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Amateur Sports

Hunting Park: Renovations Being Made to Hunting Park Football Field

March 27, 2012

The football field at Hunting Park has been degrading for some time now, so why is there a bulldozer digging more holes in its surface? That is because there are plans to have the field

Crime

Germantown: Victim Services Founder Helps Others After Son’s Murder

March 27, 2012

Every Murder Is Real founder Victoria Greene took time this week to recall the 15th anniversary of the murder of her son, Emir Greene. Greene and her eldest daughter, Chantay Love, typically take the day off,

Economy

Mantua: Vacant Storefronts May Mean Opportunity

March 27, 2012

The site at 3911 Lancaster Ave. was once home to a furniture store, then it was home to a Salvation Army, but then it became another vacant Philadelphia storefront. Hidden behind mature pear trees, people

Brewerytown

Philadelphia Neighborhoods Adds Three Community Editions in Fairhill, Germantown and West Philly

March 27, 2012charper

Philadelphia Neighborhoods has launched three new websites to focus on specific communities. Following are the new online editions, which will have news and information from these neighborhoods: These include: The Fairhill Times at www.fairhilltimes.com The

Arts and Entertainment

Chestnut Hill: Kids Get Ready for Cherry Blossom Festival

March 26, 2012

“Long ago and far away there was a little village at the foot of Mount Fuji,” began Allison Zito, the teacher of the Japanese Paper Figures class at Chestnut Hill’s Morris Arboretum. “And the people

Crime

Strawberry Mansion: A Community Rallies Against Violence

March 22, 2012

Shouts of “Stop the violence, increase the peace” echoed through the streets of Strawberry Mansion as community activists led an anti-violence march Wednesday, demanding their voices be heard. The “Take the City Back” march was

Arts and Entertainment

Brewerytown: Spring Festival Fosters Neighborhood Pride

March 21, 2012

For the past three summers, Brewerytown has hosted the annual Art and Soul Food festival, a celebration of local food, art, music and fashion. The event is an indoor-outdoor festival located on West Girard Avenue

Arts and Entertainment

Germantown: Philadelphia Artist Honored in La Salle’s Art Museum

March 21, 2012

The La Salle University Art Museum is honoring Philadelphia artist Jane Irish. Irish’s material comes from La Salle’s Connelly Library’s Imaginative Representation of the Vietnam War collection. The exhibit War is Not What You Think

Pete Pizarro
Economy

Hunting Park: Tire Repair Shop Battles City Obstacles

March 21, 2012

Hunting Park Tires is a lot like other small businesses in the area. Family owned and operated, it caters to an array of regulars while also servicing anyone with tire troubles on East Hunting Park

Education

Walnut Hill: Therapy Dogs Visit the Blackwell Regional Library

March 21, 2012

For one Saturday a month over the past two and one-half years, the Blackwell Regional Library has held the Reading to Dogs program, a chance for local children of all ages to read aloud to

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