https://vimeo.com/22530489] As Philadelphia’s City Council braces for the biggest turnover in 20 years, residents of the 6th District will not have to worry about an unknown face elected into office. The three candidates running for [continue reading…]
The Northeast Tree Tender’s spring planting Saturday was a success despite the ominous forecast. Volunteers met at the Al Furqan Mosque on Cottman Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard at 9 a.m., where they ate breakfast, split [continue reading…]
Sheryle Nash said she never knew her family lived near a basement stained with dog blood. “The neighborhood is already messed up,” Nash said. “I didn’t know people ever [held dogfights] around here.” Police and [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22500756] As the primary election for City Council creeps closer and closer three new voices to lead Philadelphia’s 6th District seat in the Northeast are accelerating their campaigns to win votes. For the first time in [continue reading…]
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 [continue reading…]
Two years after losing the community firehouse, groundbreaking for a new LEED Silver Certified Tacony firehouse is only a month away. The new Engine 38 firehouse, which has a proposed cost of $5.5 million, will [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22349952] About $10.6 million was funneled directly to the Mayfair Community Development Corp. since 2000, granted from the State Department of Community and Economic Development, according to its website. Much of it went into street [continue reading…]
It looks like the Mayfair Memorial Playground is finally being rebuilt. The playground in front of Lincoln High School on Ryan Avenue was torn down three years ago after a little girl fell and was [continue reading…]
Lou DeCree, president of the Daniel Boyle Athletic Program, was awarded the token of appreciation award by Keep Philadelphia Beautiful Friday. Phoebe Coles, the not-for-profit’s executive director, said she appreciates his effort to make Somerton’s [continue reading…]
Hugh Campbell, a 45-year-resident of Burholme, thanked Matt Taubenberger for sweeping up trash Saturday. Campbell said he can’t shop at the stores on Castor Avenue because there is too much trash. “It’s good to see [continue reading…]
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