SchuylkillTrail 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 dinosaurHenry Savage Virginia A. Smith, retired award-winning Inquirer reporter and editor, has died at 75Gary Miles Free SEPTA fares for low-income riders could end next year. Advocates are pushing to save it.Thomas Fitzgerald French water giant Veolia buys King of Prussia waste recyclerJoseph N. DiStefano AdvertisementHal 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 Is 2025 Philadelphia’s year of the parking garage? An unusual number of stand-alone parking garages has been proposed in Philadelphia this year, even as costs to build and maintain them surge. Jake Blumgart Plan to turn Pennhurst site into massive data center outrages neighborsThe pushback comes as both President Donald Trump and Gov. Josh Shapiro champion data center development. Frank Kummer OpinionPa. Supreme Court retention is the most important election contest that no one’s talking aboutMAGA Republicans are working to replace three Democratic justices with far-right zealots who will clamp down on mail-in voting, approve gerrymandered districts, and remove abortion rights.Paul Davies | Columnist 20 farms near Philly for pumpkin picking, hayrides, corn mazes, and moreWhere to go for the best of fall in Berks, Bucks, Burlington, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Hunterdon, Lancaster, Mercer, and Montgomery counties.Henry Savage and Hira Qureshi Vandalism left the Swann Memorial Fountain partly broken, but a fix is in the worksThe center jet in the beloved art deco fountain has been out of commission since some time in 2023.Nick Vadala Margery N. Sly, retired director of Temple’s Special Collections Research Center, has died at 68She championed diverse and inclusive archives, and told a Temple colleague that the center housed 500 separate collections from a wide range of local cultural, historical, social, and civic groups.Gary Miles OpinionPhilly must designate FDR Park as protected stopover habitat for birdsFDR sits along the Atlantic Flyway, one of the major routes birds use during migration. The city of Philadelphia should take the lead and put a halt to further tree clearing.Robert Karchnyak, For The Inquirer It’s springtime. Here’s where to find cherry blossoms across PhiladelphiaIt’s almost springtime! Many cherry trees buds are emerging and some are already in full bloom.Hira Qureshi and Jasen Lo See more storiesAdvertisement
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 dinosaurHenry Savage
After Manayunk’s Bridget the Dino statue was decapitated, neighbors will decide the name for a new dinosaurHenry Savage
Free SEPTA fares for low-income riders could end next year. Advocates are pushing to save it.Thomas Fitzgerald
Free SEPTA fares for low-income riders could end next year. Advocates are pushing to save it.Thomas Fitzgerald
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
Is 2025 Philadelphia’s year of the parking garage? An unusual number of stand-alone parking garages has been proposed in Philadelphia this year, even as costs to build and maintain them surge. Jake Blumgart
Is 2025 Philadelphia’s year of the parking garage? An unusual number of stand-alone parking garages has been proposed in Philadelphia this year, even as costs to build and maintain them surge. Jake Blumgart
Plan to turn Pennhurst site into massive data center outrages neighborsThe pushback comes as both President Donald Trump and Gov. Josh Shapiro champion data center development. Frank Kummer
Plan to turn Pennhurst site into massive data center outrages neighborsThe pushback comes as both President Donald Trump and Gov. Josh Shapiro champion data center development. Frank Kummer
OpinionPa. Supreme Court retention is the most important election contest that no one’s talking aboutMAGA Republicans are working to replace three Democratic justices with far-right zealots who will clamp down on mail-in voting, approve gerrymandered districts, and remove abortion rights.Paul Davies | Columnist
OpinionPa. Supreme Court retention is the most important election contest that no one’s talking aboutMAGA Republicans are working to replace three Democratic justices with far-right zealots who will clamp down on mail-in voting, approve gerrymandered districts, and remove abortion rights.Paul Davies | Columnist
20 farms near Philly for pumpkin picking, hayrides, corn mazes, and moreWhere to go for the best of fall in Berks, Bucks, Burlington, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Hunterdon, Lancaster, Mercer, and Montgomery counties.Henry Savage and Hira Qureshi
20 farms near Philly for pumpkin picking, hayrides, corn mazes, and moreWhere to go for the best of fall in Berks, Bucks, Burlington, Camden, Chester, Delaware, Hunterdon, Lancaster, Mercer, and Montgomery counties.Henry Savage and Hira Qureshi
Vandalism left the Swann Memorial Fountain partly broken, but a fix is in the worksThe center jet in the beloved art deco fountain has been out of commission since some time in 2023.Nick Vadala
Vandalism left the Swann Memorial Fountain partly broken, but a fix is in the worksThe center jet in the beloved art deco fountain has been out of commission since some time in 2023.Nick Vadala
Margery N. Sly, retired director of Temple’s Special Collections Research Center, has died at 68She championed diverse and inclusive archives, and told a Temple colleague that the center housed 500 separate collections from a wide range of local cultural, historical, social, and civic groups.Gary Miles
Margery N. Sly, retired director of Temple’s Special Collections Research Center, has died at 68She championed diverse and inclusive archives, and told a Temple colleague that the center housed 500 separate collections from a wide range of local cultural, historical, social, and civic groups.Gary Miles
OpinionPhilly must designate FDR Park as protected stopover habitat for birdsFDR sits along the Atlantic Flyway, one of the major routes birds use during migration. The city of Philadelphia should take the lead and put a halt to further tree clearing.Robert Karchnyak, For The Inquirer
OpinionPhilly must designate FDR Park as protected stopover habitat for birdsFDR sits along the Atlantic Flyway, one of the major routes birds use during migration. The city of Philadelphia should take the lead and put a halt to further tree clearing.Robert Karchnyak, For The Inquirer
It’s springtime. Here’s where to find cherry blossoms across PhiladelphiaIt’s almost springtime! Many cherry trees buds are emerging and some are already in full bloom.Hira Qureshi and Jasen Lo
It’s springtime. Here’s where to find cherry blossoms across PhiladelphiaIt’s almost springtime! Many cherry trees buds are emerging and some are already in full bloom.Hira Qureshi and Jasen Lo
