East Falls

Happy Halloween, Fallsers! And beware dark paths where perhaps the ghosts of long-gone inhabitants remain, ever-watchful. One jogger’s tale of an eerie encounter before sunrise. [more…]

Local artist Dan Ostrov and a team of volunteers bring back Redeemer’s 100+ year old slide after decades of storage. Are you ready to slip back in time this Saturday? [more…]

Earlier this summer, Gina Snyder and her family scored a second-hand canoe they couldn’t wait to try out. Rowing was a dream — but portage hammered home how much we need public river access. [more…]

All you ever wanted to know about the Paulownia aka “Princess” tree in East Falls [more…]

Who knew we were so hungry for dinner theatre here? Full house both nights at Trolley Car Cafe for “TURNPIKE,” an original play by Fallser Kathy Anderson and the Philadelphia Theatre Workshop.  [more…]

Parks, schmarks — in East Falls, we take over CASTLES! Join your neighbors Saturday October 1st for a pop-up beer garden at Undine Barge Club’s historic boathouse aka Castle Ringstetten. Plus: local artifacts to see — and buy. [more…]

Local business owner learns first-hand what it means to be part of our can-do community. [more…]

Surely you’ve noticed the excess of green slime floating on the Schuylkill lately. Algae? Pollution? Toxic sludge? Nope, just duckweed — rowers hate it but this benign aquatic flowering plant is a genetic wonder that could [more…]