Mayfair: This Week In The News — Roosevelt Boulevard Closures Coming, Hit And Run Fatality, Car Thieves Caught
In case you missed it, we found a few places where people are talking about things happening in Mayfair: Roosevelt Boulevard construction schedule announced: The Roosevelt Boulevard outer lanes in both directions to be repaved from Cottman Avenue to 9th Street between Monday to Friday next week. (via PennDOT) Reddit user creates a Philly map: A […]
Mayfair: Free Movies And Concerts, Benefit Programs Enrollment Assistance (Again!), And More This Week
Looking to find out what’s going on in Mayfair this week? Our calendar round-up lets you know what’s happening in your neighborhood. Skating Through the Decades — Monday, July 24, 5-9:30 p.m. (Rolling Thunder Skating Rink, 7017 Roosevelt Blvd.) BenePhilly Mobile Office– July 25-27, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Find out about and enroll in […]
Mayfair: This Week In The News — Folks Found Way To Beat The Heat And Other Happenings
In case you missed it, we found a few places where people are talking about things happening in Mayfair: Young girl hit by a car on Levick Street – The 4-year-old was taken to the hospital with “non-life threatening injuries.” (via 6ABC) Bar fight turns into a gunfight – Gunfire erupts at Lyrics Lounge. (via 6ABC) The […]
Mayfair: Benefit Programs Enrollment Assistance, Night Markets And More This Week
Looking to find out what’s going on in Mayfair this week? Our calendar round-up lets you know what’s happening in your neighborhood. BenePhilly Mobile Office– July 18-20, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.: Find out about and enroll in various benefit programs like health insurance, disability, prescription drugs, and utility bill and tax bill assistance. Their […]
Mayfair: Game Of Thrones Trivia Night, Call For Mayfair Memorial Playground Volunteers And More
Looking to find out what’s going on in Mayfair this week? Our calendar round-up lets you know what’s happening in your neighborhood. Mayfair Memorial Playground, July 10-14; needs volunteers for installation of new equipment – Rowland Avenue and Vista Street Pennypack Music Festival, Wednesday, July 12; Ed Kelly Amphitheater – Welsh Road and Cresco Avenue, Philadelphia, PA […]
Mayfair: This Week In The News — Earth, Fire And Rain
In case you missed it, we found a few places where people were talking about things happening in Mayfair: Drug house catches fire, according to police. Materials for making designer drugs known as K2, or spice, were found. (via Fox29.com) The Mayfair Night Market got rained out Thursday. In perhaps one of the finest consolation […]
Northeast: Brain Waste Drags Down Immigrants And Economy
All along Bustleton Avenue are businesses built by foreign-born people who came to the U.S. in pursuit of a better life. Yet many highly educated and skilled immigrants are underemployed in Northeast Philadelphia and the U.S. “Over 40 percent of immigrants in Philadelphia hold at least a bachelor’s degree,” said Nikki Pumphrey, director of strategic […]
Northeast Philadelphia: A Home For Immigrants To Live
Since the ’80s, neighborhoods such as Bustleton, Somerton and Fox Chase have become a haven for Eastern European immigrants. Signs written in Russian can be seen throughout Bustleton Avenue, which hosts many immigrant businesses. One immigrant business featured along a strip mall at 9859 Bustleton Ave. is Palace Royal, a kosher restaurant owned by Ukrainian […]
Bustleton: Immigrant Businesses Booming Along Bustleton Avenue
Northeast Philadelphia has become a home for small immigrant businesses. Shopping centers along Bustleton Avenue feature many thriving businesses owned by immigrants from all over the world. With his restaurant not even two months old, Georgian Bread owner Imeda Londaridze looks forward to giving customers a taste from his old country. Despite his excitement to […]
Fox Chase: Survivor Of Danube Swabian Ethnic Cleansing Shares Her Story
Since the Danube Swabian Association moved to Fox Chase in 1972 it has been dedicated to passing on its Germanic culture and history, as well as honoring the memory of those lost to the ethnic cleansing in Yugoslavia in the 1940s. One Danube Swabian member, 89-year-old Katharina Marx, is a survivor of ethnic cleansing. Marx […]