Neighborhoods

Jeanine Roach (right) doesn’t want to take 45 minutes to complete a 10 minute commute. However, in the area of the Fox Chase bus loop, located at the intersection of Oxford Avenue and Loney Street, [continue reading…]

With more than 6,600 sworn officers and 800 civilian personnel, the Philadelphia Police Department is the nation’s fourth largest police department. Thousands of men and women are putting their lives out on the line every [continue reading…]

It becomes all too easy to see a police officer or a firefighter and only associate them with their job but in reality, they are much more than that. They have family members and loved [continue reading…]

Frank Glavin Memorial Playground sits on a cramped block off East Westmoreland Street, nestled between Almond and Mercer streets. Dozens of Port Richmond children run about a park that looks its age – more than [continue reading…]

Ann Tetreault grew up never being denied a book she wanted to read because of the affordability of used bookstores, and would eventually go on to make this her life’s work. Tetreault and her husband opened [continue reading…]

Latesha Vosacek (pictured above) is the director of after-school programs for the Southwark House location of United Communities Southeast Philadelphia, located on 101 Ellsworth St. The organization serves people of all ages residing in the [continue reading…]

Bob Curley, the president of the Society Hill Civic Association, shows that you don’t need to have long standing roots in a community in order to protect its interests. He’s been a resident of Society [continue reading…]

Alex Shraybman was more than 40-years old and in an established career when he decided to uproot his family from their home in Lviv, Ukraine, and make the trip to the United States in search [continue reading…]