movie In The Park night tonight at 7 p.m., to see “Thunderstruck.” This film is rated PG, so bring the entire family to this story of about a basketball star…

First Friday on Frankford

A crowd of people at 3rd Ward on First Friday stand before artist Emily Erb’s “Garden of Earthly Delights.” SAM…

Prepare now for a rough hurricane season

Ready for the next big storm?

Did you just shrug?

The tough thing about persuading people to prepare for the kind of weather that will flood basements, knock out power, chase them out of their homes and shut…

A flea for all

Last week, Ivanka Trump (Donald’s daughter, and wife of the Piazza at Schmidt’s now-owner Jared Kushner) and The Roots’ Questlove were there, as were hundreds of vendors and shoppers from Philly and Brooklyn alike.