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When the ribbon was cut on Germantown’s iconic Rowell’s department store last week, civic leaders were marking more than a grand opening.

It’s been 300 years since botanist John Bartram decided to build a garden on the banks of the Schuylkill River Today, the landscape looks vastly different.

A female passenger shot and killed the driver of a Route 23 SEPTA bus in the Wayne Junction section of Germantown on Thursday.

Raheem Islam glowed with enthusiasm one week before he and his brother Mu’min welcome people into the new location of their restaurant Cherish Philly.

The Nicetown Community Development Corporation is looking to a new administration for the help they need to wage a long-term fight on violence.

After unifying two separate commuter rail systems, Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority looks to the future.

Erika Almiron, a Germantown resident who first ran for City Council at-large in 2019, intends to build a bigger coalition of voters who resemble “the whole city.” 

Construction is slated to start this week on Arguto Court, an adaptive reuse project featuring office space and a cafe.

SEPTA's trolley tunnel will close for 16 days from July 8-25 for the annual Trolley Tunnel Blitz, which allows the transportation agency to complete maintenance, construction, and station improvements to reduce shutoffs and delays the rest of the year. Passengers can board the Market-Frankford Line at 40th Street Station to travel to and from Center City for the duration of the project.

SEPTA will begin a month-long project to enhance Regional Rail infrastructure as part of the Fox Chase Improvement Program.