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Education

Education: The Lasting Effects of the 2013 School Closures

May 11, 2023 George W. Miller 0

Ten years after the School District of Philadelphia closed 24 public schools, the impact looms large. [continue reading…]

Fairmount

Fairmount: Joining the Global Conversation on Water Sustainability

March 20, 2023 George W. Miller 0

World Water Day 2023 brought together academics, city officials, historians and nonprofit workers who believe Philadelphia’s cultural heritage as a port city makes it an important place to talk about the future of water infrastructure.  [continue reading…]

Germantown

Germantown: Formerly Incarcerated Women Work Toward a More Peaceful City

February 14, 2023 George W. Miller 0

Michelle Simmons founded Why Not Prosper 21 years ago after returning home from prison. The group operates three residential facilities in Philadelphia. In the past year, they started holding peace walks every two weeks with the goal of drawing people into their Germantown command center.  [continue reading…]

Crime

Crime: Heal The Hurt and Value Young Lives

November 28, 2022 George W. Miller 0

Heal The Hurt and Value Young Lives [continue reading…]

Featured Stories

North Philadelphia: Can the Next Crimes be Prevented?

November 28, 2022 George W. Miller 0

November 28 marks the one-year anniversary of the death of Temple student Samuel Collington. [continue reading…]

Education

Old City: Museum Combats the Rise in Anti-Semitism

May 14, 2017 George W. Miller 0

The year was 1917. The world had been engaged in World War I for about three years before the United States entered. Violent revolutions broke out across Russia in response to government corruption, ultimately leading [continue reading…]

Crime

Spring Garden: CCP Lockdown After Gun Seen on Campus

October 7, 2015 George W. Miller 1

The Community College of Philadelphia campus on Spring Garden Street was put on lockdown Tuesday morning after reports of a gunman on the loose. Philadelphia Police officers, along with agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

Germantown: Influencing the Community Through Religion

September 17, 2015 George W. Miller 0

When you walk down Germantown’s antiquated cobblestone streets, you see a diverse pool of people from block to block. On one block you see people wearing Muslim clothing, and on another block you see people [continue reading…]

Next Mayor

Primary Election Day 2015: Don’t Count Those Millennials Out Yet

May 19, 2015 George W. Miller 0

Philadelphia has significant problem when it comes to voting, especially when the focus is on municipal elections rather than national. Of all folks who fall into the roughly 75 to 80 percent of registered voters who [continue reading…]

Featured Stories

Doug Oliver: “I Know I’m an Underdog. I Just Don’t Care.”

February 10, 2015 George W. Miller 1

It’s official. Doug Oliver, a former PGW executive and press secretary for Mayor Nutter, is running for mayor. He announced his candidacy over the weekend and is officially ready to begin his campaign. The 40-year-old Germantown native sat [continue reading…]

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