With the new school year only a few weeks old at L.P Hill Elementary School in Strawberry Mansion, the administrators already have goals they hope to reach. “The number one goal is to always provide [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/29492699] Loud shouts of jubilation amidst sounds of jangling tambourines reverberated throughout the quiet neighborhood of Fairhill last Saturday afternoon. A group of around 30 churchgoers danced and sang religious tunes on the corner of [continue reading…]
PennApps, a student computer science group at the University of Pennsylvania in its third year of existence, has become known for its bi-annual hackathons, competition where students from Penn and other local universities have 48 [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/29354958] For nearly 11 years, Rebecca Phelan could see a fortress from her home on Kimball Street in Queen Village. Phelan’s home neighbors George W. Nebinger School, located at Built in 1925, the school doesn’t [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/29279153 nolink w=540 h=398] The Triumph Baptist Church celebrated the 11th annual Health, Wealth and Wellness Fair on Saturday as a steady flow of people from local communities stopped by and took advantage of the [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/29461501] When I came to Fairhill to get interviews about the death of an esteemed resident, I must admit I was a little nervous. James Hall, affectionately known as “The Mayor” or “Bus,” meant a [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/29303089] At the start of each school year, teachers at George W. Nebinger struggle to get their class to follow new rules set by new teachers. But Megan Conley’s fourth-grade class already knew what was [continue reading…]
The Fairhill community may be on the verge of a major revitalization, and Richard Lepow is the man trying to make it happen. Richard Lepow is the owner of Fifth Street Auto Parts and Service [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/29234084] Before she found the Germantown Restoration CDC’s food service training program, Chatel Royster was struggling. This time last year, Royster was a victim of the poor economy. After getting laid off from her job [continue reading…]
Charlene Anderson, better known as Grandma Char, is truly a light of hope to the people around her. She encourages drug addicts to come clean, acts as a guardian to troubled children and says kind [continue reading…]
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