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Northeast: 172nd District Residents Speak Out

April 11, 2011

https://vimeo.com/22204647] After John Perzel, the speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, was charged with misusing public funds, he lost the seat he had held for more than 30 years in the 172nd district to Democrat

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Northeast: Religious Group Takes Action Against Gun Violence

December 14, 2010

It is early morning. Mennonite Pastor J. Fred Kauffman is handcuffed, standing in a dingy holding cell between Spring Garden Avenue and Ninth Street, divulging his personal information to a judge through closed-circuit TV. “What are

Fox Chase

Fox Chase: Transit-Oriented Development

November 12, 2010

One of the most notable characteristics of the Fox Chase section of Northeast Philadelphia is its train station, and the businesses that surround it. Because of the amount of people who use the train station,

Economy

Fox Chase: Krispy Kreme Returns to Philadelphia

November 11, 2010

https://vimeo.com/18641367] On the main street of a little neighborhood sitting on the edge of Philadelphia’s border bleeding into suburbia, a once-popular pastry factory is resurrecting its namesake and the hot glazed doughnut. Standing underneath the

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