As the age of smartphone and tablet users continues to get younger, app developers are scrambling to produce age-appropriate content. Although there are many players in the youth educational app world, none seem to integrate [continue reading…]
On the exterior, Wilson Park Apartments may not look any different than the dozens of other project housing units owned by the Philadelphia Housing Authority but as the saying goes, looks can be deceiving. During [continue reading…]
Big 5 Hall of Famer and current Saint Joseph’s Prep boy’s basketball coach William “Speedy” Morris will receive the Eastern College Athletic Conference Lifetime Achievement Award on December 7th at Madison Square Garden “Anytime you [continue reading…]
In August of 2010, the Leonard family was dealt a blow that nobody had seen coming. Jeffrey, who graduated from Lower Moreland High School in 2002, had been diagnosed with a brain tumor and needed [continue reading…]
The West Catholic High School football has done it again. The Burrs have won an eighth, consecutive Catholic League title and now words like dynasty and tradition come to mind in West Philadelphia. Head Coach [continue reading…]
Spruce Hill Community Association held its annual meeting earlier this month at the newly opened University City Chinese Christian Church (UCCCC), located at Walnut and 45th streets. Neighborhood residents had the chance to visit the new church [continue reading…]
More than five months after the Center City building collapse that killed six people, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited two demolition contractors for their role in the collapse. According [continue reading…]
The Frankford Civic Association met recently to discuss two shopping centers that have been proposed to be constructed in the area. Mark Hankin (above), president of the Hankin Management Company, spoke about a proposed shopping [continue reading…]
Movie-goers enjoyed a month of excitement, laughs and thrills this month at a makeshift drive-in movie theater. Eakins Oval was turned into a drive-in movie theater by members of The Awesome Fest, a local roaming [continue reading…]
While hundreds of local, class of 2014 high school athletes made their college decisions known this month during the early-signing period, most of the local focus was on the basketball talent in the city. Seniors [continue reading…]
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