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From tickets to parking, here's what you need to know about the 2023 Penn Relays

Settlement allows UC Townhomes to be demolished and sold, but preserves some space for affordable housing

UC Townhomes settlement

50-year-old man fatally shot in West Philly Saturday afternoon

50 year old killed

City's only rec center for people with disabilities expands to larger community with $35 million redesign

Carousel House Rebuild

Kingsessing woman, PSPCA rescue dog shot in the street

PSPCA Dog Shot

Man fatally shot during fight outside West Philly bar

Overbrook bar shooting

New thrift store sells clothing that embodies the civil rights movement

Black Ivy Thrift Kimberly McGlonn

A flea market housed in shipping containers is being planned near Fairmount Park

Shipping Container Village Philly

Overbrook High School receives $500K for security improvements following last month's shooting

Overbrook High Safety Funding

West Philly rec center to be renamed after worker who was fatally shot there in September

Tiffany Fletcher Recreation Center

Carbon Copy brewery-winery to open this weekend in West Philadelphia

Carbon Copy Brewery Winery West Philadelphia

Honeysuckle Provisions, West Philly's new Afrocentric café and market, to open this weekend

Honeysuckle Provisions West Philly

Stroll through a winter wonderland during Philadelphia Zoo's holiday light display

LumiNature Philadelphia Zoo

University City Townhome residents get third affordable housing extension as eviction looms

UC Townhomes extension

'Unprovoked' killing of recent Temple grad caught on surveillance video, police say

Philly Everett Beauregard Shooting

14-year-old charged with murder in fatal shooting of West Philly recreation center employee

Tiffany Fletcher Arrest

Recreation center employee killed after being struck by stray bullet in West Philadelphia

Tiffany Fletcher Shooting Rec Center

Affordable housing complex for people in recovery from substance abuse to open in West Philly

Jose Garces to open new restaurant at the Cira Centre with cafe, wine shop

Garces Trading Company

Overbrook street renamed to celebrate hip-hop radio pioneer Lady B

Lady B Overbrook

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Learn about bats during nighttime nature walk at The Woodlands

The Woodlands Bat Night

University City Townhomes encampment must must be taken down by Monday, judge rules

University City Townhomes

U.S. Marshals arrest man wanted for setting fire to abandoned home filled with gasoline jugs

West Philly Gas Fire

West Philly apartment complex proposal includes 352 units, retail space

West Philly Project Rendering

Quadruple shootings in Philly leave 8 people wounded, including 2-year-old, 4 teens

Quadruple Shootings

Shakespeare in Clark Park to return this summer with modern twist on two plays

Shakespeare in Clark Park

Rider input sought for SEPTA's trolley modernization project

Trolley Modernization

Activists set up encampment at University City Townhomes to fight for fair housing

University City Townhomes

Mural design honoring Judge Leon Higginbotham to be unveiled in West Philadelphia

West Philly mural Leon Higginbotham

Real estate investors continue purchasing homes in Philly as nationwide rate slows

Investor Home Purchases

Half-naked man driving stolen SUV fatally strikes 16-year-old in West Philly

West Philly Naked Driver

Off-duty police officer's stolen SUV found on fire in West Philly hours after armed carjacking

Philly Carjacking Fire

Carbon Copy brewery-winery will take over Dock Street's West Philly firehouse space

Carbon Copy Beer Wine

City Council pushes buyback plan to protect community gardens from sheriff's sales

City Council Community Gardens

Dock Street Brewing Co. to close West Philly pub after 15 years

Dock Street Brewery Closure

Philadelphia to build 1,000 affordable houses as part of new homeownership program

Neighborhood Preservation

City Council pushes for more funding to address quality-of-life issues in underserved communities

Just Services Campaign

Addiction recovery program that serves trans and gender non-conforming people opens center in West Philly

Morris Home

To catch hit-and-run drivers, Pennsylvania may alert auto repair shops of wanted vehicles

Jayanna Powell Hit and Run Alerts

Cherry Blossom Festival to celebrate intersection of Japanese and African American cultures

Cherry Blossom Festival

Benefit concert for Ukraine at Penn Rotunda to feature traditional Eastern European music

Ukraine Benefit Concert

Affordable housing complex dispute in University City underscores the impact of decades-long gentrification

University City Townhomes

West Philly native's clothing brand urges youth to think twice before resorting to violence

God or Guns Clothing

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Handmade art and aerial show converge at this month's West Craft Fest

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