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Year: 2015

Environment

Mantua: Community Plans Outreach to Help Residents Use Philly Bike Share

March 20, 2015Paul Klein

Philadelphia is finally hopping aboard the bike share train. Residents and tourists can look forward to more than 60 bike share stations that will begin to blossom all across the city this spring. Sponsored by

Education

Port Richmond: Local Day Care Anticipates Two-Year Anniversary and Summer Camp

March 19, 2015

Port Richmond resident Erica Quinn said she remembers the day her longtime friend Nicole Fisher called her to discuss going back to work. It was 2012, and both women recently had children. Although they both lived

Arts and Entertainment

Center City: Prince Music Theater Sees Second Act

March 19, 2015

Filing for bankruptcy in 2010, the Prince Music Theater at 1412 Chestnut St. did not vanish instantly but braced itself for a long goodbye. The Philadelphia Film Society recently finalized its purchase of the theater and

Amateur Sports

Chestnut Hill: Chestnut Hill College to Introduce Women’s Bowling Next Year

March 19, 2015

When a person thinks about collegiate sports, the ones that come to mind include football, basketball and maybe even tennis or lacrosse. Beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year, Chestnut Hill College will add women’s bowling

Arts and Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment: Philadelphia’s Glass Making Culture – Philadelphia Glass Land Part 1

March 18, 2015pnadmin

Philadelphia is a city full of artists and glassmakers form one of the many communities that is making an international name for itself.  The glass pipe-making culture was first brought to attention in M. Slinger’s

Center City

Center City: Local Race Cars at Philadelphia Auto Show

March 18, 2015Danielle S. Nelson

Engineering students from Temple University and Villanova University recently displayed their 2014 lineup at the Philadelphia Auto Show. They spent approximately six months building these race cars. Now that the show has come to an

Arts and Entertainment

Mantua: Artist Ian Sampson Draws on the Community for Inspiration

March 18, 2015

Ian Sampson is an artist based in West Philadelphia but is originally from Birmingham, Alabama. Sampson currently works as a resident artist at the Neighborhood Time Exchange. It began in January and was originally conceived by

Amateur Sports

Amateur Sports: ClassPass Changing the Way Philadelphians Exercise and Stay Fit

March 18, 2015

It has been three months since innovative fitness service ClassPass launched in Philadelphia, and the program has already had an impact on changing the fitness scene in the city. CEO and co-founder Payal Kadakia said the main

Business

Northern Liberties: Finding a STAR in the Community

March 17, 2015Paul Klein

The Street Tails Animal Rescue (STAR) is an organization that has helped to get animals adopted and into good “forever” homes for around 10 years. The animals they receive are older and usually have medical

Education

Logan Square: Vetri Foundation Brings Life Lessons Into The Kitchen

March 16, 2015Paul Klein

Mixers, bowls, spatulas and students dressed in aprons amongst thousands of hardbacks don’t sound like a typical way to spend an afternoon at the Free Library of Philadelphia. But to one local organization, it’s the

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