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Amateur Sports

Keeping a Tradition Alive, The PCL Thrives as the Big 5 Fades at the Palestra

May 23, 2023 Javon Edmonds 0

Although Big 5 basketball is leaving The Palestra for Wells Fargo Center, PCL hoops aren’t going anywhere. [continue reading…]

Inquiry Charter School
Education

Education: Schools Were Closed … but then Returned as Schools

May 11, 2023 Ella Lathan 0

Schools closed in 2013 have been reborn as schools. [continue reading…]

Mantua

Mantua: Neighborhood Community Center Faces Potential Demolition

April 26, 2023 Chloe Rose Bonario 0

Since its founding in 1990, the Mantua Haverford Community Center has been a beacon for youths of all ages—offering an array of daycare services, after-school initiatives, and summer programs—in the neighborhood.

[continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

Mantua: Murals Serve As Reminders of Community Triumphs

March 20, 2023 Dylan James Bowman 0

Mural Arts Philadelphia and Mantua have worked together for over three decades, producing murals that are integral to the community and represent the neighborhood’s long history of activism in Philadelphia. [continue reading…]

Mayfair

Energy: Can Green Solutions Reduce Energy Burdens?

February 10, 2023 Elizabeth DeOrnellas 1

205 low-to-moderate income residents have participated in PEA’s programs targeted toward expanding solar installations on city homes [continue reading…]

Crime

Crime: Without Targeted Support, Youth are Left Behind

November 28, 2022 Natalie Elizabeth Kerr 0

Without Targeted Support, Youth are Left Behind [continue reading…]

Arts and Entertainment

West Philadelphia: One Photographer Turning Philadelphia’s Built Environment into Digital Delicacies

June 23, 2022 Jordan C Kligman 0

Chris Hytha, a recent graduate of Drexel University, has started selling his photography as NFT’s. Hytha’s original collection, Rowhomes, has surpassed over 300 ETH (Ethereum) of volume sold on OpenSea. [continue reading…]

Music

West Philadelphia: Music Lovers Gather For 2022 Porchfest

June 20, 2022 Chingozirim Collins Onosike 0

There will be a West Philly porchfest held on June 4, 2022 where West Philly homeowners host their porch for a free music festival across the neighborhood. [continue reading…]

Business

Carroll Park: Mother and Daughter Duo Share Horticultural Passion at Plant & People

May 30, 2022 Kennedy June Feindt 1

Plant and People is a small plant nursery located at 1431 N 52nd St. Run by mother-daughter duo Cherron Perry Thomas and Alma Thomas, Plant and People is a Black-owned, family-owned, woman-owned business with a goal to make plants accessible in Philadelphia. [continue reading…]

Health

Wynnefield: Encouraged by Online Fans, Two Friends Created Hood Healers Yoga

May 27, 2022 Taylor Marie Carmichael 0

After lots of brainstorming and a year spent hosting yoga sessions outside and sharing images on Instagram, friends Alisha Edwards and Azia Henry decided to bring their yoga studio, Hood Healers, to life.  [continue reading…]

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