[vimeo 62712343] Residents on the 6300 block of Overbrook Avenue confidently express pride as one of the few neighborhoods where one can still go next door to borrow sugar or eggs and everyone knows each other’s [continue reading…]
[vimeo 62800136] A large crowd recently gathered for a rally at Love Park in support of immigration reform. Several organizations including Juntos were involved with the event. One of the key speakers was Miguel Andrade. He [continue reading…]
Located at 47 E. Haines St., the Janes Memorial United Methodist Church sits nearby Germantown High School and across the street from Robert Fulton Elementary School, both of which will be closed by September. Janes [continue reading…]
Residents throughout Graduate Hospital have expressed concern about the lack of fairness and accuracy in property value reassessments under AVI, regardless of how long they have resided in the neighborhood. “I was born and raised [continue reading…]
The OCF Coffee House in Fairmount and the Spring Garden Civic Association are looking to come to an agreement about prolonged zoning issues within the next month. Spring Garden Civic Association Vice President Justino Navarro [continue reading…]
As an individual stricken with HIV and someone who has lost loved ones to the disease Dawna Edwards-Watson has many reasons to lose hope, but she has transformed her pain into passion through her nonprofit [continue reading…]
The Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Office of Catholic Education announced Wednesday a partnership between Holy Family University and Archbishop Ryan High School. Ryan students who graduate with a GPA of at least 2.5 will be eligible for admission [continue reading…]
The Olney Symphony Orchestra performed its second concert of its 67th year as an organization this week. The two-hour performance at Berachah church in Cheltenham featured Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 3 in F Major and a solo [continue reading…]
University City is projected to see some of the most dramatic property tax increases in the city under Actual Value Initiative. For the University City District, it isn’t exactly clear what the overall effects of [continue reading…]
In the basement of Norris Square Civic Association Child Care Center at 2010 Mascher St., concerned citizens of Kensington sat along side a group of Philadelphia journalists for the Center for Public Interest Journalism’s community [continue reading…]
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