Yes, it’s been about a year … OK, try 18 months … since the last episode of the Philly From Scratch podcast. (UPDATE: We’re having some trouble with the feed presently. For now, if you’re just dying to be notified…

Photo | Isaiah Thompson It’s “entertainment,” babe: coming to a bar near you. (He sure looks happy). You know what natural gas and gamblers have in common? Our elected officials will as dig deep, and at whatever cost to society,…

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has just released its report on the explosion of a Marcellus Shale drilling well in Clearfield County. You can view it here. I haven’t had time to look it over yet, so stay tuned:…

What the hell is Newsworks? WHYY’s Chris Satullo explains. (Download the MP3 here). Click here to subscribe to Philly From Scratch and download the podcast automatically. Yes, friends, the Philly From Scratch podcast is finally working (meaning that you can…

Does he dream of BRT data sheep? A new and likely-doomed blog series, in which I fuss ? about the city budget. Oh yeah. What, exactly does Budget Director Stephen Agostini do? The budget, of course ? as evidenced by…

Over the weekend, I received an email from some anti-fracking activists alerting me to two incidents of spilled fracking materials which, although different, share at least a few things in common: they invovled discharge of unknown amounts of unknown concentrations…

The Inquirer reports today that the U.S. Department of Justice has sent the Philadelphia School District a letter indicating it found “merit” in claims by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund of systemic race-based violence at South Philadelphia…

Yesterday, the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board granted yet another deadline extension to the proposed South Philly casino that was to be operated by Foxwoods, and which is now courting a partnership with Harrah’s Entertainment. Investors now have until Dec. 16…

Ok, apparently I mixed up Philadelphia City Commissioner Marge Tartaglione and the undead truck driver featured in Pee Wee’s Big Adventure. My reportorial bad. And speaking of reportorial … Heard in the Hall reports that prolific PW reporter Aaron Kase…