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Overbrook: High School Wrestler Reflects on Career, Friends, and Future

May 18, 2020 Jonathan Michalski and Winston Harris 0

With the help of Beat the Streets, Daishawn Tilghman found a passion that will carry him on to college. […]

Overbrook: Homeownership Programs Top Agenda at Community Development Corporation Meeting

October 31, 2019 Taylor Horn and Alex McGinley 2

More than fifty people gathered in the backroom of Fellowship Christian Church in Overbrook on Oct. 17 to participate in Overbrook West Neighbors Community Development Corporation’s fall quarterly meeting. The two-hour-long community meeting featured speakers […]

Wynnefield and Overbrook: Residents Learn About Voting Machines Ahead of Election

October 18, 2019 Taylor Horn and Alex McGinley 0

Community members lined up to test out new voting machines during a series of free demonstrations held in the Overbrook and Wynnefield neighborhoods between Sept. 12 and Oct. 4, 2019. The voting machine change comes […]

Overbrook Farms: Community Members Memorialize, Demonstrate At New Wilson Goode Sign

December 3, 2018 Pariss Briggs and Simone Stancil 3

On the 2400 block of North 59th Street, just below the newly named W. Wilson Goode Sr. Way, stands a four-foot-tall shrine that reads, “To honor former Mayor W. Wilson Goode Sr. with a street, […]

West Philadelphia: Libraries “Plant A Seed” That Brings Success And Literacy For West Philly Children

December 22, 2017 Alexa Monteleone and Katelyn Evans 0

Out of the 339 schools within the Philadelphia School District, only eight have full-time paid certified librarians. Louis Lozzi, a Philadelphia native and teacher said that the lack of library funding in the school system […]

Overbrook: Panthers’ Basketball Program Hopes To Reclaim Storied Past

November 30, 2017 Owen McCue 0

The significance isn’t lost on Cyri Coates. Every time the senior on the Overbrook High School basketball team walks into the school’s Wilt Chamberlain Memorial Gym, he sees the images of the Naismith Basketball Hall […]

Overbrook: Five Topics Discussed In Conversation At A Barber Shop

October 10, 2016 Kevin P Glasson and Ernest Smith 0

At Rice’s Barber shop in Overbrook, four chairs sit on top of black and green tiled floors. There are televisions on either side of the room airing a movie, and music plays in the background. […]

Haddington: Volunteer Wants Library to Serve as ‘Beacon in the Neighborhood’

March 21, 2016 Valerie W. Vaincoeur and Tonii Mackie 1

Sheila Washington is a 62-year-old Overbrook resident who is passionate about the area. She has been the president of Friends of Haddington Library since 2008. Despite being retired, she loves volunteering in the Haddington library. […]

Education: Looking at What’s Next for Five Closed High Schools in Philadelphia

February 25, 2016 Matthew R Mcgraw 1

Education is one of the foundations of society, and yet schools in Philadelphia are hemorrhaging cash due to rising costs and stagnant revenues. Many have been forced to cut back on everything from school supplies […]

West Philadelphia: Five Caribbean Restaurants To Know

February 2, 2016 Valerie W. Vaincoeur and Tonii Mackie 23

Cheesesteaks, hoagies and soft pretzels make the list when iconic Philadelphia food is the topic of conversation. However, these three foods are not the only stand-out dishes in the city. Caribbean food in particular blends […]