Tag: awards

Far Northeast: Priest Al Masluk Says He Made a Plan, but God Had Other Ideas

February 25, 2015

From front to back, the Rev. Al Masluk’s office is filled with photographs and memorabilia from his experiences and travels. A picture from his time in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), during his time

Center City: Protesters Stage Die-In and March Through City Hall

December 4, 2014

More than 100 people silently dropped to the ground in 30th Street Station’s main concourse at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday and then marched out in solidarity to protest a recent string of decisions many are

Port Richmond: Iconic Boxing Gym Not Down for the Count

October 30, 2014

Tattered boxing posters of yesteryears famous boxers posed in their toughest stance around the Irish Catholic cross hand-painted in the middle of the bright blue boxing ring. “I try to repaint it before we have

Rhawnhurst: Danger and Disease in Pennypack Creek

June 29, 2014

More than a dozen men, arms linked, spanned the Pennypack Creek. They trudged through the murky water looking for the body of a Father Judge High School student. The boy, Nicky Simonetti, 14, went missing

Germantown: TCRC Philly Making Wrongs to Rights

April 23, 2014

A little more than a decade ago, Anthony Dickerson found himself in a Pennsylvania state prison serving a ten year sentence for racketeering and narcotics distribution. He described prison as place full of cliques. Like