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People Magazine Writer Compiles List of Best Places to Eat If You Had Just 24 Hours in Philadelphia
As someone who grew up in Philadelphia, Regan Stephens is quite familiar with Philly’s dynamic food scene, she writes for People. While it’s impossible to eat from all the restaurants that makes the local food scene so great, Stephens has compiled a list of the best places to get a true taste of Philly’s top-tier…
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Sprouts Farmers Market To Open 2 New Philadelphia Stores in June
As part of its latest expansion plans in Philadelphia, Sprouts Farmers Market is planning to open two new stores in the city set to open in June, writes Michaela Althouse for PhillyVoice. The first of the two stores will open at the Roosevelt Mall in Northeast Philadelphia on June 14, while the season is set…
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WSJ: Penn Hospital Doctors Perform Revolutionary Procedure Involving Brain-Computer Implant
Doctors at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia recently performed a revolutionary procedure by temporarily implanting a brain-computer interface device onto a patient’s brain, writes Jo Craven McGinty for The Wall Street Journal. Jeffrey Keefer was undergoing brain surgery to relieve Parkinson’s disease symptoms at the hospital. Since his skull would be open for hours anyway, he…
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Sixers Unveil New Allen Iverson Statue Outside Training Facility in Camden
The Philadelphia 76ers honored NBA legend Allen Iverson with the unveiling of a new bronze statue outside the team’s training facility in Camden, write Josh Sanders and Tom Gardiner for CBS News Philadelphia. The statue commemorates Iverson’s iconic crossover, and sits on 76ers Legends Walk, alongside statues of 9 other Sixers legends. After the unveiling,…
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New Industrial Warehouse Coming to Northeast Philadelphia After Dallas Real Estate Firm Purchase
Crow Holdings Development is planning to build a 150,000-square-foot industrial building on a 14.4-acre Northeast Philadelphia site it recently acquired for $8 million, writes Paul Schwedelson for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The Dallas real estate investment firm purchased the site from the Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, which is a subsidiary of Philadelphia Industrial Development…
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Citizens Financial Group CEO Sees Great Upside For Philadelphia Economy, Eyes More Opportunities
Bruce Van Saun, CEO of Citizens Financial Group, sees a lot of upside for Philadelphia and its economy, and much of it is connected to its naming rights deal with the Philadelphia Phillies, writes Jeff Blumenthal for the Philadelphia Business Journal. This year marks the 21st year of a 25-year, $95 million naming rights agreement…
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As Earthquake Hits the Region, Local Residents React
On Friday morning, people across the Philadelphia region were shaken up by a 4.8 magnitude earthquake that originated in northern New Jersey, writes Maggie Kent for 6abc. The earthquake hit near Whitehouse Station in Hunterdon County at 10:23 AM, and many reacted. The chandeliers at Denney Electric Supply in Ambler shook as a loud sound…
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Di Bruno Bros. Receive Investment From Local Grocery Store Magnate Jeff Brown
Di Bruno Bros., which has been a staple in Philadelphia for 85 years, recently received investment from former mayoral candidate Jeff Brown, writes Emma Dooling for the Philadelphia Business Journal. While the size and scope of the investment is unclear, it is confirmed that an entity owned by the Brown family has become a secured…
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How Dock Street Brewing Continues To Break Barriers For Women in the Male-Dominated Industry
Since 1985, Dock Street Brewery has been home to one of the country’s first craft breweries and one of the few led by a woman, reports Howard Monroe, Scott Hezlep, and Mike Spatocco for CBS News Philadelphia. That barrier-breaking woman is Rosemarie Certo. “When we started craft brewing 39 years ago, there was no such…
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A Restaurant in Tokyo Goes Viral For Owners’ Quest To Create the Perfect Philly Cheesesteak
Nihonbashi Philly, a restaurant and sports bar in Tokyo could make some tourists and Philadelphia residents feel like they are right at home due to its Philly-themed mementos and menu items, writes Jenn Ladd for The Philadelphia Inquirer. The owners, husband-and-wife duo Kosuke and Tomomi Chujo, have long admired Philadelphia’s culture and history from afar.…
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St. Joe’s Prep Receives Largest Gift in School’s 173-Year History
St. Joseph’s Preparatory School recently received a $12 million donation from the Howley Foundation, marking the largest gift in the school’s 173-year history, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. The donation came from Howley Foundation founder Nick Howley, a St. Joe’s Prep alumnus, and his wife, Lorie. The foundation also recently donated $15…
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WSJ: Rite Aid Strikes Deal To Transfer Control Over To Creditors, Settle Opioid Claims
Rite Aid has struck a preliminary deal to transfer ownership of the bankrupt drugstore operator to senior bondholders while also settling lawsuits over its alleged role in overprescribing opioids, writes Alexander Gladstone for The Wall Street Journal. Under the agreed plan, Rite Aid’s senior bondholders would swap their claims for 90 percent of the stock…
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5 Philadelphia-area Nonprofits Get Donations From Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott
Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott recently made major contributions to 361 nonprofits nationwide. Of the more than 300 nonprofits, 11 are based in Pennsylvania, including five that have operations in Philadelphia, writes Daniel Urie for Penn Live. One is Bread & Roses Community Fund, a funder of grassroots organizing for racial, social, and economic justice in the…
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Drexel University Receives $15 Million Gift From Howley Foundation To Launch New Scholarship Program
Drexel University recently received a new $15 million gift from the Howley Foundation, founded by Drexel alumnus and billionaire Nick Howley, and his wife, Lorie, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. Nick is a 1975 graduate of Drexel, as well as the founder and chairman of Cleveland-based TransDigm Group, an aerospace manufacturing giant.…
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HP Hood Facility in Northeast Philadelphia Finds New Owner
The HP Hood facility in Northeast Philadelphia has found its new owner in the Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, writes Harrison Cann for City & State Pennsylvania. The company’s leaders were joined last week by Gov. Josh Shapiro and Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding to announce the purchase. Shapiro highlighted that the purchase is…
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As the First Black Woman to Serve As Pennsylvania House Speaker, Joanna McClinton Wants to See More Progress
Pennsylvania House Speaker Joanna McClinton, the first Black woman to hold that position, is fighting for more progress in 2024, writes Sean Kitchen for The Keystone. McClinton, a Southwest Philadelphia native, started her public service career more than a decade ago as a staffer in State Sen. Tony Williams’ office. “I came to this job…
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Philadelphia Now Among Top 10 Most Sought-After Cities For Apartment Renters
Thanks to a soar in rental activity in February, Philadelphia is now among the 10 most sought-after cities for renters, writes Ryan Mulligan for the Philadelphia Business Journal. According to the newest monthly report from RentCafe, which measures website traffic for listings in the 150 largest cities in the U.S., Philadelphia jumped 42 spots from…
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Washington Post: Nearly Half of Polling Places Moved in Montgomery County For Passover Located in Synagogues
Some of Pennsylvania’s most populous counties, including Montgomery County, are relocating polling places out of synagogues and other Jewish buildings to avoid time conflicts with the first day of Passover, writes Mark Scolforo for The Washington Post. In Montgomery County, the most populous Philadelphia suburb, eight of the 17 polling places that were moved had…
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