COVID-19
COVID-19: LIHEAP Recovery Crisis Program Provides Assistance to Customers Struggling With Utility Bills
LIHEAP is now open and accepting applications until Aug. 31, 2020 or until funds are exhausted
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Kensington
COVID-19
Kensington: How the Kensington Community Food Co-op has Adjusted to COVID-19
Kensington Food Co-op manger Mike Richards said the store must adhere to new coronavirus safety guidelines while keeping co-op members and employees safe. […]
Crime
Germantown: Local Veteran Marches to Washington For Cause
Jamal Johnson started his 125 mile hike, Stop Killing Us, to increase awareness of gun violence and police brutality. He and others gathered at the House of Umoja in West Philadelphia on Aug. 7 to […]
Kensington
Kensington: Neighborhood Volunteers Come Together for Monthly Cleanup
With shovels and brooms in hand and dragging trash cans behind them, staff and community volunteers from Prevention Point of Philadelphia cleaned up trash as part of Kensington’s Community Cleanup Day on Saturday, Aug. 3, […]
Government
Kensington: Community Members Stacked Against Safe Injection Sites
There was one topic on everyone’s mind at a 24th Police District Police Service Area Three, which serves Port Richmond and Kensington, meeting on April 10. The proposal of the city’s first safe injection site. […]
Amateur Sports
Kensington: Shaping the Person, Then the Player
One could say Mark Lavelle was born to coach. At age 15, before some kids even begin playing team sports, Lavelle was already coaching neighborhood kids in Kensington as a way to keep them away […]
Housing
Kensington: One Neighborhood, Two Worlds
The dynamic neighborhood of Kensington is evolving in several ways. On one hand, the community is facing one of the worst drug crisis in the country. Meanwhile, housing developers are beginning to change the neighborhood, […]
Kensington
Kensington: As Two Friends Grow Up, One Does So In Front Of The Camera And One Behind It
Chris Riebow is an 18-year-old recent high school graduate, born and raised in Kensington. He has been a freelance photographer since the age of 14. Now, four years later, he has turned his hobby into […]
Amateur Sports
Kensington: Local Boxer Shares Gift With Community
With years of boxing experience under his belt, 18-year-old Branden Pizarro is making a name for himself as the youngest professional boxer in Pennsylvania. He’s been featured on Showtime’s ShoBox: The New Generation and now has […]
Kensington
Kensington: Galaei Philly Empowers The Lives Of Latino LGBT Youth
Right across the street from Norris Square Park, at 149 West Susquehenna Ave., sits a small but powerful organization dedicated to helping residents in Philadelphia’s LGBT community. Galaei Philly provides health services such as HIV […]