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Economy

Hunting Park: Neighborhood Food Stamp Use Three Times the National Average; New Guidelines May Force Cuts

April 26, 2012

https://vimeo.com/40990630] Not long after graduating from high school, Khalil Smith moved out of his mother’s house in Olney to live with his grandmother in Hunting Park. At the time, he had never thought that he

East Falls

East Falls: Public School Progresses Despite Challenges

April 25, 2012

https://vimeo.com/40841509] The Thomas Mifflin School, located at 3624 Conrad St., continues to grow and improve its reputation in the community despite budget cuts. The implementation of an open-door policy has helped improve the school’s reputation,

Government

Hunting Park: Planning and Development May Help the Future

April 24, 2012

https://vimeo.com/40912126] The development of Philadelphia seems to be well underway under the careful guidance of the Philadelphia City Planning Commission. Despite the many changes that have occurred in Hunting Park, the commission has a lot

Featured Stories

Hunting Park: Leader Says Wards Should Be Redrawn

February 28, 2012

The Philadelphia City Council recently passed a redistricting map late last year, leaving at least a dozen of the city’s 66 wards divided by two or more council districts, including wards within Hunting Park that’s

Government

Hunting Park: Clearing Out the Waste

February 28, 2012

Keeping an 87-acre park clean can be a laborious task. In Hunting Park, that job is left to Gerald Willis, an employee of Philadelphia’s Department of Parks and Recreation. Picking up the park’s trash for

Economy

Germantown: Organization Offers Future for Addicts, Homeless

February 22, 2012

https://vimeo.com/37224742] In The State of Homelessness in America 2012, The National Alliance to End Homelessness reported that in Philadelphia, Pa. and surrounding metropolitan areas, there are more than 11,000 homeless living on the streets and

Crime

Hunting Park: Prominent ‘Ban the Box’ Advocate Remains Unemployed

January 25, 2012

Although a new Philadelphia law went into effect earlier this month that makes the hiring process less discriminatory for former convicts, its most prominent supporter is still seeking a full-time job and said the bill

Arts and Entertainment

Fairhill: The New Palladium Provides a Home for Friends, Family and Community

December 7, 2011

 https://vimeo.com/32758902] From the outside, the New Palladium nightclub looks much like a storefront that has yet to open for the business day. At 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 26th, the shutters covered the doors and windows,

Abandoned Property

Center City: Housing Authority Makes Money on Auction; Critics Complain Neighborhood Buyers Left Out

November 17, 2011

https://vimeo.com/32283059] The Philadelphia Housing Authority brought in $7 million this week at its first auction of blighted properties, but critics disliked what they described as a process that favored real estate developers over neighborhood buyers.

Economy

Technically Philly: Video Game Studio Comes to Philadelphia

November 11, 2011

Mike Worth and Lou Tranchitella realized the need for a big-budget video game studio in Philadelphia and co-founded Play Eternal, the first AAA studio in the city. The duo, along with almost 20 other members

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