https://vimeo.com/39740228] Maplewood Music Studio, located on 47 West Maplewood Mall, is set up much like an apartment. If you open the first door to your left, you walk down and narrow hallway, which eventually opens [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/39723048] The Baha’i Faith is one of the youngest and fastest-growing world religions. It has grown so quickly, in fact, that in recent years it has reached Philadelphia’s Mount Airy community. Mike and Aida Champion are two [continue reading…]
Every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. a math tutoring course is held at the Joseph E. Coleman Northwest Library, located at 68 West Chelten Ave. in Germantown. Reverend Chester H. Williams was the [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/39749626] West Oak Lane Charter School, located at 7115 Stenton Ave. in West Oak Lane, held its first annual Alumni Day this week. Alumni from 2007 to 2011 filtered through the cafeteria doors, eager to [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/39732274] An increase in fatal accidents in East Falls has brought light to the issue of reckless driving in the area and has brought community members to action. Earlier this year, there were three deaths [continue reading…]
[vimeo 39594355] EducationWorks is a nonprofit organization that serves urban youth in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. One of the Philadelphia branches is located at 3149 Germantown Ave. and provides the youth of the city with in-school [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/39692469] As a non-profit organization, Mount Airy Learning Tree’s (MALT) educational services are not intended to bring any large profit. MALT Executive Director Jonna Naylor explained the fees attached to each of the organization’s approximately [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/39800393] The Garden of Eden, located at 4237 Ridge Ave., is an all-natural shop providing its customers with natural skin, hair and wellness products. Todzsa Brown, the owner, said she offers a wide variety of products [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/39591342] While homicides across the city have increased this year, Philadelphia’s 14th Police District, which serves North Germantown and West Oak Lane, has seen half as many homicides compared to this time last year. Capt. [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/39739043] As Philadelphia schools face a budget deficit of $26 million this year, The Dow Chemical Co. is giving some schools the opportunity to expand their math and science programs this spring. Scientists and research [continue reading…]
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