The Circus School, like businesses, bands and other entities has turned to Facebook both to generate an audience and figure out who makes up their audience. While professionals specializing in social media are often hired [continue reading…]
There is a certain familiarity about Germantown that Ra’sh Home can feel in his heart. “It reminds me of where I grew up in West Philly.” Home, who holds a license as a USA boxing [continue reading…]
Residents recently gathered for the Germantown Garden Festival at Vernon Park. Community members stopped by to swap plants, attend gardening workshops and tour the park’s rain garden. Plants for the event were donated by members [continue reading…]
The world is about to change for Germantown High School students. If the school closes as scheduled, most students will transfer to Roxborough High School on Ridge Avenue and Fountain Street or Martin Luther King [continue reading…]
The school closings in Germantown have disrupted the lives of children in multiple ways, but the repercussions are not limited to students alone. The closures have simultaneously impacted the community including its residents and local businesses. [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/65267152] Over the past 20 years, the Interfaith Network of Northwest/Northeast Philadelphia has helped 327 families transition out of homelessness and into a life of stability. The main goal of the program is to help [continue reading…]
You may have heard of Christmas in July, but what about Walpurgisnacht, the traditional German holiday marking the midpoint to Halloween? On Saturday evening, only the bravest Philadelphians celebrated Walpurgis Night with a haunted tour [continue reading…]
Despite the fate of schools like Germantown High and Fulton Elementary that has already been decided, not every school is headed down the same path. It was decided back in March by the School Reform [continue reading…]
Center in the Park celebrated its 45th anniversary Thursday night with a mixture of jazz and line dancing to thank nearly 200 of its members. Brannon Johnson, the program director at Center in the Park, [continue reading…]
The Germantown Town Hall, located on 5928 Germantown Ave., will be reopening its doors for the first time since 1997. The building will be featured in the Hidden City Festival, which takes place from May [continue reading…]
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