COVID-19
Kensington: Experts Talk Buying a Home During a Pandemic
New Kensington Community Development Corporation held a homebuyer workshop on Nov. 21 to advise interested buyers of best practices for buying property during a pandemic. […]
Kensington
Business
COVID-19: Thrift Stores Face Economic Pressures of Pandemic
Businesses worldwide have been forced to make widespread changes due to the pandemic. How have thrift stores, which are staples of local communities, dealt with the challenges? […]
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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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 […]