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WEBJul 18, 2024 · The city’s revaluation for Tax Year 2025 is complete, meaning property values and property taxes are on the rise. And although some increases may appear to put a strain on...
In latest River Wards house collapse, two homes are ‘a total loss’
WEBMar 27, 2019 · The city Department of Licenses and Inspections announced Thursday that both properties at 2624 and 2622 Tulip St. “are a total loss” and will be demolished by a certified contractor appointed by L&I. The announcement comes less than two months after a similar situation occurred at 633 and 635 E. Thompson Street in early February. “Mayor ...
‘This shouldn’t happen to anyone’ - Star News
WEBJun 6, 2013 · Mayor Michael Nutter speaks at Drexel University at a Women Against Abuse public awareness event. Women Against Abuse helps operate the Philadelphia Domestic Violence Hotline, along with Lutheran Settlement House in Fishtown and others. WOMEN AGAINST ABUSE PHOTO You’re a great mom, and you’re doing a really good job. It’s so hard, I understand. You’re so brave […]
Remembering Fire Captain Michael Goodwin - Star News
WEBApr 8, 2013 · The Philadelphia Fire Department and the Kensington community lost “a hero” when Fire Captain Michael Goodwin perished while battling a three-alarm blaze in a South Philly fabric store on Saturday night. According to fire department officials, Goodwin, 53, was on the roof of the burning shop when it collapsed and he became trapped in the ...
Nurses, St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children reach agreement
WEBMay 23, 2024 · Just 10 days after 485 nurses at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children staged a picket during Nurse’s Week, the two sides came to an agreement on a three-year contract that the union says will usher in a new era of quality care for its youthful patients. Vice president of the St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children Nurses United Becky ...
Rock Ministries does its part to help provide shelter to ... - Star News
WEBJan 30, 2019 · In a city with more than 1,000 unsheltered homeless individuals, according to the Office of Homeless Services’ most recent point-in-time count, which was completed last year, there’s only so much a city can do. Sometimes it takes the work of good-hearted and hardworking people willing to go the extra mile to make ends meet. Photo submitted […]
As St. Anne’s gets a new elevator, it finds historical artifacts in the ...
WEBSep 11, 2018 · Miller told the Star that there was a massive fire at the church in 1947. A large portion of the church had to be demolished and rebuilt as a result. “As they were demolishing the old church, they probably just kind of used [the artifacts] as backfill,” he said. Construction for the elevator, which costs $37,000, will be paid for by the ...
Housing coming to 2200 E. Somerset - Star News
WEBMar 26, 2023 · The Riverwards Group last week held a groundbreaking ceremony for its newest residential community, Somerset Station, 2200 E. Somerset St. The first phase will be 220 units of a 535-unit residential community. “I am thrilled that Philadelphia is home to Pennsylvania’s first energy-efficient C-PACE multifamily project,” said Emily Schapira, president and CEO of the Philadelphia […]
Part of the old Frankford Arsenal is being revived by a local ...
WEBFeb 23, 2021 · On the northernmost edge of Bridesburg tucked away at the corner of Tacony and Bridge streets just below I-95 lies the Frankford Arsenal, a campus of buildings formerly used as a design and development space for artillery initially constructed in the early 1800s by the federal government. The campus expanded over the years before it …
Contractor behind collapse of Fishtown home will soon have …
WEBMar 6, 2019 · Philadelphia’s department of Licenses and Inspections has begun the process to revoke the contractor’s license held by Q Construction, the contractor of record said to be responsible for the collapse of 633 and 635 E. Thompson St. in Fishtown early last month. Since the Star’s most recent report on the family’s situation, a city ...