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Education

Veterans Affairs: Diane Sandefur’s Passion, Patience and Leadership Guide Veterans Upward Bound Program

October 27, 2014

For people who choose a career in the field of serving those who have served our country, high levels of dedication and sacrifice come with the territory. Who would want to give anything less to

Amateur Sports

Center City: Discover Flat Track Roller Derby Through the Philly Roller Girls

October 27, 2014

Combining fast-paced skating, hard blocks and nights filled with entertainment is what the Philly Roller Girls do best. Since its launch nine years ago, the Philly Roller Girls have been looking to give flat track

Featured Stories

Port Richmond: Bottle Shop Adds Variety to Grocery Store

October 27, 2014

The Richmond Bottle Shop is encouraging Thriftway customers to add one more item to their grocery list by offering more than 750 varieties of beer and cider. Located inside the grocery store, the new area is

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Germantown: Awbury Arboretum Fall Fest Brings Community Together

October 27, 2014

A hand painted wagon rolls slowly over a green slope, leaving fragmented maroon, gold and rust leaves in its wake. It will soon be filled with hay, smiling parents and children, and the non-profit’s volunteers.

Featured Stories

Veterans Affairs’: VMC Says Fairwell To E.D. Tim Meserve and Welcome’s Tim Williams

October 24, 2014

The Veterans Multi-Service Center is changing leadership. The new executive director of the VMC is Tim Williams (pictured above), taking over from Tim Meserve, who served as the executive director for two years. Meserve, a

Featured Stories

LGBTQIA: Nine Philadelphia Hospitals Named Leaders in LGBT Health Care

October 24, 2014

Philadelphia’s LGBTQIA community now has more places than ever to go to for their health care needs. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has named nine Philadelphia area hospitals and health centers Leaders in LGBT Healthcare Equality

Chinatown

Loft District: Creating Green Space on The Old Rail Line.

October 24, 2014

Sarah McEneaney is a painter in the Loft District who began the Reading Viaduct Project in 2003 along with John Struble, a woodworker who also lives in the neighborhood. The project merged with Friends of

Amateur Sports

Olney: Football Coach Robert Tate Stresses Academics and Athletics

October 24, 2014

The North Region Warriors battled their way through the rain during a recent football practice at Ziggler Field across from Grover Washington Middle School. The gloomy weather neither stopped Head Coach Robert Tate (above) from

Amateur Sports

Amateur Sports: Using Sports as a Social Glue

October 24, 2014

Philly Sport and Social Club is one of the largest adult co-ed sport social clubs in the area with more than 20,000 members. The club has been bringing men and women in the city together, through

Arts and Entertainment

Girard Estates: Lee Fass Makes A Difference For Older Adults

October 23, 2014

With a beaming smile on a Thursday morning, Lee Fass explained the importance of strong, clear lines in drawings. Her two art students listened dutifully while glancing between white computer paper and Fass’s extravagant gestures.

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