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Olney: Laundry Café Offers Customers a Different Spin on Clothing Chore

March 23, 2015

Tyrone Akins and Brian Holland knew that they didn’t want to be in the pharmaceutical business forever. At the same time, they knew that if they opened a business that it had to be unique

Amateur Sports

Bustleton: Bengals Club Raises Enough to Break Ground on New Gymnasium

March 23, 2015

“The dream will come true.” Those were the words of Bustleton Bengals Club gym director Vince Tarducci when describing the long process it had taken him and members of the Gym Committee to finally amass

Education

Olde Kensington: Director Keeps LSH a Well-Oiled Machine

March 20, 2015

Inside the Lutheran Settlement House, at 1340 Frankford Ave., is an atmosphere of constant activity where people are always smiling. From bingo to GED preparation, the century-old building houses enough social services to satisfy the

Featured Stories

Feltonville: Roastmaster Joe Cesa Heads Fair Trade Bean-Team

March 20, 2015

It takes a special person to coax a smile out of a caffeine addict who has yet to have their morning cup of Joe. Or maybe it just takes a guy named Joe. Enter Joe

Environment

Mantua: Community Plans Outreach to Help Residents Use Philly Bike Share

March 20, 2015

Philadelphia is finally hopping aboard the bike share train. Residents and tourists can look forward to more than 60 bike share stations that will begin to blossom all across the city this spring. Sponsored by

Education

Port Richmond: Local Day Care Anticipates Two-Year Anniversary and Summer Camp

March 19, 2015

Port Richmond resident Erica Quinn said she remembers the day her longtime friend Nicole Fisher called her to discuss going back to work. It was 2012, and both women recently had children. Although they both lived

Arts and Entertainment

Center City: Prince Music Theater Sees Second Act

March 19, 2015

Filing for bankruptcy in 2010, the Prince Music Theater at 1412 Chestnut St. did not vanish instantly but braced itself for a long goodbye. The Philadelphia Film Society recently finalized its purchase of the theater and

Amateur Sports

Chestnut Hill: Chestnut Hill College to Introduce Women’s Bowling Next Year

March 19, 2015

When a person thinks about collegiate sports, the ones that come to mind include football, basketball and maybe even tennis or lacrosse. Beginning with the 2015-2016 academic year, Chestnut Hill College will add women’s bowling

Center City

Center City: Local Race Cars at Philadelphia Auto Show

March 18, 2015 Danielle S. Nelson

Engineering students from Temple University and Villanova University recently displayed their 2014 lineup at the Philadelphia Auto Show. They spent approximately six months building these race cars. Now that the show has come to an

Arts and Entertainment

Mantua: Artist Ian Sampson Draws on the Community for Inspiration

March 18, 2015

Ian Sampson is an artist based in West Philadelphia but is originally from Birmingham, Alabama. Sampson currently works as a resident artist at the Neighborhood Time Exchange. It began in January and was originally conceived by

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