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Education

Hunting Park: Success Academy Schools Partner with ASPIRA PA

February 21, 2012

ASPIRA PA, the Hunting Park-based charter school nonprofit, is hoping its discipline-focused school expands out of the state and down the east coast to other cities. Started at Stetson B. Middle School two years ago,

Economy

Hunting Park: Generating Funds Amid a Recovering Economy

February 21, 2012

The majority of Hunting Park’s residents are middle-to-low-income families with the median salary sitting around $22,000. Amid a slowly recovering economy and already low earnings, families do what they can to accumulate extra funds in

Arts and Entertainment

University City: Local Artists Collaborate on Mural at International House

February 20, 2012

The Philadelphia International House was home to a wash of brightly colored acrylic paint this weekend as local artists worked on an in-house abstract mural. Philadelphia-based artists Paul Santoleri and Mauro Zamora painted for six

Kensington

Kensington: Going Green One Rain Barrel at a Time

February 20, 2012

In a push to get local residents more involved in the environmental state of the community, Sustainable 19125 held a rain barrel workshop in East Kensington. It was organized to get the word out about

Fishtown

Fishtown: Joyous Parents and Students Learn St. Laurentius School to Remain Open

February 17, 2012

The call came into Rev. Francis Gwiazda’s office at 12:30 p.m. Thursday informing him that St. Laurentius would remain open. The school was one of three archdiocese schools that appealed the impending closures and won.

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Philadelphia Neighborhoods Wins Three Keystone Awards

February 16, 2012charper

Philadelphia Neighborhoods has won three Keystone Awards from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. These include the following: –First place: Public Service/Enterprise Package for 1000 Smokers, which was done by the photo students of Dr. Edward Trayes

Health

Wynnefield: Grocery Retailer Serves As a Community’s Health-Food Oasis

February 16, 2012

https://vimeo.com/36649758] When it comes to finding fresh and healthy food options in one of Philadelphia’s communities, one grocery retailer stands out as a health-food oasis. Produce Junction, 2241 Bryn Mawr Ave., offers local residents an

Education

Strawberry Mansion: William D. Kelley School Career Exploration Program

February 16, 2012

Orissa Adams, the dean of students at the William D. Kelley School, is working to provide her students with as many resources as possible while on a limited budget. She was recently awarded a $500 grant toward

Fishtown

Fishtown: Donations of Prom Dresses for Girls in Need

February 16, 2012

Maryelis Santiago recently realized that many young girls might not be able to afford prom attire due to financial shortcomings. Hoping that girls may get the dresses they deserve, Santiago has formed a prom dress

Featured Stories

Wynnefield: Retired Woman Helps Neighborhood Children Get to School

February 16, 2012

https://vimeo.com/36704842] Doris Flamer may be retired, but she still has a hectic commute. Every weekday, Flamer drives eight children to five different West Philadelphia schools in her royal-blue van. The retiree, a resident of Wynnefield

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  • People stand on a sidewalk beneath a pale gray sky. The street behind them is between two tan stone buildings with floor-to-ceiling glass windows on their ground levels, and the multicolored glass exterior of a parking garage shines further down the street, next to some taller red brick buildings. Glass windows are visible behind the people on the sidewalk. Some of them wear raincoats or windbreakers, and some of them hold umbrellas of various colors. Two men in the right half of the image, one southeast Asian and one white, wear clerical collars. They are all waving wooden rods with thick red ribbons tied to the ends of them in the air. Most of the people present appear to be white and/or over the age of 50. One bearded, middle-aged man in a gray and black windbreaker and black pants points a camera towards the bottom right corner of the image, where a blue banner reads “GOD STANDS WITH THE OPPRESSED.” To the banner’s left, a canvas with a monarch butterfly painted on it is draped over a concrete sidewalk barrier. A blue bicycle is parked behind the man with the camera, and a black car in the street drives past the group of people.
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