Education
Education: Schools Were Closed … but then Returned as Schools
Schools closed in 2013 have been reborn as schools. [continue reading…]
Kingsessing
Kingsessing
Kingsessing: Bartram’s Garden Serves Community For Centuries
In Southwest Philadelphia is something beautifully unexpected: the nation’s oldest surviving botanic garden. Bartram’s Garden is a 45-acre national landmark and public space, sprawling along the Schuylkill River in the Kingsessing neighborhood. The Garden is [continue reading…]
Featured Stories
Kingsessing: African Cultural Alliance Pushes For Small Businesses
As a young child in Liberia helping her mother and aunt in the kitchen, Nafisa Sillah stumbled upon her passion for cooking. “I would mess up the food but I would fix it, cook, cook, [continue reading…]
City Hall
City Politics: Larry Krasner Campaigns For District Attorney In North Philadelphia, Kingsessing
Nearing the end of his campaign for the November 7 election of new district attorney in Philadelphia, Larry Krasner doesn’t get a day off. The long-time defense attorney is recognized in Philadelphia and beyond as [continue reading…]
Amateur Sports
Kingsessing: Through Teamwork, Coach Teaches More Than Football To Youth
As a sixth grade student, Dontae Privette walked by the Kingsessing Recreation Center every day to get to school. “I’ve always just been connected to Kingsessing and this neighborhood,” said Privette, who grew up nearby [continue reading…]
Kingsessing
Kingsessing: Seniors Find Creative Outlet At Open Mic
Poems about New York and chapters from a romance novel echoed through the Kingsessing Library’s sunlit basement. On Sept. 28, the library hosted an open mic poetry night for older adults— the first of many, [continue reading…]
Economy
Kingsessing: Returning Home To Bring The Block Together
On a Saturday afternoon in mid-September, a block in Kingsessing thrived. Music blasted from speakers as neighbors danced, played cards and delved into home-cooked food. It’s not the first time that Gregory Benjamin— the block [continue reading…]
Featured Stories
Kingsessing: AFRICOM Serves As Center Of African Immigrant Community
Eric Edi arrived in the United States in 1999 from his native Ivory Coast during a turbulent time in many West African countries. Conflicts in countries such as Liberia, Sudan and Eritrea left many refugees [continue reading…]
Amateur Sports
Kingsessing: West Philly Waste Opens 2017 Season
It was a mild Wednesday night at Kingsessing Park in West Philadelphia when a group of friends and nearby residents gathered to play a game of softball, thus beginning their weekly summer tradition. Ten years [continue reading…]