What can an 80-year-old nun, a recovering drug addict, a recent college graduate and a handful of volunteers accomplish? The short answer is a lot. Gary Robbins is a recovering drug addict from Delaware. He [continue reading…]
With summer officially here, students are saying goodbye to homework and uncomfortable desks and looking forward to three months of freedom. But while they give learning a break for the summer, one school-related responsibility still [continue reading…]
“I used to be one of those knuckle-headed kids, always running around on the streets. It wasn’t a good environment for me,” says Keion Fleming, 15. Studies show that Fleming was hardly alone. According to [continue reading…]
Saturday morning, despite threatening rain clouds overhead, neighbors on Crease Street in Fishtown ventured outside armed with card tables and gently used clothes, books, kitchenware and miscellaneous odds and ends. “Will anyone drink coffee if [continue reading…]
In tough economic times, some people need to become creative to get value out of every dollar. One way of doing this, as employees of the Germantown-based non-profit Resources for Human Development (RHD) will attest, is to start making your own. [continue reading…]
On a quiet Sunday morning, with nothing special about it aside from being Mother’s Day, the Philadelphia police received a call from North Philadelphia. A heated argument had taken place between neighbors and the police [continue reading…]
It was a muggy, rainy afternoon, but inside Carlette’s Backyard the beers were ice cold and the company was warm and welcoming. Carlette Brooks, the owner of the bar, was greeted by a customer with [continue reading…]
One of the most eye-catching buildings in Germantown is, without a doubt, a bright purple, Barbie-doll-decorated, mural-covered building at the intersection of Armat Street and Germantown Avenue. Building number 5524 is the home of the [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/18012308] No one knows better about a neighborhood than the people who live there. And it comes as no surprise that those people form a strong bond not only with their families that live near by, [continue reading…]
Fannie Wilson can remember a time when Upland Street thrived. When the block was filled with row after row of houses, and the streets were regularly tended to. She can remember when a family occupied [continue reading…]
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