Jim Saksa Dilworth Park Paul Levy, President and CEO of the Center City District, announced today that the newly named Dilworth Park (née Plaza, changed to reflect “a much more green, sustainable site”) will open on Sept. 4 with a…
State Rep. Dwight Evans City Controller Alan Butkovitz released a report today calling on Philadelphia to increase efforts to collect approximately $2.5 million owed by 389 entities for services provided by the city’s Police Department. The top three balances are…
Following the arrest of six Philadelphia police officers on corruption charges, the Committee of Seventy has called for the creation of a powerful and permanent Police Advisory Commission. This permanent commission would replace the current one, which was created by…
In a federal indictment that reads like an over-the-top script for a bad cop drama, six Philadelphia Police Department narcotics officers today were arrested on corruption charges. The defendants were charged in a racketeering conspiracy that includes robbery, extortion, kidnapping…
The Pennsylvania Ballet is holding an online silent auction right now, and apparently they took the silent part a bit too literally. It looks like very few people know about it, and even fewer are bidding. The upside: There are…
