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Northeast: Philly Cops Win Baseball Title for Fallen Brethren

September 23, 2010 1

Eighteen active Philadelphia police officers are huddled together in front of the dugout at La Salle High School’s state-of-the-art Ward Field on a humid Sunday afternoon. Most of the players are hunched over with their [continue reading…]

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Technology: Local Web Pioneer Explains the Lack of Women in Tech Startups

September 19, 2010 0

Nancy Massey says she’s from “the DOS-based world.”  She said that in the 1980s, when the Disk Operating System was still widely used, working in technology was “so much simpler” in comparison to the work [continue reading…]

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South Philadelphia: Keeping Opera Singer’s Music Alive

September 19, 2010 0

The Marian Anderson Historical Society is a group dedicated to promoting the late classical singer, who was considered of the most important opera performers of the 20th century. The organization was founded by Blanche Burton-Lyles [continue reading…]

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North Philadelphia: A Fortress of Art

September 18, 2010 2

On the Glenwood Avenue between Second and Fifth streets lies a relic from Philadelphia’s industrial golden age. Inside local photographer Kat Reilly is working to create another gilded era, one of art. Reilly is owner and [continue reading…]

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Germantown: The Y Reopens

September 17, 2010 2

The Y, an institution that went from being an effort to encourage and support men in the mid-1800s to a resource for the community in 1927 and to a catastrophe in 2008, has reopened in [continue reading…]

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Germantown: Honeyfest Held at Historic Wyck House

September 16, 2010 1

Philadelphia was buzzing last weekend as bee enthusiasts from across the country joined in the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Lorenzo L. Langstroth, the inventor of the modern bee hive, in three day city [continue reading…]

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Northeast: Kraft Foods Shooting

September 16, 2010 0

Just days after the shooting rampage at the Kraft Foods plant, leaving two dead and another critically injured, the company is open for business. The alleged shooter, Yvonne Hiller, 43, was arraigned over the weekend [continue reading…]

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North Central: Community Group Hosts First Annual School Supply Drive

September 15, 2010 2

Summer vacation felt alive and well last Saturday afternoon on the 1600 block of Susquehanna Avenue. School may have started a week ago for most of the children in the neighborhood, but the smell of [continue reading…]

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South Philadelphia: A Night with Cigars

September 14, 2010 0

The smoke screen of cigar clouds fill the room, as the neighbors of South Philadelphia gather for a night filled with poker games, free food and cigar puffing. This is how Twin Smoke Shoppe owner [continue reading…]

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South Philadelphia: Fight Against Racial Discrimination Continues into New School Year

September 13, 2010 2

It may be a new school year for most, but one teacher didn’t clean up his room and redecorate for new students. Instead he spent his summer sitting in a storage closet waiting for answers. [continue reading…]

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