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Amateur Sports

Francisville: St. Joseph’s Prep Football Readies For Catholic League Playoffs

November 6, 2013

As the Philadelphia Catholic League football playoffs prepare to get underway, everyone will be looking at two teams to cross paths – the St. Joseph’s Prep Hawks and the La Salle College High School Explorers.

Center City

City Hall: Hearing Called For 2012 Kensington Fire Tragedy

November 6, 2013

Just months after fielding a heavy round of public criticism over the summer’s fatal building collapse on Market Street, the city’s Licenses and Inspections Department could see a new wave of controversy in the coming

Arts and Entertainment

Newbold: Brewing South Philly Love on 1500 Mifflin Street

November 6, 2013

While the largest celebration on Mifflin Street this October was the tenth anniversary of the South Philadelphia Tap Room, the festivities truly highlighted the tenth anniversary of Newbold as a thriving section of Point Breeze.

Arts and Entertainment

Powelton Village: New Sculpture Beautifies 40th Street

November 5, 2013

The People’s Emergency Center‘s mission is to nurture families, strengthen neighborhoods and advance change in West Philadelphia. “One of the suggestions, which came out of our recent neighborhood planning process, was the desire to turn up

Arts and Entertainment

Mantua: New Catholic School Education is Back at MHCC

November 5, 2013

https://vimeo.com/78027577] There are many reasons why community centers are great to have in the neighborhood. They are a safe place for children to go after school. They make more jobs in the area and also

Featured Stories

Mt. Airy: Neighborhood Watches Over One Another

November 5, 2013

The Mt. Airy-Nippon-Bryan-Cresheim Town Watch was originally started as a town watch 25 years ago but has become so much more since. Steve Stroiman, the coordinator for the neighborhood association, realized in order to stay

Education

Spruce Hill: Wilson School Closes, Students and Principal Move to Lea School

November 4, 2013

The Alexander Wilson grade school on Woodland Avenue closed earlier this year along with 23 other Philadelphia public schools. Students were absorbed into the Henry C. Lea School on 47th Street, along with Principal Sonya Harrison,

Chestnut Hill

Chestnut Hill: Businesses Come Together to Create a Magical Weekend

November 4, 2013

On the third weekend in October, businesses along Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill came together to transform a few blocks into J.K. Rowling’s magical world of Harry Potter. The Chestnut Hill Business Association put on

Environment

Roxborough: Manayunk Avenue, More Than Just A Street

November 4, 2013

https://vimeo.com/77369249] On the 3800 block of Manayunk Avenue, between Salignac and Ridge, lay dozens of rowhomes inhabited by people who share the same sense of culture, tradition and closeness that some of the first settlers

Featured Stories

Northeast: New Wawa Causes Neighborhood Concern

November 1, 2013

[vimeo 77052662] The residents of the L-shaped 2800 block of Disston Street consider themselves one big family. “It’s a nice neighborhood,” said longtime resident Cathy McCue. “We all kind of chip in with each other and help each

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