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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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.