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The Support Network for Returning Citizens recently hosted a Candidate and Voter Education Forum at the Days Inn on Roosevelt Boulevard. Featured candidates voiced their positions on giving residents of Philadelphia that have been incarcerated

https://vimeo.com/63697359] Incidents involving guns have prompted citizens in the Allegheny, Nicetown and Tioga area to take a proactive stand against violence. Groups like Men United For A Better Philadelphia and programs like Cradle 2 Grave were

Some residents in Fishtown have been waiting on the Philadelphia Streets Department to properly fill a sink hole on the 1100 block of Crease Street before something gets damaged or someone gets hurt. This wait

In the near future East Palmer Street will see a new dog park right next to Shissler Recreation Center.  Dog owners in Fishtown consider this new facility “a welcome addition.” Volunteers gathered recently to plant

South Philadelphia’s Second Street has become legendary as the site for the Mummers, Philadelphia’s colorful New Years revelers. Second Street in South Philly houses the Mummers Museum honoring that annual celebration plus costume houses holding

The construction site at the corner of Willington and Berks Streets, one of many such sites in North Central Philadelphia near Temple University, is leaving nearby residents less than pleased. William Harris, a Willington Street

The students at Overbrook Elementary School took a non-traditional approach to improving their community for Earth Day. The students have been working on a community project, funded by a grant from The Picasso Project. The Picasso

Mercy Family Center, located at 1939 W. Venango St., provides care and assistance to anyone in the Nicetown-Tioga area who may need it. The center got its start when a local parish house realized there