Everyone should be able to read this just fine, now.

Some readers were having difficulty reading NEast Philly while using the Internet Explorer Web browser.

Thanks to a consultation, everything should be in order both in IE and Mozilla Firefox, among other browsers. If not or if you every have any complaints, criticisms or concerns about the content or how it looks, please never hesitate to contact us. We’re a growing startup, so we need your help.

Thanks for your patience. If anyone was concerned with how the site looked, please let them know we’re back and operating.

For those tech heads, you may be interested to know that our problem was that I foolishly failed to close a tag in our design code, and, while the Firefox browser was smart enough to correct the problem, IE rendered my code correctly — which was the mess some of you were seeing.

NEast Philly is best viewed in Mozilla Firefox

UPDATE: NEast Philly should now be visible in your Internet Explorer browser.

If you’re having trouble reading the site, we have a solution. For those using Internet Explorer, you are not seeing the true colors of the site, which is actually an off-white color with black text and some black and green accents.

That gray-on-black theme you’re seeing is a flaw with Internet Explorer. For now, if you want to read NEastPhilly.com, please consider a (free) download of Mozilla Firefox. In the meantime, we’re working to fix the Explorer problem.

Thanks for sticking it out! Keep reading below to see a screenshot of what the site really looks like. continue reading »

By Shannon McDonald

Check us out!

After a long weekend of construction and renovations, the new NEastPhilly.com is up and running. We overhauled everything to make the site easier to navigate, more fun to search and well, nicer to look at. continue reading »

Incumbent Alan Butkovitz, far left at NEastPhilly and WHYY's debate, won the Democratic primary for city controller

By Shannon McDonald

Alan Butkovitz, incumbent Democratic candidate for city controller, won yesterday’s primary race, in which he ran against Brett Mandel and John Braxton.

Butkovitz faced off against his opponents in three debates, one co-hosted by NEastPhilly.com and WHYY. The Castor Gardens resident will go up against lone Republican candidate Al Schmidt in the November general election.

NEastPhilly.com is growing constantly, but we’re reaching out to readers to help us spread out.

The easiest way to spread the word? FACEBOOK.  If you haven’t already, become our fan on Facebook and invite your friends.

We want everyone NEast – young, old, Torresdale, Tacony – if you live in the NEast, show us some love. And if you know anyone from the NEast who now lives elsewhere, send them our way, too.

By Shannon McDonald

We want to know what you think of NEastPhilly.com. Are we missing anything? Are we including stuff you don’t care about? Tell us your most and least favorite things about the site.

Comments, questions, advice, suggestions, ideas, criticism and anything else you can think of are welcome, so send us your thoughts, please!

We are looking….

I am looking for writers to work for NEastPhilly.com, the online home of NEast Magazine. The goal is to launch a print publication by Fall 2009, to be published quarterly.

Writers would work as unpaid interns, gaining expeience in blogging, editing and writing bylined features. Topics vary from news to entertainment, crime to gossip. The focus is local news for the niche audience of Northeast Philadelphia. Those who work with NEastPhilly.com may have a future with NEast Magazine’s glossy print product.

Employees should be dedicated and interested in the content. Experience and connection to the Northeast are preferred, but not required.

If you’re interested, contact Shannon here.

NEastPhilly.com is looking for writers to contribute online content for NEast Magazine. Topics vary from news to entertainment, crime to gossip. We need dedicated writers to cover Northeast Philly’s local news.

Writers who work for NEastPhilly.com may have a future with NEast Magazine’s print publication, set to launch in Fall 2009.

Some experience and connection to the Northeast is preferred, but not required. Those interested can view more details and review the application process here.

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