Champ Nutrition has been the mecca of bodybuilding supplements and equipment since opening its doors in 1997. Located at 3338 Grant Ave., the fitness shop provides customers with everything they need to stay healthy, and get [continue reading…]
This is a two-part look at revitalization efforts in Frankford in cooperation with our partner, neastphilly.com For the residents of Frankford, neighborhood revitalization efforts are nothing new. The once-thriving historic community has fallen on hard [continue reading…]
On Monday nights at The Irish Times, a small, intimate pub tucked away at 2nd and Bainbridge, Mike Dougherty can be found hosting his weekly open mic nights. Dougherty, a Mayfair resident, started the series [continue reading…]
Comic books and comic book characters are all of the rage these days. With a major comic book film coming out at least once a year since the turn of the century–Faust: Love of the [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/31698464] Needles, the thought of needles or being injected by needles makes some people cringe, but not Derek Jackson. He said he donates blood to the Northeast Philadelphia branch of the American Red Cross “whenever [continue reading…]
“A promise kept. That’s what this is.” Melinda Mulvenna, a co-chair for the Friends of Mayfair Memorial Playground, surveyed the playground that was furiously undergoing construction, with hundreds of volunteers milling around hauling mulch, [continue reading…]
Friends and family of Theresa Drobish, who went by Terri to those close to her, are still reeling from her untimely death about a month ago. Drobish was walking with her young son Alexander on the [continue reading…]
Kristine Johnson, a Parkwood resident, is no stranger to hard work. She currently works two jobs: one a sales job for Verizon in Exton and the other as a part-time dog groomer from a dog [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/30954860] With the fall election season underway seven City Council At-Large candidates came together recently at the WHYY studio for a political debate that, considering the stakes of the upcoming election, was a testament to [continue reading…]
In a basement of a small apartment in Tacony, four mentally disabled adults were found chained to a boiler and locked behind a steel door in what Philadelphia police described the location as a “dungeon” [continue reading…]
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