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Darcy is a 9-month-old female Great Pyrenees/Lab/Pointer mix who weighs about 45 pounds. She was rescued from neglectful conditions, where pups were housed in unsanitary conditions with painful skin infections. Darcy ended up needing bilateral entropion repairs. Now that she is all healed up, her eyes are wide open, no longer painful and she is […]

By Patrick Sandone, Robert Brooks and Heather Nuske Each May, Mental Health Month offers us a much-needed reminder: Wellness isn’t a luxury — it’s a lifeline. For first responders, veterans and frontline workers, that lifeline is stretched thin. Every day, these heroes answer calls for help. But when it comes to seeking help themselves, many […]

May 28 Gladys Knight, Soul Singer (81) Kylie Minogue, Pop Singer (57) May 29 Carmelo Anthony, Basketball Player (41) La Toya Jackson, R&B Singer (69) May 30 Wynonna Judd, Country Singer (61) CeeLo Green, R&B Singer (50) May 31 Viktor Orban, World Leader (62) Clint Eastwood, Director (95) June 1 Heidi Klum, Model (52) Tom […]

They say two is coincidence and three is a pattern. In South Philly, they might start calling five a “Troilo.” It might not be uncommon for a large family to have all its siblings attend the same high school, which was the case with the Troilo family and Neumann-Goretti High School. After all, it was […]

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL • St. Bernard, St. Dominic, St. Jerome, St. Leo, St. Matthew, St. Timothy, Our Lady of Consolation, Resurrection of Our Lord Class of 1975. 50th-year reunion. Saturday, Nov. 15. FOP Lodge 5, 11630 Caroline Road. Ann Marie Walsh: 267-716-4597; Kevin Smink: 267-566-3054. HIGH SCHOOL • Archbishop Ryan Class of 1975. 50th-year reunion. Friday, […]

$40 Million soil remediation facility launches in SW Philly Alterra IOS, a player in the industrial outdoor storage sector that has acquired over 300 sites nationwide, announced the completion and grand opening of a $40 million soil cleanwashing facility in partnership with Eco Materials, which works in construction resource recovery. The new plant offers a sustainable […]

May 31-June 1 Roots Picnic – The two-day festival returns to its longtime home of The Mann in Fairmount Park. R&B singer D’Angelo will headline the festival alongside The Roots, marking the Black Messiah musician’s return to Roots Picnic. Lenny Kravitz will take the stage to perform hits as well as his latest studio album Blue Electric Light. Meek Mill will also make […]

Navy Yard investments a huge benefit As a lifelong resident of South Philly, it gave me great satisfaction to read Mark Zimmaro’s report on all the new investments planned for the Philadelphia Navy Yard (“Investing in the Navy Yard,” May 21). From Gov. Shapiro, especially, it seems as if this is a plan long in the […]

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 […]

Advocate/activist Alim Howell held a recent virtual meeting with the Philadelphia Office of Safe Neighborhoods to discuss his concerns about gun violence in the city. Joining the call were Philadelphia Office of Safe Neighborhoods Executive Director Shondell Revell, Program Specialist Chelsea Gillette, Director of Group Violence Intervention Deion Sumpter and Director of Programs and Community […]