SchuylkillOpinion14 events to look forward to in Philly this year that aren’t the World Cup or the 250thPhiladelphia will be the epicenter of America's 250th birthday celebrations, along with the World Cup and MLB All-Star Game, but there's plenty else happening here too.Stephanie Farr | Columnist Josh Shapiro’s reelection campaign in Pennsylvania starts now — but 2028 looms largeJulia Terruso and Gillian McGoldrick For $9.9 million, you can own this Lower Merion mansion and a bonus house next doorMichaelle Bond Schuylkill Trail sinkhole repaired, area reopened for Christmas Eve ‘as a holiday present’Frank Kummer The lower Schuylkill is up for Pennsylvania’s River of the Year. Voting is open.Frank Kummer AdvertisementHere’s why the Schuylkill River Trail sinkhole hasn’t been filled yetThe trail has been closed and fenced off between Race Street and JFK Boulevard since October due to a “chasm”-sized hole that formed under the asphalt. Frank Kummer SEPTA opens new $50M Wissahickon Transit Center in ManayunkThe new center on Ridge Avenue near Main Street is expected to serve 5,000 bus riders a day. Frank Kummer Who is living in all of Center City’s new apartment buildings?As new apartment towers have transformed Center City, some longtime residents have expressed confusion about who actually lives in them. A new survey looked into it.Jake Blumgart Trail project planned near King of Prussia Mall gets new funding What is the Gulph Road Connector? Here’s a look at the trail project planned in Montgomery County. Ariana Perez-Castells After Manayunk’s Bridget the Dino statue was decapitated, neighbors will decide the name for a new dinosaurBridget the Dino may have been vandalized, but a new stone dinosaur has been donated to take her place. Neighbors now get to decide its new name.Henry Savage Virginia A. Smith, retired award-winning Inquirer reporter and editor, has died at 75She joined her hometown Inquirer in 1985 after three years at the Beacon Journal in Ohio, six months at the Bulletin in Philadelphia, and earlier stints at other papers in New York and Connecticut. Gary Miles Free SEPTA fares for low-income riders could end next year. Advocates are pushing to save it.The Zero Fare program needs permanent funding, argue advocates and some elected officials. Thomas Fitzgerald French water giant Veolia buys King of Prussia waste recyclerVeolia, already a leading burner and recycler of medical, computer, and other industrial waste, says it will be a leading provider with its $3 billion purchase of Enviri's waste unit.Joseph N. DiStefano Hal Sirowitz, acclaimed performance poet, longtime teacher, and passionate Parkinson’s disease advocate, has died at 76On Mother’s Day in 1996, the first of his five books, "Mother Said," was published to great acclaim. He went on to write four more books and serve as poet laureate in Queens from 2001 to 2004. Gary Miles SEPTA workers authorized a strike for the fourth year in a row. Here’s when they walked off the job in the past.The Transport Workers Union, now in negotiations with SEPTA, has gone out on strike before. So have other SEPTA unions. Here is what happened in previous strikes.Thomas Fitzgerald Body found discarded in Norristown trash can, police sayInvestigators are working to learn the man's identity, along with the cause and manner of his death.Vinny Vella These local businesses are offering discounts and free meals while SNAP benefits are cut offLocal businesses are offering free meals to help families affected by the SNAP cutoffs. Here's where to get a free kids' meal in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.Henry Savage Billions of gallons of sewage-tainted water from Philly are released into the Delaware annuallyA new report suggests local waterways could be unsafe for recreation for more than half the year due to the sewage overflows.Frank Kummer ‘You could park a car down there’: Sinkhole closes part of Schuylkill Trail in Center CityThe trail has been closed between Race Street and JFK Boulevard, just north of the SEPTA Bridge.Frank Kummer Opinion2025 Toyota Corolla: One way to stay under $30K The venerated name is an icon among small, efficient, inexpensive cars. We give it a good run, then next week compare it to a Buick crossover, for two varied ways to stay under budget. Scott Sturgis | Columnist See more storiesAdvertisement
Opinion14 events to look forward to in Philly this year that aren’t the World Cup or the 250thPhiladelphia will be the epicenter of America's 250th birthday celebrations, along with the World Cup and MLB All-Star Game, but there's plenty else happening here too.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Opinion14 events to look forward to in Philly this year that aren’t the World Cup or the 250thPhiladelphia will be the epicenter of America's 250th birthday celebrations, along with the World Cup and MLB All-Star Game, but there's plenty else happening here too.Stephanie Farr | Columnist
Josh Shapiro’s reelection campaign in Pennsylvania starts now — but 2028 looms largeJulia Terruso and Gillian McGoldrick
Josh Shapiro’s reelection campaign in Pennsylvania starts now — but 2028 looms largeJulia Terruso and Gillian McGoldrick
Schuylkill Trail sinkhole repaired, area reopened for Christmas Eve ‘as a holiday present’Frank Kummer
Schuylkill Trail sinkhole repaired, area reopened for Christmas Eve ‘as a holiday present’Frank Kummer
Here’s why the Schuylkill River Trail sinkhole hasn’t been filled yetThe trail has been closed and fenced off between Race Street and JFK Boulevard since October due to a “chasm”-sized hole that formed under the asphalt. Frank Kummer
Here’s why the Schuylkill River Trail sinkhole hasn’t been filled yetThe trail has been closed and fenced off between Race Street and JFK Boulevard since October due to a “chasm”-sized hole that formed under the asphalt. Frank Kummer
SEPTA opens new $50M Wissahickon Transit Center in ManayunkThe new center on Ridge Avenue near Main Street is expected to serve 5,000 bus riders a day. Frank Kummer
SEPTA opens new $50M Wissahickon Transit Center in ManayunkThe new center on Ridge Avenue near Main Street is expected to serve 5,000 bus riders a day. Frank Kummer
Who is living in all of Center City’s new apartment buildings?As new apartment towers have transformed Center City, some longtime residents have expressed confusion about who actually lives in them. A new survey looked into it.Jake Blumgart
Who is living in all of Center City’s new apartment buildings?As new apartment towers have transformed Center City, some longtime residents have expressed confusion about who actually lives in them. A new survey looked into it.Jake Blumgart
Trail project planned near King of Prussia Mall gets new funding What is the Gulph Road Connector? Here’s a look at the trail project planned in Montgomery County. Ariana Perez-Castells
Trail project planned near King of Prussia Mall gets new funding What is the Gulph Road Connector? Here’s a look at the trail project planned in Montgomery County. Ariana Perez-Castells
After Manayunk’s Bridget the Dino statue was decapitated, neighbors will decide the name for a new dinosaurBridget the Dino may have been vandalized, but a new stone dinosaur has been donated to take her place. Neighbors now get to decide its new name.Henry Savage
After Manayunk’s Bridget the Dino statue was decapitated, neighbors will decide the name for a new dinosaurBridget the Dino may have been vandalized, but a new stone dinosaur has been donated to take her place. Neighbors now get to decide its new name.Henry Savage
Virginia A. Smith, retired award-winning Inquirer reporter and editor, has died at 75She joined her hometown Inquirer in 1985 after three years at the Beacon Journal in Ohio, six months at the Bulletin in Philadelphia, and earlier stints at other papers in New York and Connecticut. Gary Miles
Virginia A. Smith, retired award-winning Inquirer reporter and editor, has died at 75She joined her hometown Inquirer in 1985 after three years at the Beacon Journal in Ohio, six months at the Bulletin in Philadelphia, and earlier stints at other papers in New York and Connecticut. Gary Miles
Free SEPTA fares for low-income riders could end next year. Advocates are pushing to save it.The Zero Fare program needs permanent funding, argue advocates and some elected officials. Thomas Fitzgerald
Free SEPTA fares for low-income riders could end next year. Advocates are pushing to save it.The Zero Fare program needs permanent funding, argue advocates and some elected officials. Thomas Fitzgerald
French water giant Veolia buys King of Prussia waste recyclerVeolia, already a leading burner and recycler of medical, computer, and other industrial waste, says it will be a leading provider with its $3 billion purchase of Enviri's waste unit.Joseph N. DiStefano
French water giant Veolia buys King of Prussia waste recyclerVeolia, already a leading burner and recycler of medical, computer, and other industrial waste, says it will be a leading provider with its $3 billion purchase of Enviri's waste unit.Joseph N. DiStefano
Hal Sirowitz, acclaimed performance poet, longtime teacher, and passionate Parkinson’s disease advocate, has died at 76On Mother’s Day in 1996, the first of his five books, "Mother Said," was published to great acclaim. He went on to write four more books and serve as poet laureate in Queens from 2001 to 2004. Gary Miles
Hal Sirowitz, acclaimed performance poet, longtime teacher, and passionate Parkinson’s disease advocate, has died at 76On Mother’s Day in 1996, the first of his five books, "Mother Said," was published to great acclaim. He went on to write four more books and serve as poet laureate in Queens from 2001 to 2004. Gary Miles
SEPTA workers authorized a strike for the fourth year in a row. Here’s when they walked off the job in the past.The Transport Workers Union, now in negotiations with SEPTA, has gone out on strike before. So have other SEPTA unions. Here is what happened in previous strikes.Thomas Fitzgerald
SEPTA workers authorized a strike for the fourth year in a row. Here’s when they walked off the job in the past.The Transport Workers Union, now in negotiations with SEPTA, has gone out on strike before. So have other SEPTA unions. Here is what happened in previous strikes.Thomas Fitzgerald
Body found discarded in Norristown trash can, police sayInvestigators are working to learn the man's identity, along with the cause and manner of his death.Vinny Vella
Body found discarded in Norristown trash can, police sayInvestigators are working to learn the man's identity, along with the cause and manner of his death.Vinny Vella
These local businesses are offering discounts and free meals while SNAP benefits are cut offLocal businesses are offering free meals to help families affected by the SNAP cutoffs. Here's where to get a free kids' meal in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.Henry Savage
These local businesses are offering discounts and free meals while SNAP benefits are cut offLocal businesses are offering free meals to help families affected by the SNAP cutoffs. Here's where to get a free kids' meal in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.Henry Savage
Billions of gallons of sewage-tainted water from Philly are released into the Delaware annuallyA new report suggests local waterways could be unsafe for recreation for more than half the year due to the sewage overflows.Frank Kummer
Billions of gallons of sewage-tainted water from Philly are released into the Delaware annuallyA new report suggests local waterways could be unsafe for recreation for more than half the year due to the sewage overflows.Frank Kummer
‘You could park a car down there’: Sinkhole closes part of Schuylkill Trail in Center CityThe trail has been closed between Race Street and JFK Boulevard, just north of the SEPTA Bridge.Frank Kummer
‘You could park a car down there’: Sinkhole closes part of Schuylkill Trail in Center CityThe trail has been closed between Race Street and JFK Boulevard, just north of the SEPTA Bridge.Frank Kummer
Opinion2025 Toyota Corolla: One way to stay under $30K The venerated name is an icon among small, efficient, inexpensive cars. We give it a good run, then next week compare it to a Buick crossover, for two varied ways to stay under budget. Scott Sturgis | Columnist
Opinion2025 Toyota Corolla: One way to stay under $30K The venerated name is an icon among small, efficient, inexpensive cars. We give it a good run, then next week compare it to a Buick crossover, for two varied ways to stay under budget. Scott Sturgis | Columnist
