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Home2012September

Month: September 2012

Featured Stories

South Philadelphia: Local Schools Benefit from Supply Drive

September 5, 2012

Backpacks, notebooks and pencils are standard items on’ back-to-school lists for young students. With lists of needed items often being long, some families struggle to send their children off for that first day of school

Education

Overbrook: Incoming Freshman Participate In Ninth Grade Boot Camp

September 5, 2012

The start of high school can be challenging for some students. The thought of a new school, tougher curriculum and more homework can be intimidating. But Overbrook resident Marvin DeBose has a plan of action

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University City

University City: Bikram Yoga Brings the Heat

September 5, 2012

In a room with temperatures over 104 degrees and humidity topping 40 percent, men and women contort their bodies into 26 poses for 90 minutes. This is unique form of yoga offered at the Bikram

West Philadelphia

Haddington: Local Rec Center Hosts Comedy Fundraiser

September 5, 2012

For one evening it was not the sound of squeaking sneakers or dribbling basketballs, but laughter which filled the Shepard Recreation Center gym. Friday night, community members staged a comedy fundraiser at the recreation center,

Northeast Philadelphia

Northeast Philadelphia: German Festival Celebrates 140 Years

September 5, 2012

German imported beers, wines, music, plenty of schnitzel and even a fountain of youth – were highlights of the 140th annual Volksfest at Cannstatter Volksfest Verein Park this Labor Day weekend. Located at 9130 Academy Road, this

Featured Stories

Kensington: Pop’s Skate Park Provides a Sanctuary

September 5, 2012

For the past three years, Pop’s Skate Park has been a refuge for skateboarders of all ages. Located on the corner of East Hazzard Street and Trenton Avenue, the small skate park is a part

Fairhill

Fairhill: Residents Celebrate Labor Day

September 4, 2012

Victor Carrero sat in a folding picnic chair under a tent in the middle of his street with his daughter, setting up their new grill, ready to celebrate Labor Day. Carrero was not alone. In

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  • People stand on a sidewalk beneath a pale gray sky. The street behind them is between two tan stone buildings with floor-to-ceiling glass windows on their ground levels, and the multicolored glass exterior of a parking garage shines further down the street, next to some taller red brick buildings. Glass windows are visible behind the people on the sidewalk. Some of them wear raincoats or windbreakers, and some of them hold umbrellas of various colors. Two men in the right half of the image, one southeast Asian and one white, wear clerical collars. They are all waving wooden rods with thick red ribbons tied to the ends of them in the air. Most of the people present appear to be white and/or over the age of 50. One bearded, middle-aged man in a gray and black windbreaker and black pants points a camera towards the bottom right corner of the image, where a blue banner reads “GOD STANDS WITH THE OPPRESSED.” To the banner’s left, a canvas with a monarch butterfly painted on it is draped over a concrete sidewalk barrier. A blue bicycle is parked behind the man with the camera, and a black car in the street drives past the group of people.
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