By the time we go to print, a Council committee is supposed to have heard testimony on an obscure piece of legislation put forth on behalf of City Council President Anna Verna that would prevent construction above two stories in…

A while back, we wrote about a local filmmaker stumbling upon the murder of an activist fighting mining in El Salvador.  His film is screening tonight at the Bryn Mawr Institute, 7:30.  You can also see it on Hulu. 

This just in: The City Managing Director’s Office of Emergency Management is recommending that the Venice Loft apartments residents voluntarily evacuate their building in preparation for possible flooding tonight and into tomorrow. This comes from a press release sent out…

Isaiah Thompson After being told he was owed money, then turned over to I.C.E., handcuffed, and detained at PPA headquarters, Oliver was let go. 23 drivers were charged. Today, taxi drivers, supporters, and clergy members gathered at PPA headquarters in…

Philadelphia Police just sent out an advisory to the media, alerting us that a Facebook group called “Catch the Kensington Strangler Before He Catches Someone You Love,” had posted a picture of … someone … that is not the Kensington…

You may remember Philadelphia Police Inspector (and former district captain) Daniel Castro for the indictment filed against him by a federal grand jury, which found that Castro, after losing a hundred thousand dollars in a failed real estate investment, entered…

Exactly one year ago, we reported the CP’s findings that the construction of the $150M Chester Soccer Stadium, which hosts the Philadelphia Union and was funded mostly through various streams of taxpayer dollars ƒ?? raised a few questions. While that…

Only in Pennsylvania. On Tuesday, wine kiosks ƒ?? that just so incredibly Pennsylvania Liquor Control Boardian response to the inconvenience of not being able to buy a bottle of wine at a grocery store ƒ??were shut down all over the…

Updated with response Maybe it was inevitable: maybe something as good, as fundamentally wholesome, as lamb-like and peaceful to all as the Philly Naked Bike Ride had to be infiltrated by wolves. But according to PNBR volunteer organizer Clifford Greer,…