Elections
Philadelphia: Election 2009
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Year: 2009
Arts and Entertainment
Mantua: A Rainy Day Peoplehood Parade
The forecast called for one very wet and mucky Saturday afternoon. But after having already been postponed a week, Spiral Q Puppet Theater’s “10th Annual Peoplehood Parade and Pageant” in West Philadelphia went on as [continue reading…]
Mantua
Mantua: Daycare Centers Feel the Pinch
[local /files/2009/10/fa0906mantuaaskthegovernor.mov] Some of the children of Heavenly Hall Day Care center know their ABCs. Others choose to defer the alphabet to focus on the basic motor skills needed to connect food to fork, fork [continue reading…]
Olney
Olney: Stooge Larry Fine Inducted into Central High Hall of Fame
Who says acting like a stooge won’t get you places? It sure worked for Louis Feinberg. On Oct. 15, the Associated Alumni of Central High School held its 15th annual induction ceremony. The ceremony was [continue reading…]
North Central
North Central: A Center for AIDs/HIV Patients
The Calcutta House is a non-profit organization that provides housing and support services for people living with AIDS in the Philadelphia and Delaware Valley area. More than 20,000 Philadelphians are living with HIV/AIDS. At any given time, one third of all Americans living with HIV/AIDS are either homeless, or in danger of losing their housing. In a city where homelessness is an unremitting problem, and at its highest rate in the past ten years, housing for those that are infected with the disease is a sure fire way to prevent the spread of AIDS. [continue reading…]
Nicetown
Nicetown-Tioga: Despite Less Money, More Cops and Less Gun Violence
Like every agency within city government, the Philadelphia Police Department has taken some cuts in its budget. But 39th Police District Capt. Stephen Glenn wouldn’t know anything about that. “We’re not doing any worse off,” [continue reading…]
Education
Fishtown: Closing of Northeast Catholic Ends a Tradition
Tears fell amidst empty desks and rules of grammar chalk-written on the blackboard. Candace Morris held back more as she spoke of the Salesian tradition of Northeast Catholic High School for Boys. “We try [continue reading…]
Fairhill
Fairhill: Needle Exchange Program Helps Addicts
It’s a Wednesday and cold, too cold for October. The weather is gray. It matches the cement stairs on the corner of Third street and Lehigh Avenue. People line the stairwell leading to a sturdy door [continue reading…]
Ludlow
Ludlow’s Identity Crisis
“It looks nice, but they’re still shooting like it’s Iraq out here,” said Shawn Govan when asked about all the new and rehabbed housing being built in the Ludlow neighborhood. This statement was promptly shot [continue reading…]
Arts and Entertainment
Ridge Avenue: Gravediggers Raise Money for Cemetery
Swashbuckling hats, carnival masks and wizard hats pepper the ball room. On the dance floor skims the turquoise crinoline of Sarah Hale, who is being twirled around by Capt. Percival Drayton, dressed in his Civil [continue reading…]