Mantua
Mantua: Community Celebrates Life of Miles Mack With Playground Renovation
City leaders and community residents come together to break ground on $2.2
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Neighborhoods
Business
COVID-19: Wedding Planning in the Midst of a Pandemic
COVID-19 restrictions and guidelines are making for a difficult time in the wedding industry. [continue reading…]
COVID-19
Sports: Phandemic Crew Offers Solace and Unity for Phillies Fans
The Phandemic Krew spent the entire baseball season outside of Citizens Bank Park, helping baseball fans cope with COVID-19 and sporting events without spectators. [continue reading…]
COVID-19
Roxborough: How The Schuylkill Nature Center has Adapted to Social Distancing
As COVID-19 continues to affect operations, The Schuylkill Nature Center in Roxborough has found ways to offer camps and programming in a safe way. [continue reading…]
COVID-19
COVID-19: LIHEAP Recovery Crisis Program Provides Assistance to Customers Struggling With Utility Bills
LIHEAP is now open and accepting applications until Aug. 31, 2020 or until funds are exhausted
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Center City
COVID-19: Director of 1918 Influenza Exhibit Talks Coronavirus
A conversation with Robert D. Hicks, who led the development of the Mütter Museum’s Spit Spreads Death exhibit, about how the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic compares to COVID-19, and what we can learn from the past. [continue reading…]
Education
Spring Garden: Students March to Protest Racism in Philadelphia Schools
Youth for Black Lives, an independent Philadelphia activist group, marched from the Philadelphia Museum of Art to City Hall on Sunday, Aug. 2 to protest racism in Philadelphia schools. [continue reading…]
City Hall
City Hall: Officials Say City’s Post-COVID Economy Must Be More Equitable
In a hearing on Philadelphia’s path towards economic recovery, testimony from officials stressed plans to make the new economy more fair. [continue reading…]
Center City
Spring Garden: Community Protests in Advance of Belarus Election
In anticipation of the presidential election on Aug. 9 in Belarus, protestors assembled at the Art Museum to protest the Belarusian government. [continue reading…]
COVID-19
Mt. Airy: Lovett Librarian Shares Stories and Books with Community Despite Coronavirus
Quarantine hasn’t stopped some Philadelphia kids from spending time with their favorite librarian. Dana Giusti, the children’s librarian at Mt. Airy’s Lovett Library has hosted virtual story times over Facebook Live for children since the [continue reading…]