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Featured Stories

Manayunk: Businesses Still Struggling to Recover One Month After Hurricane Ida

October 13, 2021 Nicolle Elise Majette

Business owners are dealing with millions of dollars in damages, as well as lost inventory and records.

Community Meetings

Manayunk: March Neighborhood Council Meeting Covers PHS Beer Garden, PA Legislation, and Dog Parks

May 3, 2021 Margaret Mancini

The Manayunk Neighborhood Council met March 3 to discuss plans for a PHS pop-up garden, PA legislation, and a potential community dog park.

History

Manayunk-Roxborough: Residents Confront Perennial Problems With Parking And Traffic

September 16, 2019 Jared Johnson

On any given morning in Manayunk, traffic snakes up Green Lane, sometimes reaching 10 or more blocks from Main Street up to Manayunk Avenue and beyond. Commuters may spend a half hour or more waiting

Manayunk

Manayunk: North Light Community Center Staff Offers Support Programs For Local Families

November 2, 2018 Jared Johnson

North Light Community Center, located at 175 Green Lane, just off Main Street, has been a consistent presence in the neighborhood for more than 80 years, offering child care, raising money for scholarships for local

Business

Roxborough/Manayunk: Shifting Demographic Impacts Housing Market

October 22, 2018 Jared Johnson

Manayunk and Roxborough are changing as their populations continue to get younger. Both sections of the city have proved to be destinations for young people to live after they finish school, and more of them

Manayunk

Manayunk: Five Places to Go Out and See Live Music

March 20, 2018 William Brown

Live music can transform a quiet bar or restaurant into an exciting and happening place. From full bands playing original music, to acoustic covers, to disc jockeys, here is is a list of five places

Manayunk

Manayunk: Keeping Up With the Woman Who Runs Main Street

March 12, 2018 William Brown

Chances are if you have seen a new business or event in Manayunk, Jane Lipton has been a part of it.  Lipton (below right) is the executive director of the Manayunk Development Corporation. Her job

Featured Stories

Manayunk: Q&A With A Local Legend Who Turned His Life Around

June 9, 2017 Katie Scarlett Byrne

After a traumatic accident, doctors told Dave Scarpello he would never walk again. The Manayunk native who has lived in the area for 32 years, proved them wrong. He ran in the Broad Street Run

Featured Stories

Northwest: The Craft Beer Industry Is Booming. Here’s Why.

June 6, 2017 Mariam Dembele

Twenty years ago, when Philly entrepreneur Harry Renner and restaurateur Michael Rose decided to open up a brewpub in a former cotton mill factory on Main Street, they didn’t know what to expect. They were one

Manayunk

Wissahickon: Nation’s Third-Oldest Canoe Club Treads On

May 23, 2017 Mariam Dembele

The Wissahickon area features a little known gem that has remained afloat for more than a century. Philadelphia Canoe Club, open since 1905, is the third oldest paddling club in the United States. The club

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