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Crime Report: December 2025

December 30, 2025 The Local 0

A monthly recap of crime activity in East Falls, from the files of the 39th police district. [more…]

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Businesses and organizations

The Year Without a Christmas List

December 27, 2025 Carolyn Fillmore 0

No gift cards, no Amazon. What happened next was magic. [more…]

Editors of The Local holding one of the first DIY issues of the newspaper, with a collage of front pages from ten years of community journalism in the background, with balloons
Businesses and organizations

Print Happens

December 18, 2025 Carolyn Fillmore 0

Ten Years of DIY News — and Why It Still Matters [more…]

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Ask Athena

Ask Athena: Not Today, Santa

December 15, 2025 Athena 0

Coal happens, but it doesn’t have to end up in your stocking. [more…]

North American river otter in a snowy winter scene with twinkling lights and frosted trees, used as a festive feature image for a Philadelphia wildlife story.
Critter Chronicles

Holly Jolly Otters

December 12, 2025 Carolyn Fillmore 0

A merry little comeback for Mother Nature.  [more…]

Dell-P performing at The Good Jawn Music Festival on The Lawn in West Philly, smiling under the event’s logo.
Art & Entertainment

Good Jawn on The Lawn

December 9, 2025 Kennedie Scurry 0

Dell-P’s homegrown hip hop fest for the West [more…]

Person holding a brown paper grocery bag labeled Northwest Mutual Aid during a home-delivery drop in Germantown.
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Delivering Hope in NW Philly

December 7, 2025 Kathryn Rice 0

Linda James-Rivera on rising food insecurity and neighbors stepping up [more…]

Holiday model train set circling under a Christmas tree, with wrapped presents and festive lights creating a nostalgic holiday display.
Businesses and organizations

All Aboard for the Holidays

December 4, 2025 Carolyn Fillmore 0

Why trains go under Christmas trees, and how their spirit endures.  [more…]

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Contributors

Missed Connections: DECEMBER 2025

December 1, 2025 Karl Von Lichtenhollen 0

December’s dark nights, bright lights, and stranger things in between. [more…]

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Christin Johnson

Aesthetic of the Season

November 27, 2025 Christin Johnson 0

Style tips for the most festive time of year.   [more…]

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