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Three South Philly parks will host With Love From America: A Honky Tonk for Ukraine during the month of June.  Described as “a toe-tappin’, thigh-slappin’, rootin’, tootin’ good time,” the event features REV Theatre Company and a live band performing classic retro country hits.  All shows are free and family-friendly and donations will support Save Ukraine, an agency […]

The Shapiro administration celebrated the opening of the Christian to Crescent Trail Connector, a long-anticipated link in the five-county Schuylkill River Trail that now provides a fully off-road route between Center City and South Philadelphia.   The half-mile segment, which includes a cable-stayed bridge, was made possible in part through investments from the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Department of Transportation and Department […]

By New Jersey Department of Transportation When people see damaged vehicles and emergency responders on the road, they might say they saw a car accident. But the truth is, most crashes are not accidents, or something that was random and unavoidable. Instead, many of the incidents that cause fatalities or serious injuries on our roadways […]

Memorial Day, observed on Monday, May 26 this year, is a federal holiday in the United States that is dedicated to honoring and remembering the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country. It is a solemn day of reflection, gratitude, and remembrance, not only […]

How fast can your team pull a 7,500-pound tractor 20 yards? On June 1, the National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, New Jersey Metro chapter will welcome teams of up to six people to Pull for a Cure on Sunday, June 1 at Carriage Farm at 2 Clerico Lane, in Hillsborough. Participants must be 18 years […]

Five Rider University students recently made their final presentation to a room of New York Giants executives at MetLife Stadium. The team provided insights and recommendations about how the NFL team could expand its reach on TikTok to engage Gen Z. The presentation was the culmination of a semester-long course, one of the many exclusive […]

Administrators, academic supervisors, teachers and support staff – some of whom gained tenure – were reappointed to their positions for the 2025-26 school year at a special meeting of the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education. School board president Dafna Kendal pointed out that the board’s May 6 special meeting coincided with Teacher Appreciation Week, […]

West Windsor Township Council has adopted a $53.4 million municipal budget that keeps the tax rate flat for property owners in 2025. The five-member Council voted unanimously to adopt the municipal budget with a zero-cent tax rate increase at the governing body’s May 19 meeting. The budget, which funds municipal operations for 2025, was first […]

Play ball! The Lawrence E. Murphy Recreation Center on Shunk Street in South Philly’s Whitman neighborhood is now open for business after a $7.5 million Rebuild renovation project was completed.  City officials gathered at the park on May 20 to unveil new synthetic turf fields, basketball courts and other improvements to the 4.9-acre park. “I […]

When Municipal Clerk Dawn Mount was growing up, working for town government was the last thing she had in mind for a career. Mount wanted to work on Wall Street in New York City. With an eye toward a career in business, she earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Monmouth University. She was […]