Mayor Michael Nutter, flanked by members of City Council, announced last week that the city will sell vacant School District properties, partially to raise the $50 million promised to the District earlier this year. Mark [continue reading…]
[vimeo 63690989] Growing up on the 4100 block of North Reese Street in Hunting Park Maria Quiñones-Sánchez never dreamed that one day when she would serve as the top elected official in her community. She now holds [continue reading…]
City Council’s Committee on Rules held a public hearing yesterday on an ordinance amending sections of Philadelphia’s zoning code that deal with sign controls. Last fall, the Zoning Code Commission purposely kept the sign regulations [continue reading…]
Placards reading “Books not bombs” and “Fund kids not wars” were raised when the Philadelphia City Council voted to approve a resolution calling on the U.S. Congress to cut military spending. The resolution, introduced by [continue reading…]
Several City Council members have been working over the past few weeks to come up with a solution to lower crime rates. Earlier this month, Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. along with Councilmembers Maria Quinones-Sanchez, Wilson [continue reading…]
The word of God wasn’t the only thing heard at St. John’s AME Church. Councilwoman Maria Quinones-Sanchez, as well as the rest of the City Council members, traveled to the church located at 2114 S. [continue reading…]
newsworks.org, the website of WHYY, and Philadelphia Neighborhoods are covering the 8th District’s voting throughout Chestnut Hill, Mount Airy, West Oak Lane, Germantown and Tioga. See the blog at https://bit.ly/mBNu6z Seven candidates are vying in the [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22530489] As Philadelphia’s City Council braces for the biggest turnover in 20 years, residents of the 6th District will not have to worry about an unknown face elected into office. The three candidates running for [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22087535] The Academy of Natural Sciences hosted a sustainability forum for candidates running for City Council from the 1st District through the 5th District during which the candidates talked about their environmental issues facing Philadelphia. Sponsored [continue reading…]
https://vimeo.com/22011629] Howard Treatman is an independent man–a characteristic the candidate for the 8th City Council District election wants all voters to remember when they go to the polls in May. Although this is his first [continue reading…]
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