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Businesses, families and educators agree that Fairhill lacks sufficient after-school activities to keep students off the streets. Leading the way to correct the problem, Taller Puertorriqueño has numerous programs all with an individual purpose for

Every morning, Hussein Hayari wakes up at just after three o’clock. He immediately heads down to Reading Terminal Market so he can beat out other buyers to purchase the freshest fruits and vegetables for his

What’s for dinner tonight? For the diverse clientele of the Saba Halal Live Poultry Shop, it’s likely to be the freshest-tasting chicken, guinea hen, rabbit, duck, goat and beef, reminiscent of the poultry and meats

Thanks to this year’s mild winter, there have been more suds flowing at one Fishtown car wash. At New City Car Wash, located at the intersection of Frankford Avenue and Norris Street, owner Kalid Aldemeh

https://vimeo.com/37143045] For years, Hunting Park United has worked hard to restore Hunting Park and the surrounding community to its former glory. Before the park became a breeding ground for drugs and crime, it was a

ASPIRA PA, the Hunting Park-based charter school nonprofit, is hoping its discipline-focused school expands out of the state and down the east coast to other cities. Started at Stetson B. Middle School two years ago,

The majority of Hunting Park’s residents are middle-to-low-income families with the median salary sitting around $22,000. Amid a slowly recovering economy and already low earnings, families do what they can to accumulate extra funds in

https://vimeo.com/36704842] Doris Flamer may be retired, but she still has a hectic commute. Every weekday, Flamer drives eight children to five different West Philadelphia schools in her royal-blue van. The retiree, a resident of Wynnefield