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• Deep rooted devotion: North Philly community-first venue Sunflower Hill belongs to the neighborhood

  Where Cecil B. Moore intersects the Germantown Avenue arterial in North Philadelphia, there’s a plot of land that will sit untouched by developers.

• 6 years later: Philadelphia remembers the Sandy Hook victims and demands change

  It’s been six years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. It was a day that shook the nation to the need for gun control measures as reports came out that 20 children, between the ages of…

• Newspaper Media Group (NMG) acquires Hudson Reporter Assoc. LP, a group of 8 weekly local newspapers

  Hudson Reporter – Publishers Lucha Malato and David Unger have announced the sale of their company, Hudson Reporter Assoc. LP, to the Newspaper Media Group (NMG) of Cherry Hill. NMG is the publisher of over 50 weekly, community newspapers in…

• Worth a shot: City doubles down on MAT therapy in continued fight against the opioid epidemic

  Leonidas Tsiaras is an example of how medication-assisted treatment for opioid use disorder can turn around someone’s life.

• Philly DSA proudly endorses Bernie in 2020. But where’s the gusto for Philly politics in 2019?

  On Saturday afternoon, when the co-chair of Philadelphia’s chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America called a vote on a resolution to endorse Bernie Sanders in the 2020 presidential campaign — Whereas, the Democratic Party primary will be hotly contested,…

• As prison population declines, Philly aims to close oldest jail by 2020

  Just three years ago, Philadelphia held the ignominious distinction of having the highest incarceration rate among large American cities. On Wednesday, following a years-long decarceration effort, city officials announced plans to shutter the oldest and most dilapidated of the city’s six jails…

• Farm school: One Southwest Philly after-school program teaching grassroots literacy – literally

  In his three years as a literacy instructor at Tilden Middle School, Cole Jadrosich, 26, has been looking for ways to teach literacy outside of the classroom. He knew a fellow teacher who maintained a few small planter beds in…

• Amid FBI investigation, a staff shake-up for Councilman Henon

  Three staffers have departed from City Councilman Bobby Henon’s nine-person office amid an ongoing FBI investigation into the councilman’s union work. Henon and John Dougherty, who leads the politically influential IBEW Local 98 electricians union (where Henon is also employed),…

• Hop Along and try not to scream

  The last thing I want to ask Frances Quinlan is about her voice.

• Hit Job? State Rep. and LGBT advocate Brian Sims opens up about ongoing ethics investigation

  Ideally, students running laps around the block on a humid Friday morning would be nothing more than exercise. On this early June day in Philadelphia, however, Masterman School is raising money for its extracurricular activities through a charity run. While…

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  Why Are Most of My Gay Friends Single?

  Research shows that roughly 1 in 2 LGB adults are single. What's going on?

• Alleged love-child of Jerry Lewis is homeless on the streets of NE Philly

  She grew up on Fifth Avenue, frolicking with A-list stars. Now she lives on the streets of Northeast Philly, scraping by one day at a time, certain that famed funnyman Jerry Lewis is her father. Suzan Minoret is the antithesis…

• Angry pro-Trump Twitter mob still targeting Mount Airy diner

  Diners aren’t just great places for an affordable bite to eat. Specifically here in Philadelphia, they’ve long been places for community members and politicians of all stripes to gather, talk and debate, with a civil tongue. But the 2016 presidential…

• Broad Street Media Aquired by Donnelly Distribution

  CHERRY HILL, N.J. – JULY 15 – Richard Donnelly, president of Donnelly Distribution (Pennsauken, N.J.), announced today that he has acquired Broad Street Media and its affiliates. The Philadelphia-area community newspaper and magazine group publishes more than a dozen separate publications. The…

• Philly gets its very own Renaissance Faire

  Design­ing a Ren fest spe­cific­ally for a big-city audi­ence has meant do­ing some things dif­fer­ently. For starters, its cast of per­formers boasts not just a merry im­prov troupe of knights, jug­glers and tav­ern wenches …