Kate Dailey

FEMA head who resigned after Texas floods will return to Philadelphia Fire Department Ken Pagurek, a longtime Philadelphia firefighter who served as chief of FEMA’s search and rescue branch for the past year, was well-versed in major disaster response.

Always a Philly angle. www.inquirer.com/news/pennsyl...

A second mass grave of Irish railroad workers is unearthed in Downingtown The researchers behind Duffy's Cut believe they found another grave site 11 miles away.

“It’s a classic story: Folks come to America looking for a better life,” said Frank Watson, a pastor and archivist.

“The sad reality is these guys didn’t have a chance, pigeon-holed and blamed for a disease that they didn’t bring.”

Alleged ‘Delco Pooper,’ charged by police, says ‘Road ragers don’t smile’ "‘I wanted to punch her in the face, but I pooped on her car instead,'" police said the alleged assailant told them.

I talked to the alleged Delco Pooper this morning, which is, yet again, another sentence I never expected to write this week.

Also, a "Delco Deucer" sandwich has been created by Wolf's Superior Sandwiches in Aston because Delco.

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How a popular Kosher bagel shop became the target of antisemitism allegations in Lower Merion A kosher-certified bagel shop finds itself at the center of a community reckoning over politics, identity, and trust, after Facebook posts by its Palestinian owner surfaced online.

Love the photo that goes with Zoe Greenberg's investigation into a community's fight about kosher certification and trust (no one is fighting about how good the bagels are). www.inquirer.com/food/kosher-...

Philly “Chicken Man” to NYC rip-off: “Fight me.” Philly folk legend, Alexendar Tominsky, a.k.a "Chicken Man" is challenging Anthony Po to a boxing match at the site of the old Melrose Diner.

My favorite kind of story: getting to pal around with smart cool reporters getting real details on a possibly fake Philly feud: www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

Here are Craig LaBan's top 10 restaurants of 2024 From a sushi counter doling out sublime slices of dry-aged toro to a rogue noodle shop producing only-in-South-Philly fusions, here are restaurant critic Craig LaBan's Top 10 for the year.

Yesterday, Craig LaBan offered his ten favorites for the year - a critic's look at the restaurants that outshine the rest. I love all the different lenses we have to look at #Philly's amazing food scene... and love that we have more to come in 2025. www.inquirer.com/food/a/top-1...

The 76: The most vital restaurants in the Philly area The 76 restaurants that are defining Philly’s dining scene right now.

Earlier this year we launched the 76, a list of restaurants that define #Philly dining. It was an ambitious mix of high and low, forgoing some famous names for smaller places making a big impact, and will be a way to understand our food scene for years to come: www.inquirer.com/food/inq2/be...

The real start of fall in Philly: It’s fire barrel season on 9th Street Forget pumpkin spice. The fires endure, despite being a temporary ban in the '90s.

Some people have decorative gourds. We have this www.inquirer.com/life/italian...