Nine Fourth of July events to check out in Camden County
Here’s where to catch fireworks displays and other festivities for the Fourth of July.
Celebrate the nationâs Semiquincentennial at one of these festive events, which are replete with fireworks, parades, and musical performances.
Barrington: There will be a parade at 6 p.m. followed by fireworks around dusk. â° Thursday, July 2, 6 p.m. đ” Free đ Behind Woodland School
Gloucester City: Celebrate in advance of the holiday with food trucks and fireworks. â° Thursday, July 2, starts at 6 p.m. đ” Free đ Proprietorâs Park
Cherry Hill: The township will mark the nationâs 250th anniversary with a fireworks display around 9 p.m. There will also be a DJ, marching bands, and food trucks. â° Thursday, July 2, starts at 7 p.m. đ” Free đ Cherry Hill High School West
Haddonfield: This celebration includes a festive parade followed by a block party, complete with live music, food trucks, and games. The night will be capped with a drone show around 9 p.m. â° Friday, July 3, starts at 10 a.m. đ” Pay as you go đ Downtown Haddonfield
Audubon: The boroughâs two-day event kicks off Friday with food trucks, live music, and a fireworks display at Audubon High School. On Independence Day, there will be a parade, a reading of the Declaration of Independence, family-friendly activities, and an open house of the Audubon Historical Society Museum at the Senior Center. â° Friday, July 3, starts at 6 p.m. and Saturday, July 4, 8:15 a.m.-4 p.m. đ” Free đ Audubon
Haddon Township: On the eve of the nationâs 250th birthday, catch a fireworks show at Haddon Township High School, complete with live music and food trucks. The following day, the township will host its annual parade, which ends at Crystal Lake Pool. â° Friday, July 3, 7 p.m. and Saturday, July 4, 11:30 a.m. đ” Free đ Haddon Township
Collingswood: Decorate your bike starting at 9 a.m. and then join the parade at 10 a.m. Later, there will be games and races at Roberts Pool. Cap the day with a performance from To the Max at 7:45 p.m. and fireworks at the high school field at dusk. â° Saturday, July 4, starts at 9 a.m. đ” Free đ Collingswood
Camden: This yearâs Freedom Festival features aptly named funk, soul, and R&B outfit The Commodores at 8 p.m., followed by the Wawa Welcome America fireworks display over the Delaware River. â° Saturday, July 4, 6-11 p.m. đ” Free đ Wiggins Park
Camden: Hop aboard the historic Battleship New Jersey, where there will be live music, food, and a full-service bar, all with a view of the fireworks display over the Delaware River. â° Friday, July 4, 7:30 p.m. đ” $15 general admission đ Battleship New Jersey
Hindu temple BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir is one step closer to moving ahead with its planned 18,330-square-foot expansion and renovation after getting zoning board approval last week, though it will still require additional approvals before construction can begin. Located at1 Carnegie Plaza, the templeâs plans call for transforming its exterior to give it a more decorative look, in addition to adding a gym and prayer hall.
South Jersey hospitals, including in Cherry Hill, could be forced to cut some community programs as they face an estimated $3.6 billion loss from Medicaid changes in the coming years. The Inquirerâs Harold Brubaker has the details.
Heads up for drivers: Roadwork continues throughout the township, including on Kenilworth Avenue, which will be closed between Route 38 and Longwood Avenue and between Helena and Edwards Avenues from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Thursday. Work continues on Kresson Road through Thursday, which will have a partial westbound closure between Springdale Road and Ravenswood Way from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m., and closures at its intersection with Springdale Road and between Browning Lane from 7 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Registration is open for the townshipâs upcoming wiffleball tournament, which will take place July 22 and has four age divisions.
Friends of Cherry Hill Public is hosting a book sale next week. On Tuesday, Friends members who are township residents get first access, followed by all Friends members next Wednesday. The sale then opens to the public next Thursday and continues through Saturday.
đ« Schools Briefing
Registration for the districtâs 2026-27 School-Age Child Care program opens today at 4 p.m. The program is available to those in kindergarten through fifth grade. Learn more here.
Graduation may be behind us, but the district recently shared its annual clap-out video for members of the class of 2026. See it here.
Speaking of graduation, South Jersey Media shared photos from Westâs commencement, where 333 students earned diplomas.
đœïž On our Plate
Four Cherry Hill restaurants earned honors in the latest Wine Spectator Restaurant Awards, released last week. The magazine recognizes establishments with wine lists offering what it deems interesting selections that are âappropriate to their cuisineâ and âappeal to a wide range of wine lovers.â Caffe Aldo Lamberti was recognized for its selection of wines from California; Tuscany and Piedmont, Italy; and Bordeaux, France. Also making the list are chains Seasons 52, The Capital Grille, and Eddie Vâs Prime Seafood, which each have a local outpost.
Philly Pretzel Factory will be moving one block from its current home at 910 Route 70 to 800 Route 70 this month. The shop will close Sunday, with a planned opening at its new space on July 15.
đł Things to Do
đŹ Cigar Sunday: Sample premium cigars, listen to music, and sips drinks on an outdoor deck. â° Sunday, July 5, 2-5 p.m. đ” $19.03 đVera
đŠ Paw Patrol Dino Skate: Hit the rink for dino-themed skating complete with a dinosaur egg scavenger hunt. â° Wednesday, July 8, 1-4 p.m. and 5:30-8:30 p.m. đ” $6 from 1-4 p.m., $5 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. đ Hot Wheelz
The home has a striking design out front and a pool out back.
Located in the Wilderness Run neighborhood, this four-bedroom, five-bathroom home features a floating curved staircase in the foyer and a two-story family room with a spiral staircase leading to a library. The dining room has Italian mirrored panels that open to reveal a bar with wine storage. Out back, thereâs a spa and gunite pool, complete with a diving board.
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If weâve learned anything over the past few weeks â and especially the last couple days â anything can happen.
So with the U.S. menâs national team set for the knockout rounds against a much lower-ranked opponent in the World Cup, players arenât taking any chances.
âHopefully we can get it done in regular time â the extra 30 minutes plus pens can get a little bit dangerous,â U.S. centerback Chris Richards said. âWe saw the upset yesterday, so us going into this game, [itâs] making sure that we take care of business and go on.â
The stakes only get higher from here, and here are our expert predictions for this round of 32 match.
Tyrese Maxey (left) and Dean Wade are new Sixers teammates.
Late Tuesday night, the Sixers joined in on the free agency fun. A league source confirmed to The Inquirer that the team agreed to a four-year deal, $39 million deal with Dean Wade.
Wade was one of Mike Ganseyâs success stories in his previous job as the Cleveland Cavaliersâ general manager. Wade evolved from undrafted player to rotation forward, and last season averaged 5.8 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.5 assists across 59 games and is a career 36.7% three-point shooter.
Dallas Stars restricted free agent Mavrik Bourque could be a creative add for the Flyers via a trade or offer sheet.
On the heels of their first playoff appearance since 2020, the Flyers are looking to continue their forward momentum and take the next step.
While they hope a lot of that growth will come internally via the development of youngsters such as Porter Martone, Matvei Michkov, and Tyson Foerster, the Flyers also could benefit from a veteran move or two to bolster their lineup and keep pace with their competition.
That brings us to free agency, which opens today. Hereâs a look at the Flyersâ cap situation, team needs, and some potential targets in free agency and via trade.
Meanwhile, two future Flyers will not be participating in development camp this week. Gabriela Carroll has more.
Derek Hill had some time on his hands during a rain delay last week. So he took out a red Sharpie and got to work … on his cleats.
The new Phillies outfielder has always had an interest in artistic pursuits, and cleats currently are his canvas, though he often uses acrylic paints instead of Sharpies.
Acquired on June 11, heâs got to make some for his new team now. Lochlahn March has more on Hillâs âgetaway from the game.â
Wide receiver Elijah Moore played for Buffalo and Denver this past season.
Their names may have raised some eyebrows when news of their signings broke. Elijah Moore and Dameon Pierce had strong rookie seasons but were unable to recapture that magic and ended last season on practice squads. Now, theyâre with the Eagles trying to crack the 53-man roster at crowded position spots at wide receiver and running back.
In the latest installation of our newcomer breakdown, Olivia Reiner takes a closer look at Moore and Pierce and their paths to making the roster.
Training camp begins this month, but before the Eagles put on their pads, owner Jeffrey Lurie will be honored at during ESPY week for his work for his commitment to autism awareness, research, and care.
Next: Did someone say training camp? Players will report on July 28.
Sports snapshot
Bud Wilson ran 361 miles across the length of Pennsylvania.
Running for a cause: A Philly man set a record with his five-day run across Pennsylvania, and heâs not done yet.
Going for gold: An Olympic gold medalistâs chain of gymnastics academies is coming to South Jersey, and there are plans for further expansion in the area.
We compiled todayâs newsletter using reporting from Jackie Spiegel, Gabriela Carroll, Lochlahn March, Scott Lauber, Gina Mizell, Olivia Reiner, Jeff Neiburg, Jonathan Tannenwald, Kerith Gabriel, Owen Hewitt, Becca OâReilly, and Mia Messina.
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Thanks for reading along! Iâll be back tomorrow with more of the best stories in Philly sports. â Maria
What amazes me about the fact that America turns 250 on Saturday is that Iâve been alive now for 27% of U.S. history. When I was 17 and watched the Bicentennial parade of tall ships down the Hudson River from my dadâs conveniently located Manhattan skyscraper office on July 4, 1976, I thought I was celebrating ancient history. I was wrong. In a big, diverse world, the United States remains a young adult among nations. Like most young adults, we have a lot of issues.
Trump thinks anything besides stealing the election is âa big yawnâ
Voting booths are set up at a polling place in Newtown in 2024.
Donald Trump gets a lot of flak, and deservedly so, for telling so many lies. On Monday, he held an Oval Office press availability, and much of what he said â false claims that other nations donât have birthright citizenship or mail-in voting â was flat-out untrue.
But nothing is scarier than when the 47th president speaks the truth about whatâs really on his mind. Because the only thing thatâs in Trumpâs brain right now is stealing the November midterm election by changing the rules in his favor ⊠or worse. If Trumpâs vocal cords were not so weak and diminished, heâd have been screaming the quiet part out loud.
âHereâs what I would like to say,â Trump said of the still-unsigned housing bill, which passed in the House by a 396-13 vote. âItâs a yawn. Some people say itâs wonderful. To me, compared to the SAVE America Act, just about everything is a big yawn.â
In quainter times, Trumpâs disrespect for the housing bill â a grab bag of measures all geared toward encouraging contractors to build more units, which would lower both purchase prices and rents â might be the political gaffe of the year. Currently, only 29% of Americans think itâs a good time to buy a house, and nearly two-thirds are more likely to vote for a Congress member who helped lower prices. Republicans who voted for the bill are desperate for a win.
Trump doesnât care. Heâs forgotten his âforgotten Americansâ who think the rent is too damn high, not to mention the GOP members of Congress whoâve followed him off the cliff. But thatâs not even close to the most alarming thing about Trumpâs Oval Office moment of truth.
The president says the only thing he cares about â even with his conflict in Iran becoming another âforever war,â and with the economy down the toilet for everyone whoâs not a tech trillionaire â is a bill that critics say would be a disaster for free and fair U.S. elections. One report found that some 12 million people who fairly and successfully voted in the 2020 presidential election donât have the documentation â such as a birth certificate or passport â that the bill requires.
We donât know how such a massive drop in turnout would change the election results, or whether a weakened Trump can pressure theGOP to find a way to pass a bill with zero Democratic support. But we do know this: The presidentâs maneuvers are not even the worst thing Trump has done this month on the steal-this-election front. Not by a long shot.
The Trump regime has been signaling for months that it sees the U.S. intelligence community â spy agencies like the CIA â not as a tool for finding out what comes next in the Persian Gulf, or if or when China is invading Taiwan, or when Vladimir Putinâs Russian empire will fall. No, Trump wants secret agents who can creatively invent theories of foreign-born election fraud that would demand a strongman response.
We saw this coming back in January, when the regime dispatched Trump 47âs first director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, to Fulton County, Ga., to oversee an FBI raid of voting materials from the 2020 election that Trump, with no evidence, continues to dispute. That link made it clear the regime is looking to create links to foreign actors.
When Gabbard left the administration this spring, Trump named a temporary replacement who can serve through the November election: Bill Pulte, who also continues to lead the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Pulte lacks a key prerequisite for his new job â any experience in intelligence whatsoever â but has the only quality that matters to Trump: undying loyalty. Pulteâs main focus in the housing job has been combing through the mortgage records of the presidentâs political enemies, looking for undotted iâs and uncrossed tâs that could be used to manufacture criminal charges from nothing.
In just a few days at intelligence, Pulte has not disappointed his boss. He showed up Monday and immediately began firing current staffers, with a rumored list of hundreds. The steep reduction in eyeballs on the worldâs trouble spots is disturbing, but whatâs even more alarming is the one person Pulte has hired.
The newsletter SpyTalk described Pulteâs new chief of staff, Christina Norton, as âa party-loving MAGA activist with no background in national security issues but who last year boasted of running âthe largest election integrity operation the Republican Party has ever seenâ âŠâ
The pairing of Pulte and Norton is an alarm bell that the national intelligence team under Trump will have one job: investigating fantastical âforeign election plotsâ that will be cited to justify radical measures like sending troops to polling places, seizing voting machines, or worse.
SpyTalk noted that Norton, in her active Instagram feed, âtalks about supervising more than 200,000 Republican poll watchers âstanding guardâ at polling booths and vote-counting stations across the countryâ during her 2024 stint at the Republican National Committee.
Yet, intelligence is just one of many tools in the federal government that the obsessive Trump is working to activate ahead of a November election that polls suggest will be a âblue waveâ for Democrats hoping to retake Capitol Hill. Trump has issued several executive orders seeking to assert federal control over voting, which has been a state and local function throughout 250 years of American history.
That effort suffered a bit of a setback Monday, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that states can continue to count mail-in ballots that are postmarked before Election Day but arrive after the polls have closed. But that will not stop the Trump regime from politicizing the U.S. Postal Service ahead of November.
Last week, Postmaster General David Steiner told Congress that USPS plans not to deliver mail-in ballots in states that donât turn their voter rolls over to the Trump regime, a demand many governors have resisted so far. âPresident Trump does not believe that elections he loses are valid,â Democratic Michigan Sen. Elisa Slotkin said after the hearing. âItâs all part of his authoritarian playbook.â
This all feels very familiar. In the lame-duck days after Trumpâs 2020 election loss to Joe Biden, the 45th president â instead of packing up to return to Mar-a-Lago â got busy putting in a new team at the Pentagon, ordering the U.S. Department of Justice to probe alleged voter fraud, challenging vote count certifications in court, and urging state lawmakers to seat rival slates of electors. Most pundits laughed this off, but I wrote a column â âSo, is President Trump staging a coup, or what?â â that ran on Nov. 10, 2020, nearly two months before the actual attempted coup on Jan. 6, 2021.
Now Trump is not only staging another coup, but he is yelling about it, in your face. There is nothing he wonât try over the next five months to prevent a Democratic Congress from investigating how he and his family have made billions of dollars off the American presidency.
When Trump says anything thatâs not election meddling is a âbig yawn,â this should be our wake-up call. The time for a full-court press â lawsuits, public hearings, and investigative journalism â canât wait until after the election. The new putsch has already begun.
Yo, do this!
If you didnât think I raced to download the new audiobook of Zayd Ayers Dohrnâs tale of growing up in the radical Weather Underground in the 1970s and â80s â Dangerous, Dirty, Violent, and Young: A Fugitive Family in the Revolutionary Underground â then you must be new around these parts. Dohrn had already used his unique access to his parents â Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, revolutionary royalty â and their friends to tell a history of that eraâs far left in 2022âs award-winning podcast, Mother Country Radicals. His new book aims to go deeper into the psychology of what it was like to be raised as a toddler on the run from the FBI, or whether bombings and bank robberies can change the world. Thatâs a question â also explored in this viral essay â with new resonance in the Trump era.
A few weeks ago, I suggested that folks see the new movie The Sheep Detectives. The film is already streaming on Amazon Prime (which produced it), and Sundayâs rare night off for the World Cup offered the excuse to finally watch. I can now highly recommend it. The movie â with an adapted script by the acclaimed showrunner of HBOâs Chernobyl, Craig Mazin â manages to merge police procedural cliches with moving thoughts about prejudice, existentialism, and what it means to belong to a flock. Even a flock of talking sheep.
Ask me anything
Question: Is Markwayne [Mullin, the Homeland Security secretary and former Oklahoma senator] the least qualified cabinet level official in American history? â Richard McGovern (@richardmcgovern.bsky.social) via Bluesky
Answer: Good question from Richard, a fellow long-suffering Philadelphia Union fan. Not because I know the answer, when there are rivals for the title like Donald Trumpâs war-losing âSecretary of Warâ Pete Hegseth, to name just one. But Mullin is now behind a move so outlandish that it showed me I havenât lost my capacity for shock after all. This weekend, Trump nominated a previously unknown former Oklahoma state trooper named Lance Schroyer to run U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a powerful agency with 22,000 agents and a budget of around $30 billion a year. It turns out that just recently, Schroyer was heading a security detail for Mullin in Washington, D.C., and has become a close enough friend that he is an occasional dinner guest. Yes, he hired his bodyguard to run the equivalent of a large corporation. Stay tuned for all of this to unravel.
What youâre saying about âŠ
I guess weâre not as close as we thought, as very few of you were eager to share your July Fourth plans with me or discuss what Americaâs 250th birthday means at such a dark moment. The ones who did reply are looking forward to spending time with family and friends, but all that patriotic jazz, not so much. âProbably, we will have our usual picnic and take the grandkids to see the local fireworks, but I have no intention to watch any special programming or parades, etc.â Marianne Zollers wrote. âIt will just make me sad. Such a different feeling compared with the Bicentennial which was such a joyous and happy occasion for my entire family.â
đź This weekâs question: One of the big stories of 2026 thatâs finally getting a lot of attention is the success of more progressive Democrats, including democratic socialists, in key primary races against party moderates. Is this a good thing, lifting up candidates whoâll fight against Trump and for the working class? Or do you worry Republicans will capitalize against their opponents with more left-wing views? Please email me your answer and put the exact phrase â2026 progressive Democratsâ in the subject line.
Backstory on crossing the World Cup off my bucket list
The Ivory Coast team celebrates their win in the middle of the field against Curaçao with a score of 2-0 for the FIFA World Cup at the Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Thursday.
I canât say exactly when, but at some point during my first-ever in-person World Cup match between CĂŽte dâIvoire and Curaçao, watching from the thin air of the top deck of the temporarily renamed Philadelphia Stadium, it struck me: My decades-long dream of being there for the worldâs greatest sporting event was not like what Iâd imagined.
And yet, in some weird, quasi-religious acid test kind of way, it was even better.
Up in nosebleed country, many of the fans repped soccer jerseys, but they were for club teams like Liverpool or Christian Pulisicâs USA No. 10, joined by me in my Philadelphia Union T-shirt. We were Phillyâs soccer aficionados, desperate to be a part of maybe the only time in our lives the World Cup would take place in the City of Brotherly Love. A match pitting the smallest nation to ever qualify for the FIFA tourney (Curaçao, population 158,000) and an African underdog was pretty much the only way to crash the party without a bank loan. (Full disclosure: I paid about $280 apiece for two seats on StubHub â much like buying a stock, it could have been more or less, depending on how one timed it.)
No, this wasnât much like the Eagles games played here, where excitement merges with pins and needles of anxiety. On a picture-perfect late afternoon in June, bookended by the Philadelphia skyline and a lazy Delaware River, it felt more like a rock concert. It wouldnât have seemed out of place if folks had started batting a beachball around at this soccer Woodstock. There was a mind-meld of the faithful, who saw FIFA and its commercialization as the devil, with the loudest boos for the TV-ad-laden âhydration breaks,â but with â I swear to God â a loud roar for the announcement of the attendance: 68,324. In a city where a 1976 Bicentennial match of some of the worldâs best players took place in a mostly empty stadium, soccer is indisputably here to stay.
Fans walked out of Philadelphia Stadium beaming less over the final score and more about the instant karma of the afternoon. After years of tavern taunts and ridicule from sports-talk radio, localsoccer die-hards lived long enough to see Americaâs founding city become the worldâs co-capital of the sport that, for its true believers, passes all understanding. It was all too beautiful. If I can somehow make it to Spain or Portugal or Morocco in 2030 (because, hey, I need a new bucket list now), I will be sure to wear some flowers in my hair. Soccer time will be a love-in there.
What I wrote on this date in 2019
Iâve been writing about the topic of journalism reform since the mid-2000s, or around the time it became clear to me and a lot of other folks that newsrooms needed to change or die. My fear, circa 2006 or so, was that weâd start seeing entire communities without newspapers or the accountability journalism that flows from that â which is exactly what happened in Youngstown, Ohio, when its paper closed seven years ago. I wrote: âThe loss of the Youngstown Vindicator every morning doesnât mean that the regionâs 200,000 people will no longer be getting information. It just increases the likelihood theyâll be getting bad information â intentionally manipulated, and sometimes out-and-out fakery.â
Only one column this week, as I took a well-deserved day off to attend the World Cup. In that piece, I looked at the sorry state of justice in America on the eve of its 250th birthday, with an emphasis on the outrageous sentences â ranging from 30 to 100 years â handed down to left-wing anti-ICE protesters convicted of rioting in North Texas. The U.S. Department of Justice that pushed these virtual life sentences is also pardoning the right-wing rioters of Jan. 6, 2021, as well as billionaire fraudsters who donate money to MAGA players and causes. Theyâve made a mockery of liberty and justice for all.
Letâs be honest: People â not to mention sheep (see above) â canât get enough of a murder mystery, especially a real-life true crime. Itâs been a while since a crime saga has riveted Philadelphia readers as much asthe stench of possible foul play that is growing at a home on West Chew Avenue in the cityâs Olney section that police have branded a crime scene as they search for clues in the disappearance of two local women. Since the case broke open last week, nearly a dozen Inquirer reporters have produced riveting articles about the discovery of drugs, chemicals, and âa significant amount of bloodâ at the Horsch family residence, profiles of the two missing women â Amy McHale and Blair Tonzelli â and interviews with neighbors who talked about living next door to âa house from a scary movie.â The backstory here is that â whatever you may have heard about AI â it still takes a lot of human shoe-leather to get to the bottom of a story like this. Subscribing to The Inquirer is a twofer: You get to hurdle the paywall to read compelling journalism and feel good about being a supporter.
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Good morning, Philly! Get ready for a hot one today with highs expected to hit the low 90s â and then it gets really hot!
The Russian invasion of Ukraine forced millions of people from their homes. Thatâs why the Pavliutina family ended up in the Philly area. Despite loving their time here, because of rising pressure on immigrants, theyâre leaving the United States.
Philadelphia is home to hundreds of statues, some honoring historical figures, others celebrating beloved fictional heroes. So now, The Inquirer is wondering: Who deserves Phillyâs next great statue?
Plus, Philadelphia police found a âsignificant amountâ of blood inside the Olney house linked to the investigation of at least two missing women, and more news of the day.
Four years ago Veronika Pavliutina and her three young children landed in Philadelphia after fleeing Ukraine, escaping the war as Russia shelled their home city. Their big shock: The outpouring of care and kindness that greeted them here. Pavliutina, 48, said sheâll never forget it.
But now, she said, itâs time to leave. Federal pressure on Ukrainian war immigrants has created doubt about the familyâs ability to stay in the U.S. and raised fears about what could happen if they do.
The government designation that allows Pavliutina and her children to live here, Temporary Protected Status, expires for Ukraine in October. There has been no sign the Trump administration plans to renew it.
Pavliutina has felt the changed government attitude toward immigrants, the ICE arrests and detentions, the common resentment and casual hate. âMore and more I can see, itâs becoming not safe,â she said.
Philly now has three Rocky statues. Thatâs three statues celebrating a fictional Philadelphian. And while many great (real) Philadelphians already have statues, there are so many who donât.
That got us wondering: Who do you think should be Philadelphiaâs Next Top Statue?
Itâs not an easy question, so weâre putting it to a vote. The Inquirer created a list of just 26 potential candidates. Itâs up to you to decide whoâs worthy of a statue in our great city.
Law enforcement sources said police are prepared to excavate the front and backyards of an Olney house in search of potential human remains after a âsignificant amountâ of blood was found in the home. The house is linked to the investigations of two missing women, authorities say.
Philadelphia police are investigating whether three men shot near the Hunting Park Recreation Center in the last month â two of them fatally and just six days apart â were targeted by the same gunman, according to law enforcement sources.
Local police and fire responded to a house explosion in Sellersville, Bucks County, on Monday that left the property in ruins and white debris scattered in a broad blast radius.
President Donald Trumpâs administration has wiped almost all mentions of slavery from a panel accompanying a portrait of Thomas Jefferson at the Second Bank of the United States.
The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Mississippi law that allows officials to tally mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day that arrive later, a decision that keeps voting procedures in place in several states as the midterm elections loom.
Temple University has asked its schools, colleges, and administrative units to cut a total of $60 million to help offset a projected deficit for 2026-27. President John Fry said âsome reduction in force is inevitable.â
Quote of the day
In a new Menâs Health story, Ben Simmons said heâs eyeing an NBA return after a year away. Though Simmons mentioned possibly making a comeback in Philly, his 2022 breakup with the 76ers was messy.
đ§ Trivia time
Who just joined the Eagles as the teamâs newest linebacker?
✠Watching (on repeat): We all know the World Cup, but this ainât that. This is The Inquirer Cup, where participants play for worldwide glory (and a hat).
âïž Bracing for: The 100-degree temps expected to hit Philly later this week, just in time for the Fourth of July.
đ€ Excited about: Broadway legend and Frozen star Idina Menzel will be coming back to Philly for a free Pops concert on Independence Mall.
đïž Impressed by: These 26 Philly students who will become tour guides to greet tourists, give directions, and recommend the best our city has to offer over the next six weeks.
Cheers to Rebecca Welch Pugh, who solved Sundayâs anagram: Rachel Maddow. The TV news host spent some of her formative years in West Philly. She recently returned to talk about her time here ahead of an MS NOW event.
Photo of the day
A Croatia fan cheers on Friday while waving the national flag outside of Con Murphyâs Irish pub located along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
đ Have a good day, everyone! Paola will be back with your daily dose of The Inquirer tomorrow morning.
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Today, NBA free agency negotiating begins, and new president of basketball operations Mike Gansey will look to bolster the Sixersâ roster, but where?
Tyrese Maxey, Joel Embiid, and Paul George remain on max contracts accounting for nearly $155 million of the projected $165 million salary cap. So once again, the Sixers will hope for better health during the 2026-27 season.
Gansey has started to build the roster by drafting Alabama guard Labaron Philon Jr., while picking up the team options for Dominick Barlow and Dalen Terry.
But the Sixers still need to address positional needs at wing and in the frontcourt. Gina Mizell breaks down how they could attack those areas in the coming days.
And while youâre in the free agency spirit, the NHLâs signing period gets underway on Wednesday. The Flyers have pivoted in their so-far elusive quest to land both a No. 1 center and a bona fide power-play quarterback on the blue line.
They wonât be able to plug those holes on Day 1, but that doesnât mean they canât find creative solutions to upgrade their roster.
Kyle Schwarber’s MLB-leading 30 home runs have helped the Phillies erase their poor start to the season.
The Phillies entered Mondayâs matchup against the Pirates a season-high 10 games above .500. Theyâve all but erased their dismal start.
Despite their 11-7 loss to Pittsburgh in the series opener, the Phillies sit 3.5 games behind the Braves for the lead in the National League East. Itâs a gap that was as wide as 10Âœ games in May. Suddenly, itâs a race again.
What weâre âŠ
đ„ Discovering: Twin lacrosse stars Brinn and Ava Findora from Downingtown flipped their commitment from Virginia to Clemson. Why?
đ Seeing: It looks like national media experts werenât too impressed with the Flyersâ NHL draft, as they didnât give the team a grade higher than C+.
đ€ Wondering: What Ben Simmons said in his interview with Menâs Health, which mentioned his desire to make an NBA return â possibly even âback to Philly.â
đ„ Learning: The Joe Frazier statue moved to the Philadelphia Museum of Art after previously being in South Philly for more than 10 years.
Porter Martone was on the ice Monday for his second development camp despite his playoff heroics last year with the Flyers.
At last yearâs Flyers development camp, Porter Martone was freshly drafted and heading off to college, and Denver Barkey and Alex Bump were going into their first full pro seasons. Now, despite playing key roles in the Flyersâ run to the second round of the playoffs, all three are back at camp.
Gio Reyna (right) at work during Monday’s U.S. men’s soccer team practice.
The U.S. men have indeed been among the last 16 teams standing at five of the eight World Cups they played in from 1990-2022. With that said, this World Cup isnât about being one of the best 32 or 16 national teams.
Itâs about the mentality of knockout soccer on the sportâs biggest stage, and whether the U.S. players of this era can prove themselves in the way theyâve long told us they can.
Arnold Ebiketie (47) was a productive pass rusher during his tenure in Atlanta.
While the news didnât exactly dominate headlines, Arnold Ebiketie could be a sneaky good signing for the Birds. The linebacker has four years of NFL experience, and his football journey began at two local schools.
While the Eaglesâ defensive front is loaded, Ebiketie should be a decent rotational piece. Also, undrafted rookie Jaedan Roberts is among those trying to crack a crowded rotation along the offensive line.
Athletes making news: Phil Mickelson (left) faces serious allegations, Caitlin Clark (center) has been taking her lumps in the WNBA, and the Canadian World Cup team is making its own history.
Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark has been the victim of nine flagrant fouls since she joined the league in 2024, more than anyone else. Thereâs no doubt that sheâs been a target of jealousy and resentment since her arrival.
She is, after all, the greatest asset in the history of womenâs sports. The WNBA and its officials should do a better job of protecting her, writes columnist Marcus Hayes.
What youâre saying about high school sports
We asked: Should high school state playoffs be split between non-boundary and boundary schools? Among your responses:
YES! Archbishop Ryan had a basketball player who lived in Trenton, New Jersey. Enough said. â Reilly O.
Public schools have the athletes that live within their borders while private schools can recruit the best athletes from within a wide area. Very difficult for the public schools to compete against the major private power house schools such as those in California and Texas. â Everett S.
We compiled todayâs newsletter using reporting from Marcus Hayes, Ryan Novozinsky, Jonathan Tannenwald, Nick Vadala, Gina Mizell, Jackie Spiegel, Lochlahn March, Ariel Simpson, Gustav Elvin, Gabriela Carroll, and Mia Messina.
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Thatâs it for me this week. Stay cool these next few days. Maria will be in your inbox with Wednesdayâs newsletter. â Bella
The push to lift Collingswoodâs ban of chickens has been an ongoing effort for years.
But after new leadership joined and reshuffled the board of commissioners, a small group of residents thinks this could be their year to finally get the green light to have backyard chickens.
Advocates have been showing up at board meetings lately. And most recently, they provided proposed language for the board to use in a future ordinance to support it during its last working meeting earlier this month.
In the past, commissioner and former Mayor Jim Maley has said he would not support a backyard chicken pilot program. Meanwhile, Deputy Mayor Amy Henderson Riley said she suspects this effort has better chances than the ones before.
During a panel discussion in Cherry Hill last week, Inspira Health Network CEO Amy Mansue said New Jersey hospitals could lose about $3.6 billion from Medicaid changes through 2032.
According to Mansue, these changes will force hospitals to alter the way they operate to bring expenses in line.
That high-figure estimate does not include the costs that hospitals absorb from the growing number of uninsured people who show up to emergency departments because they donât have the money for a doctorâs visit.
Almost 69,000 peopleâs individual coverage from New Jerseyâs Affordable Care Act marketplace have already lapsed, and thousands more are expected to lose their Medicaid coverage when new requirements go into effect next year.
đ€ Allow me to pass the mic to South Jersey politics reporter Aliya Schneider.
Gov. Mikie Sherrill visited the SoccerFest26 fan fest at the Wiggins Waterfront in Camden on Friday afternoon.
âThese are kind of heavy times, theyâre kind of dark times; thereâs a lot of conflict going on,â Sherrill said in brief remarks on stage in front of a scarce crowd during her Friday afternoon visit. âBut what I love about soccer is, it doesnât matter where youâre from, doesnât matter who you voted for, it doesnât matter who you pray to. We all come together as a world.â
Officials credited Sherrill for including South Jersey in World Cup festivities. Former Gov. Phil Murphyâs administration planned to hold a large fan fest in North Jersey but Sherrillâs administration canceled that plan and instead organized regional celebrations.
Her Camden visit came just days before the state budget deadline on Tuesday. The governor agreed on a budget framework with legislative leaders a week before the deadline, but the details remained unclear.
âIâm getting a little more concerned,â she told reporters on Friday. âAnd so I know they [legislators] are hard at work and Iâm going to keep reminding them of the constitutional deadline.â
A 50-year-old man was shot and killed Thursday night in Camden. Itâs the cityâs third fatal shooting victim this month after a homicide-free summer last year.
Members of Rock-Life Jeepers organized a nearly two-mile Jeep parade Friday night to support Xavier Taylor, the 12-year-old boy from Maple Shade who remains in critical condition after being struck by a baseball. The parade began in Pyne Poynt Park in Camden and ended at Cooper University Hospital where Xavier is receiving care, 6abc reports.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday on Friday announced a lawsuit against a wedding photographer who allegedly scammed customers for at least $75,000. The photographer was the subject of so many complaints that couples in Pennsylvania and New Jersey made their own Facebook group.
Thirsty Turtle Tavern will open its doors today in Barrington at the former location of Chuck Lager Americaâs Tavern, according to South Jersey Food Scene.
This story from Friday was missing an active link, so here it is again: The latest edition of The Inquirerâs Price Point shows what kind of house you can buy for $405,000 in Magnolia.
Thanks for starting your week with The Inquirer. Iâll catch you tomorrow. đđœ
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Happy Monday, Philly! Welcome to the start of a new week.
As we near the pinnacle of Semiquincentennial celebrations on July 4, historical reenactors recall the long months of arduous work it took to perfect their roles.
And Eagles training camp is almost here! Before football season kicks off, The Inquirer took a look at some of the newbies joining the Birdsâ roster.
The lead-up to the nationâs Semiquincentennial is historical reenactorsâ Super Bowl run.
A cast of Ben Franklins, John Adamses, and Betsy Rosses â actors who have spent months and uprooted their lives to learn about and live as colonial Americaâs key characters â will be at the front lines of the 250th birthday celebrations. They will become de facto historians, guides, entertainers, and ushers to an expected crush of tourists, all while anchoring how the countryâs earliest days are memorialized and whose stories get to be told.
The set of actors is part of Historic Philadelphiaâs Once Upon a Nation program. This year is expected to be one of its biggest ever, with the most actors, plays, scripts, and events.
âSpeaking in 18th-century tongue continuously, I am nervous about that. I want to portray it real,â one reenactor said.
With Eagles training camp drawing nearer, The Inquirer is taking a closer look at the more than three dozen new faces who are expected to report along with the rest of the team on July 28.
Whether theyâre a 2026 draft choice, a veteran addition, or a rookie free-agent hopeful, weâre telling you more about each playerâs potential role this season.
The first player weâll take a look at is 38-year-old quarterback Andy Dalton. Dalton has the most NFL experience on the 2026 Eagles â thatâs unless Brandon Graham returns. The veteran quarterback is going into his 16th NFL season.
Fun fact: Dalton has zero career playoff wins and has thrown just one touchdown pass in the postseason.
A federal judge dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit seeking to obtain Pennsylvaniaâs entire, unredacted, voter-registration database.
Home insurance costs in N.J. and Pa. are below national averages, but are still on the rise, experts say.
The Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul was a center of resilience Sunday, as dozens of Philly Venezuelans gathered to collect aid for folks affected by two earthquakes that struck the South American country on Wednesday.
Philadelphia has a long-standing reputation as an underdog city, but when it comes to hosting the FIFA World Cup, Anne Ryan, Pennsylvaniaâs deputy secretary of tourism, sees Philadelphia as a front-runner.
Frances Ratay was among those in Temple-led research who saw improvements in well-being, as her fear of bees transformed into a greater appreciation for nature.
Phillyâs Jaron Ennis knocked out Xander Zayas to become the junior middleweight champion.
Quote of the day
Big Night is a food movie, an Italian American movie, and on top of all of that, itâs a Jersey Shore movie. Actor Tony Shalhoub took a look back at his time making the iconic film.
đ§ Trivia time
This local university will create the first endowed editor position at its student newspaper thanks to a million-dollar gift.
đ Trying: The âstore of the futureâ unveiled by Walmart in Warminster. Some shoppers say they love the improvements.
đ Analyzing: The divide between Pennsylvaniaâs public and private high school sports. For years, thereâs been tension â but a new law could change things.
đĄ Admiring: How a man bought his dream Shore house. He lives in California, but having spent his childhood in Wildwood, he wanted a place his family could gather and revive old traditions.
Cheers to Meg Fagan, who solved Sundayâs anagram: Bam Margera. The âJackassâ star has been mired in legal issues, in and out of rehab, for years. Now, his family says he seems to be âout of the darkness.â
Photo of the day
Suzanne Passante holds one of her chickens, Zuzu, inside the chicken coop in the backyard of her home in Haddon Township. She has battled for pro-chicken ordinances.
đŁ And one last cool thing: Residents in Collingswood have spent years fighting for backyard chickens. Now, thereâs hope they might win.
đŹ Your âonly in Phillyâ story
Think back to the night that changed your life that could only happen in Philly, a true example of the Philly spirit, the time you finally felt like you belonged in Philly if youâre not a lifer, something that made you fall in love with Philly all over again â or proud to be from here if you are. Then email it to us for a chance to be featured in the Monday edition of this newsletter.
This âonly in Phillyâ story comes from reader Bobby Reed, who describes his found family in the City of Brotherly Love:
When I moved to Philadelphia in the fall of 2009 I did not know a single person (other than my former partner). I did not have a job, didnât know what a Wawa was, and could not yet justify throwing snowballs at Santa Claus (who was drunk). I hit the pavement and got a few odd jobs, one of which was tutoring a familyâs kids.
My moment was when I was invited to this familyâs Thanksgiving dinner. Because I had to work during the holiday and couldnât afford a flight, I couldnât get home to Colorado to see my biological family.
But the entire meal made me feel like I was at home. They told me stories about the Eagles and Phillies, what Philadelphia was like when they grew up in the â80s, how the city has changed, and how the parents met and fell in love.
From that night forward, I knew I had a group of folks that I could lean on. I had a Philadelphia family that would help me through thick and thin, the way Philly families do. I walked around the city the next day with a sense that I belonged here.
I wasnât that different from the people here. I had simply grown up in a different state, but still held the same values and had the same fight and fire for those values.
Iâve lived here now for almost 17 years and Iâm proud to say that Iâm from Philadelphia, the most underrated city in America.
đ Thatâs all from me, folks. Have a good rest of your day!
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For years, thereâs been a rift between Pennsylvaniaâs public high schools competing against private schools in state playoffs.
Since the Catholic League and Public League moved under the jurisdictional umbrella of the PIAA in the fall of 2008, complaints have become common among public school coaches, administrators, parents, and players about issues of fairness.
But this fierce debate could soon be cast in stark relief, writes Mike Sielski.
Back in April, Pennsylvania State House of Representatives passed a bill that would allow the PIAA to âestablish separate playoffs and championships for athletics for boundary schools and non-boundary schools.â
However, it has yet to be voted by the stateâs senate. In the meantime, local coaches share their thoughts on the divide between public and private schools in the PIAA.
Folarin Balogun (center) running with teammates during a United States men’s national soccer team practice at Great Park in Irvine, California on Sunday.
Leading up to Wednesdayâs round of 32 contest with Bosnia & Herzegovina, itâs good to remember that the U.S. menâs soccer team has won just one World Cup knockout game ever.
Kyle Schwarber hit the 30-homer mark in the Philliesâ 84th game, which is faster than any player in franchise history.
Kyle Schwarber reached the 30-homer mark on Sunday in the Philliesâ 84th game, faster than any player in franchise history. His 408-footer to right-center field against Mets righty Kodai Senga in the seventh inning also gave the Phillies the lead to power a 5-4 victory that drew them to within three games of first place in the NL East.
After a wildly successful road trip, the Philliesâ flaws still bubbled to the surface: theyâre vulnerable to left-handed pitching; the middle relief can be exposed when the starter doesnât go six innings; the defense isnât good. Ideally, the Phillies will address a few areas before the Aug. 3 trade deadline, writes Scott Lauber.
Also, Andrew Painter made his first start for triple-A Lehigh Valley on Sunday. While Don Mattingly is counting on having the 23-year-old back, the interim manager doesnât have an outlined timetable for Painterâs return.
Eagles quarterback Andy Dalton (left) was brought in to compete for a role behind Jalen Hurts. Will he emerge as QB2 during training camp and preseason?
With the Eagles training camp on the horizon, letâs take a closer look at the more than three-dozen new faces who are expected to report along with the rest of the team on July 28.
Our writers will roll out two players per day in a mostly unscientific order that balances offense and defense, bigger names with mysteries, and locks with longer shots to be chosen for the 53-man roster â starting with Andy Dalton and a lesser-known name, defensive back Kapena Gushiken.
Maksim Sokolovskii, right, stands with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, left, after being drafted by the Flyers with the 27th pick in the draft.
The feelings after the Flyersâ 2026 draft doesnât feel fantastic. It doesnât feel terrible. It just feels there.
The Flyers did, however, stick to their usual script of prioritizing size and two-way responsibility over offensive flash. It will take a few years before we know if that was the right course.
And hereâs everything to know about the Flyersâ development camp, which starts this week.
Right now, Dave Dombrowskiâs offseason looks like a near-total failure.
There isnât an executive in Major League Baseball that should be feeling more pressure than Dave Dombrowski now that Bryce Harper has answered fully and satisfactorily the infamous question that the Phillies president posed this offseason.
âCan he rise to the next level again? I donât really know that answer.â
With just over a month to go until the trade deadline, Dombrowski and his front office better have a serious plan for broadening the teamâs potential contributors, writes columnist David Murphy.
We compiled todayâs newsletter using reporting from David Murphy, Mike Sielski, Jonathan Tannenwald, Matt Breen, Mel Greenberg, Jackie Spiegel, Scott Lauber, Olivia Reiner, and Kerith Gabriel.
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Thanks for getting your morning started with me. Have a wonderful Monday, weâll be back in your inbox tomorrow. â Bella
Nuts To You has been cracking on in Center City since 1976, owned by the same family for three generations.
The snack haven has adapted to a variety of changes, from the rise of the internet to the emptying of the business district in a post-pandemic Philadelphia.
đ„ Dealing with less foot traffic: Walk-in sales are down, but it has offset that through new online customers: 40% of sales come from its website, and the company has explored selling on TikTok.
đ„ Quality above all: âThatâs what our customers expect,â said Justin Bernstein, who co-owns the business with his father, Howard, on their promise to loyal customers.
Twenty years ago, Urban put down roots at Philadelphiaâs Navy Yard. Since then, the company has grown, expanding from one building to a campus that houses 15 buildings and just over 2,500 employees.
To commemorate this momentous anniversary, a decommissioned 1977 tugboat, painted in Urbanâs signature yellow and marked by its logo, is now permanently stationed outside its headquarters â as a sort of mascot to cofounder and CEO Dick Hayne.
Urban has almost 800 stores worldwide under the brand names Urban Outfitters, Free People, FP Movement, and Anthropologie and continues to grow.
A Philadelphia wedding photographer was sued on Friday by the Pennsylvania Attorney Generalâs Office for allegedly ripping off her customers for at least $75,000.
A move by the Haverford Township School District to buy artificial intelligence tools for students and teachers has been met with protest from parents who fear the technology will erode learning.
đ€ Hereâs Tommy Rowan with a look back at the skirmish between unpaid Revolutionary War soldiers and members of Congress.
The power of the purse came later.
First came mutiny.
It started with a group of unpaid Revolutionary War soldiers who marched against the countryâs primitive government during a weeklong saga in June 1783.
The confrontation so startled the early version of Congress that its members fled from Philly to â of all places â New Jersey.
Cheers to Laura Oakes, who correctly guessed Saturdayâs answer: RittenhouseTown. It was the site of the paper mill that was the only source of paper in America for more than 40 years.
Carlota Ttendant (Michael Byrne) makes her grand entrance at Gay Bingo at Congregation Rodeph Shalom in Philadelphia.
đ One more story to go: For one night each month, Carlota Ttendant has been an entertainer and an equalizer, responsible for uniting people â gay and straight, from Haddonfield to Phoenixville â around a common goal. Now, after 30 years and raising millions for people with HIV/AIDS, sheâs hanging up her heels.
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Good morning, Philly.Saturday showers may turn our World Cup game soggy, and it appears a heat wave is on the way.
Trouble is brewing in an homeowner associationâs group chat. Members are tired of one neighbor treating it like the complaint department. A reader asked: Should they get the boot? Inquirer staffers share their thoughts.
Pennsylvania health officials on Friday said several people have been hospitalized amid a growing measles outbreak that has spread to six counties in the southeastern and central parts of the state.
The Ocean City Council voted to declare the site of the old Wonderland Pier âin need of rehabilitation,â a designation sought by a developer who plans to build a luxury hotel.
Market Street just got a glow-up in Old City. Now, Philadelphia officials are planning a major renovation of its sidewalks, landscaping, and streetscapes, from Sixth Street to City Hall.
Fountain Porterâs iconic $6 burger is now $7. The East Passyunk neighborhood bar made the nearly 17% price increase official after months of watching the prices of ingredients creep up.
Several Pennsylvania state offices have been involved in private meetings with a company tied to liquid natural gas export plans for at least a year, records show.
Next week, Philadelphia will begin a centuries-long stint as the host of a time capsule to be unearthed in 250 years.
Philadelphia proves once again that no city blends history and absurdity quite like this one. From Revolutionary War reenactments to mascot lodging and a Nicolas Cage bar crawl, catch up on the good, bad, and weird from recent stories out of Philly.
This weekâs question is: I am in an HOA. We are all in one group chat and are friendly to one another. One of the women in our chat, who is very nice in person, uses the chat to complain, almost weekly.
She thinks the kids are too loud playing outside on a Saturday afternoon. She says one of us put our trash out 20 minutes before weâre technically allowed to. She says one of us closes our front door so hard that it shakes the whole building. She constantly asks for us to get her Amazon packages and if we say weâre not home she says, âANYONE ELSE?â Yes, in caps.
So yeah, we donât like her. Weâve tried! So there are some ideas floating around, the main one being: Do we mute that group chat and start a new one without her? Or do we just tell her what the deal is?
Inquirer writers Kiki Aranita and Elizabeth Wellington jumped into a group chat of their own for a conversation on this situation. They agreed on the need for ground rules, and established a few for folks to live by. To start, no complaints. âComplaints are for friend group chats, not neighbor group chats,â Aranita said.
The act of keeping it real with the source of the annoyance, however, requires great delicacy. âPeople need to know when they are getting on your last nerves,â Wellington said, suggesting a gentle approach to confrontation.
This week 149 years ago, 10 Irish Catholic miners were hanged in Pennsylvania following murder convictions in a long-running labor war. It was the biggest mass execution in the stateâs long history.
In a column for The Inquirer, Mark Bulik, a retired senior editor for the New York Times and author of a book on the Irish roots of Americaâs first labor war, explores a hidden link between the notorious labor rebels known as âMolly Maguiresâ and Philadelphia mummers.
âThe connection explains many of the mysteries about the Mollies â where the name came from, why the Mollies wore odd disguises, why they did their killing around high points of the calendar, and why they were revived in Pennsylvania amid resistance to the Civil War draft,” Bulik writes.
Summer is here, and thereâs no better way to cool off than at Phillyâs water features. Weâll show you a photo of a pool or splash park, you drop a pin where you think it was taken. Closer to the location results in a better score. Good luck!
Think you know where to find this pool? Our weekly game puts your knowledge of Phillyâs places and streets to the test. Check your answer.
⟠Owners of Nihonbashi Philly, Tokyoâs shrine to Philly culture, are calling on fellow Japanese netizens to vote for Kyle Schwarber â âNOT SHOHEI OHTANIâŒïž” â for the MLB All-Star Game. The Philliesâ Instagram page replied: âWe are the Philadelphia Phillies and we support this message.â
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