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Featured Stories

Walnut Hill: Local Firefighter Also Rescues Animals

April 10, 2012

Responding to an emergency often takes courage and conviction. For Red Paw Emergency Relief Team founder Jen Leary, it’s a natural reaction to help people and animals who are in need. Leary, a full-time Philadelphia

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Walnut Hill: A Love of Reading Has its Perks for Librarian

April 2, 2012

It’s a simple requirement, yet a necessary one. Wilhelmina Alimi said one must enjoy reading in order to become a successful librarian. The children’s librarian at Walnut Hill’s Lucien E. Blackwell branch, Alimi doesn’t just

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

Walnut Hill

Walnut Hill: Local Minority-Owned Business Gets a Helping Hand

March 20, 2012

The Enterprise Center in West Philadelphia concentrates on improving and developing minority-owned businesses. Through the hard work of its business development program, minority owners are given the opportunity to start and operate their own businesses.

Walnut Hill

Walnut Hill: Chess Club Shows Youth the Right Moves

February 28, 2012

https://vimeo.com/37444568] Before the chess club could begin its weekly session, Nani Manion had a few brief instructions for the dozen kids gathered in the overstuffed room.Cell phones were to be kept outside; jackets belonged on

Arts and Entertainment

Walnut Hill: Creativity Prospers At Park Pleasant Nursing Home

April 20, 2011

While the residents of Park Pleasant Nursing Home may not consider themselves artists, the unique and spirited atmosphere of Park Pleasant suggests otherwise. Located at 4712 Chester Ave., the nursing home rehabilitation center is decorated

Crime

Walnut Hill: Community Protects Playground and the Kids

April 7, 2011

A playground is a sacred place for a community. It is there that parents and caregivers trust that their children will be safe from harm as they enjoy all of the fun amenities it has

Walnut Hill

Walnut Hill: Community Playground Gets Creative

April 7, 2011

While the Walnut Hill Community Playground has had its rough patches, with two shootings last spring and numerous arrests, it has been taking a turn for the better with the help of the Friends of

Featured Stories

Walnut Hill: Windermere Fire Leaves Residents Displaced, Disappointed

March 3, 2011

A fire engulfed and eventually destroyed the Windermere Court Apartments in West Philadelphia. As if this wasn’t devastating enough, the aftermath proved to be even worse since the fire on Jan. 10. With the building

Housing

Walnut Hill: Windermere Residents Continue the Fight to Reclaim Property

February 24, 2011

It has been little over a month since a five-alarm fire on Jan. 10 ripped through the Windermere Court Apartments on 48th and Market, destroying the upper floors of the former residential complex and leaving

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