Northwest Philadelphia

Jim Strate started selling fruit at Jim’s Fruit Stand in Germantown when he was 19 years old. Now, he’s 55. Strate bought the fruit stand along Germantown Avenue in 1975 and he’s been running the [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/20189618] In a small corner of the University of Pennsylvania’s Moore School of Electrical Engineering, marked by a small paper sign, sits Philadelphia’s portion of the remains of the Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (ENIAC) [continue reading…]

Wednesday is the deadline to declare your interest in running for the Weavers Way Board of Directors. Candidates are asked to submit a nomination form by Feb. 23 to run for one of four open [continue reading…]

Many families spent time at Pretzel Park over the weekend to enjoy the unusually pleasant weather—with highs in the 60s—stepping away from their heated homes while enjoying games of tag and other fun in the [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/17931160] Sixty-two-year-old Fran McDonald sits anxiously at her computer with her white binder full of handouts scattered with her own notes as she waits for class to start. “Me and Excel are having a ball,” [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/20182845] As they struggle with long-term demographic changes and the impact of a new round of clergy abuse scandals, the Catholic parishes of Manayunk warmly welcomed Cardinal Justin Rigali on Sunday. Cardinal Rigali celebrated the [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/20005894] Philadelphia is home to a lot of firsts, including the first known American flag in 1777 and the first meeting of the U. S. Congress in 1789. Nearly a century earlier, however, there was [continue reading…]

https://vimeo.com/20016934] “We celebrate Valentine’s Day by acknowledging and thanking our Veterans, whether they’re here or not,” said Dr. Althea Hankins while scouring the crowd for a Tuskegee airmen who happened to be missing in action. [continue reading…]