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Point Breeze: Immigrant-Owned Businesses Thrive

May 19, 2014

The numerous immigrants that call Point Breeze home brought with them more than their own languages and customs when they settled here: they brought their food. Flavors from Southeast Asia and south of the border

Featured Stories

Grays Ferry: Lawn Maintenance Causes Community Dispute

May 19, 2014

Everyone loves a freshly-manicured lawn. Cutting it, however, can be problematic if you live in Greater Grays Ferry Estates. Neighbors are pitted against one another in a dispute over who should cut the grass in

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Point Breeze

Point Breeze: The Greening of a Neighborhood

May 16, 2014

Point Breeze homes don’t typically come with yards. An unbroken line of rowhouse after rowhouse is the dominant motif for several blocks on end, going up and down the compact neighborhood wedged just south of

Center City

Health Beat: MANNA Meals Seek to Nourish Clients Back to Health

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Located in Center City, the nonprofit organization MANNA (Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance) prepares, cooks and serves roughly 4,000 nutritious meals daily to people who suffer from severe and life-threatening illnesses in Philadelphia and parts

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Center City

Health Beat: MANNA Delivers Healthy Foods to Fight Diseases

May 16, 2014tub10245

[vimeo 92571567] The Metropolitan Area Neighborhood Nutrition Alliance, also known as MANNA, is a nonprofit organization located in Center City responsible for preparing, cooking and delivering wholesome, heart-healthy meals to people suffering from severe and life-threatening illnesses

Arts and Entertainment

Latino Philadelphia: 5 People Making a Difference

May 16, 2014Neil D. Ortiz

Father Bruce Lewandowski (above), Vicar for Cultural Ministries, Archdiocese of Philadelphia. For the past three years Father Bruce Lewandowski has overseen the Office for Hispanic Catholics as the Vicar for Cultural Ministries at the Archdiocese

High School Press

Overbrook: Five Places To See In Will Smith’s Old Neighborhood.

May 16, 2014

With so much history behind this West Philadelphia neighborhood, it’s no wonder there are so many hidden treasures. Overbrook possesses interesting locations that are unknown to many people living in the Greater Philadelphia region. Overbrook

When the statue was installed in its current location, thousands of people came to the ceremony, despite having three days' notice.
Spring Garden

Spring Garden: Rocky Statue Draws Visitors from Near and Far

May 15, 2014

The Rocky statue is widely considered an interesting tourist attraction in Philadelphia. Not by Ryan Schweiger. On May 4, the Gilbertsville, Pa., native brought three German people – his wife Thalia and her friends, Svenia

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Cobbs Creek

Cobbs Creek: CHOP Network Aims to Keep Young Residents Healthy

May 15, 2014

https://vimeo.com/93319221] Among the many organizations that provide physical and mental health care to the area, the CHOP Care Network for Pediatric and Adolescent Care at Cobbs Creek offers specialized services geared to the full-spectrum development

Amateur Sports

South Philadelphia: Statue Planned for True Boxing Hero

May 15, 2014

It’s going to be a statue of Philadelphia’s real boxing hero. At least, that’s what proponents say about the prospect of building a larger-than-life sculpture of one of the city’s larger-than-life athletes. Joe Frazier, the

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