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First Northwest Trails Conference for Roxborough/Manayunk and Lower Merion a huge success

Local experts outline planned trail projects

Ori Feibush's OCF Realty employs a third of Graduate Hospital community board

Chinatown residents gathered this week to hear from a city consultant on the proposed Sixers arena

Today in Delaware County history, June 30

Today in Delaware County history, June 30

Planning commission OKs extending service to homeless shelter site

The 3.7-acre site is located at the intersection of E. High Avenue and Reiser Avenue, the location of the former Twilight Drive-In.

Steve Rippeth named to New Philadelphia City Council

Rippeth previously served as a New Philadelphia council member at large in the 1990s and spent six years on the New Philadelphia Planning Commission.

Jefferson Health plans proton therapy center at Torresdale facility in Northeast Philadelphia

Jefferson Health plans to build a proton therapy cancer treatment center at its Torresdale campus in North Philadelphia. The facility would be just the second site in Philadelphia to ofter the minimally invasive treatment option alongside Penn Medicine's Roberts Proton Therapy Center. Proton therapy, a relatively new type of radiation therapy, often is used to treat cancers as well as benign tumors. Instead of using X-rays, which also touch non-cancer cells, proton beams enter the body at low doses of radiation that spare healthy tissue and produce fewer side effects.

Philadelphia real estate market, crunched by low home supply and price inflation, will see the return of $10,000 grants for first-time buyers'

The Philadelphia real estate market poses stark challenges for first-time home buyers, from low home supply to high competition, price inflation and rising mortgage rates. The popular Philly First Home program will resume giving out grants of up to $10,000 to help first-time buyers with down payment assistance costs, creating new pathways to home ownership. City planners and developers face difficult questions about affordable housing, new home construction, neighborhood preservation, gentrification, and the rising cost of apartment rentals for low- and middle-income residents. This in-depth Philadelphia real estate guide examines the city's housing landscape, policy challenges, community concerns and how strategies such as public land disposition could shape the city's future.

WHY IS DALLAS ARCHITECTURE SO BAD?

Because we’re trying to look like too many other cities - big and boring.

Neighbors Win Battle With Developer over Historic Roxborough Property