Month: October 2019

Crowds and food trucks filled Ridge Avenue between Lyceum and Leverington avenues in Roxborough, in honor of the neighborhood’s 7th annual Roxtoberfest on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019. Accordions and horns played classic German drinking songs,

Through warm foot baths, healing ointments, and cordial conversation, Best Foot Forward Philly doesn’t just care about people’s feet, but about their personal journeys as well.

Community members lined up to test out new voting machines during a series of free demonstrations held in the Overbrook and Wynnefield neighborhoods between Sept. 12 and Oct. 4, 2019. The voting machine change comes

Since moving to Cedar Park in 2006, Mao Elliott has begun his morning the same way nearly every day.  He grabs two leashes and leads his chihuahua and lab mix to nearby Clark Park. Once

Shannon Lindsay lives in Island Green Estates, a subdivision off Red Lion Road in Bustleton that borders the now closed Island Green Country Club. When she and her husband purchased their home, they expected a

The Oct. 8, 2019 Finance Committee meeting of Philadelphia City Council was punctuated by lively debate regarding Councilman David Oh’s student debt tax credit bill. Because the bill was not advanced by committee, it will

The Philadelphia City Council Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention’s inaugural meeting set significant goals for poverty reduction. The committee was established in response to the Narrowing the Gap report, which was released last

Philadelphia City Council and its subcommittees approved and passed several pieces of legislation during the week of Oct. 7, 2019. It also held the inaugural meeting of the Special Committee on Poverty Reduction and Prevention.