How to climb a grease pole (or just watch), from an Italian Market Festival champion (billypenn.com)
Hundreds petition for halt to Fairmount drug treatment center plan (billypenn.com)
Philadelphia consumers could soon get more protections from the city (whyy.org)
In New Sweep, Police Ban Observers & Media from Control Zone in Kensington, Philadelphia (unicornriot.ninja)
Philly Police have cleared Penn’s Pro-Palestinian encampment and arrested 33 protesters (www.inquirer.com)
Report on May Day Noise Demonstration Outside of Juvenile Justice Center in Philadelphia, PA (itsgoingdown.org)
Mayor Parker’s budget slashes funding for Vision Zero, a program designed to end traffic deaths (www.inquirer.com)
How Jason Kelce built his personal brand and became a Philly legend (theconversation.com)
Penn places students on mandatory leave of absence for pro-Palestine encampment (whyy.org)
A Philadelphia teacher who embodied ‘Olney love’ was shot and killed. Ondria Glaze’s school family remembers her radiance. (www.inquirer.com)
Meet Birdy McBirdface: Philly’s newest professional sports mascot (billypenn.com)
Ahead of the Kensington crackdown, aggressive policing has intensified (www.inquirer.com)
The Rocky Statue is set for maintenance between rounds of sparring with Philly’s elements (billypenn.com)
All eyes are on Kensington as Parker administration plans to clear homeless from a main corridor (www.inquirer.com)
How SEPTA and Amtrak improvements could help turn 30th Street into a neighborhood (www.inquirer.com)
Cherelle Parker promised 30,000 units of ‘affordable housing’ as a candidate. She’s watered down that goal as mayor. (www.inquirer.com)
US House committee holds Philly field hearing on crime (billypenn.com)
While a few other universities reach compromises with protesters, why can’t Penn? (www.inquirer.com)
On its 125th anniversary, W.E.B. Du Bois’ ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ offers lasting lessons on gentrification in Philly’s historically Black neighborhoods (theconversation.com)
Move over, July 4: Philly’s planning a new celebration on the real independence day (billypenn.com)
Track fire on elevated freight rail next to Penn Medicine SEPTA station (lemmy.zip)
02 May 2024