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Arts and Entertainment

Education: Schools Teeter on the Brink of Financial Crisis

December 15, 2015 Lora C Strum

Philadelphia has had a big year. It’s welcomed the pope, honored the Dalai Lama and was named a World Heritage site by UNESCO. But behind the scenes is a building crisis: its schools are failing.

Amateur Sports

South Philadelphia: Neumann-Goretti Basketball Coach Carl Arrigale Continues His Historic Run

December 14, 2015 pnadmin

Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School has been head coach Carl Arrigale’s only high school basketball home during the time he’s been involved with the sport. “Neumann is the only place I’ve ever

Arts and Entertainment

Arts & Entertainment: “This Is The Week That Is” Aims To Deliver Classic Political Satire to Philadelphia This Holiday Season

December 9, 2015 pnadmin

There are very few political discussions that imagine Star Wars characters as Syrian refugees or compare Donald Trump to Jabba The Hutt. However, at 1812 Productions’ administrative office located in the Whitman section of South

Business

Point Breeze: New Restaurants Signal Changes in Neighborhood

December 9, 2015 pnadmin

In 2015, Point Breeze has witnessed a seasonal pop-up beer garden and a bistro opening in the neighborhood where change is no longer just in housing development. As a neighborhood gentrifies, businesses follow suit. The Point Breeze

Bella Vista

Center City: Redrawing the Ways We Travel

December 8, 2015 pnadmin

In recent years, the Philadelphia city government has undertaken many infrastructure changes to make the city more amenable to bicycle traffic and commuters. Policy makers have implemented bicycle only traveling lanes on major thoroughfares, constructed

Bella Vista

Queen Village: Community Gardeners Prepare for Winter

December 8, 2015 Danielle S. Nelson

As the temperatures dropped, local gardeners came out in droves to clean up their community garden before hanging up their racks, hoses, pruners and shovels for the season. The Southwark Queen Village Community Garden hosted

Arts and Entertainment

Point Breeze: The Design Movement Brings Together Artists and Residents

December 7, 2015 Morgan Falconer

The Design Movement is a home decor store located at 1229 Point Breeze Ave., and features a variety of vintage pieces and local artists’ artwork. The store held its grand opening Oct. 23. Sarah Raiburn (above), the

Education

Education: Sick at School? No Nurse on Duty

December 3, 2015 Lora C Strum

It’s a busy Monday morning at Andrew Jackson Elementary School in South Philadelphia when two kindergarteners walk into the front office, one with wet pants. As the little boy begins to tearfully explain how he

Environment

Newbold: Residents Fear Lack Of Parking Due To Green Space Development

December 1, 2015 pnadmin

In 2011, The Philadelphia Water Department set off on a 25-year initiative known as “Green City, Clean Waters.” The plan was straightforward in theory – reduce stormwater pollution entering Philadelphia’s sewer system through the use of

Featured Stories

Point Breeze: The Organization Giving Second Chances to Local Youth

November 30, 2015 pnadmin

Tyrique Glasgow is thirty-two years old and has 11 bullets lodged in his body. One of his front teeth is missing from fleeing a gunfight that broke out near his childhood home. Adolescence could have killed

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