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3 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
A real estate firm has purchased five commercial properties in Port Richmond for nearly $14.8 million. Curbline Properties, which is based in suburban Cleveland, bought the Aramingo Avenue stores in late March. They include a Wawa, a Dunkin’, an Applebee’s, and a former Rite Aid that is set to turn into a Chick-fil-A, according to public records and a site plan on the company’s website.
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3 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Angela Gardin looked at the colorful handwritten thank-you notes, taped to a front window of the Queen Village Rite Aid, and began to cry. Gardin has been assistant manager there for the past two years. One note scrawled in pink, read: “Everyone who works here is so kind. I have always been greeted with a smile and warmth.” “Thank you for all the treats,” read another, signed with a paw print (from a neighborhood dog named Grandpa, Gardin explained).
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3 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Erica Palan |Ariana Perez-Castells |Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
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3 weeks ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Cuba Libre fans in the Philadelphia suburbs no longer have to travel into the city to get a taste of the Old City restaurant. Its parent company, GuestCounts Hospitality, has taken over three restaurants in the collar counties: Paladar Latin Kitchen in King of Prussia and Bomba Taco + Bar in Malvern and Newtown, Bucks County. GuestCounts took ownership at the end of March, but announced the move in a statement this week.
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1 month ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Dogs show up in Tracy Johnson’s Roxborough backyard at least once a week. With their humans in tow, the pups run around for an hour or more, enjoying the fenced-in space they don’t have at home. These tail-waggers aren’t trespassers. In fact, their owners pay Johnson $15 per dog per hour to use her yard as a private dog park. “I love dogs,” Johnson said.
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1 month ago | 
centredaily.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
May 28-Cynthia "Cindy" Arena was supposed to retire next week, ending her 35-year career as a paralegal. But she made those plans before President Donald Trump's global tariffs upended the stock market. In recent months, as Arena watched the balances of her retirement savings accounts fall, some days precipitously, she had second thoughts. "I just started thinking, 'I'm scared,'" said the 66-year-old Phoenixville resident. "I lost a lot of money.""I'm starting to get some of it back," Arena added.
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1 month ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Cynthia “Cindy” Arena was supposed to retire next week, ending her 35-year career as a paralegal. But she made those plans before President Donald Trump’s global tariffs upended the stock market. In recent months, as Arena watched the balances of her retirement savings accounts fall, some days precipitously, she had second thoughts. “I just started thinking, ‘I’m scared,’” said the 66-year-old Phoenixville resident. “I lost a lot of money.”“I’m starting to get some of it back,” Arena added.
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1 month ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
Several former Wawa properties are for sale from Trooper to Egg Harbor. The seven locations were listed for sale earlier this month for a total asking price of $4.125 million, according to the offering memorandum. The properties — four vacant, 3,000- to 4,000-square-foot buildings and three parcels of land — can be bought separately or together.
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1 month ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy
The search continued Saturday for the park ranger who went missing after a boating accident at Tyler State Park in Newtown, Bucks County. The 38-year-old Delaware County man, whom authorities have not identified, was kayaking on the Neshaminy Creek just before 12:30 p.m. Friday when his boat capsized, Pennsylvania State Police officials have said. Over the past day, agencies from across Bucks County have converged on the area to search for him.
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1 month ago | 
inquirer.com | Erin McCarthy |Erin Mccarthy |Jake Blumgart |Ariana Perez-Castells
At Reading Terminal Market, CEO Annie Allman says, there’s a common refrain among merchants during bad weather: “If SEPTA is running, the market is open.”Now, Allman said, the phrase seems foreboding. What will happen if SEPTA reduces service, eliminating dozens of bus and Regional Rail lines? She is “horrified” by the possibility. “I’ve never used the phrase ‘existential threat’ as much,” said Allman, who is CEO and general manager of the nonprofit Reading Terminal Market Corporation.
