UPDATE: Do you want a casino at 10th and Packer? It could happen.

BREAKING: The Inquirer reports that that Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board awarded the second casino license to the Live! Hotel and Casino proposal this afternoon at a public meeting held at the Convention Center. The site is located at 900 Packer

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Calling All Artists: Performance in Public Spaces grants aim to fund your next project

Are you an artist or arts organization looking to put on free performances for the public? The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy (OACCE) has chosen 17 specific sites, including Hawthorne Park, Marconi Plaza and FDR Park in South

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Run and drink with the Passyunk Beer Runners at the Craft Beer Run/Bike/Crawl this Saturday

Are you a beer drinker who likes to run like Rocky through the streets of South Philly? How would you like to do both? Then you might want to seriously consider joining the Passyunk Beer Runners. Get started with their special

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Easy Company’s “Babe” Heffron to be immortalized in bronze at Herron Playground in Pennsport

The northwest corner of 2nd and Reed St. in Pennsport will soon house a memorial to Edward  “Babe” Heffron, a local World War II veteran. Heffron, a member of the legendary Easy Company along with longtime friend “Wild” Bill Guarnere,

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