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Home2012March

Month: March 2012

Education

West Oak Lane: Expansion Has Positive Impact On School

March 14, 2012

West Oak Lane Charter School recently finished an eight-month process of adding an expansion to their school that has created a new sense of pride for the students and teachers. School officials began discussing the expansion

Arts and Entertainment

West Oak Lane: Former Inmate Aims to Inspire Through Art

March 14, 2012

Jeffrey Glenn Reese, who lives in Mount Airy, began his career as a young graffiti artist in New York City. Now he is an internationally known artist and an inspiration to many. As an 11-year-old

Health

Hunting Park: Home for Incurable Cancer Helps Patients Prepare for Death

March 13, 2012

For more than 80 years, the Sacred Heart Home for Incurable Cancer has housed cancer patients on the corner of Park and Hunting Park avenues in North Philadelphia. Sister Marie Edward serves as director of

Featured Stories

Hunting Park: Philadelphia Fire Department Union Suggests Changes

March 13, 2012

https://vimeo.com/38397113] A moment barely passed after the bell in the Engine 59 fire house rang, and Duane Hughes darted from the station’s kitchen to the driver’s seat of the fire truck. The fire station, which

Featured Stories

Japan: Temple Group Creates Song and Video to Raise Money for Those Still in Need a Year Later

March 13, 2012 charper

https://vimeo.com/38224848] A year ago, Philadelphia Neighborhoods hosted stories from Temple-Japan after the earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters there. You can see those stories by selecting this site. Now some members of Temple’s School of Communications

Arts and Entertainment

Al Dia: Part-time Dancer Won’t Turn Her Back on Love for Flamenco

March 13, 2012

https://vimeo.com/38440000] When Monica Herrera traveled to Spain when she was 12, she saw flamenco for the first time in a restaurant with her grandparents. Herrera said: “I couldn’t even believe what I was looking at.

Featured Stories

Kensington: An Organization Fueled by Faith

March 13, 2012

One night during his 19-month stay at Holmesburg Prison more than 20 years ago Frank Vega had a dream. In it, Vega saw four buildings with people going in and coming out of them. He

Arts and Entertainment

University City: Residents Will Design New Baltimore Avenue Banners

March 12, 2012

Local artists will design the new banners that run along Baltimore Avenue The University City District is holding a competition that is open to anyone who wishes to submit a design for the new banner.

Arts and Entertainment

University City: Local Play Questions History; Brings New Perspective to Shakespeare

March 12, 2012

West Philadelphia’s local theater, the Rotunda, hosted the premier of a new musical drama on Sunday. Judith: The Other Shakespeare, written by Kevin Stackhouse, offers a new take of the story of William Shakespeare, where

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Philadelphia Neighborhoods Earns Three Awards from Society of Professional Journalists

March 10, 2012 charper

Philadelphia Neighborhoods, the online publication of the Department of Journalism’s Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab, has won three awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. The entries have been selected to receive Region 1 Mark of

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