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Mayfair: Q&A with Jerry Bolzak, Executive Director of Northeast Victim Service

March 10, 2016 Aaron Windhorst and Roseanne Tabachnik 1

Jerry Bolzak, a Philadelphia native and executive director of the nonprofit Northeast Victim Service, has been helping victims of crime in Mayfair for the past 15 years. The organization, which originally launched in 1992 following the Victims [Read More]

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Northern Liberties: With Increased Crime Comes Self-Defense Classes

December 8, 2015 pnadmin and Christina Ann Dogas 0

After a 20-year-old waitress named Sabina O’Donnell was beaten, raped and strangled in Northern Liberties five years ago, Lawrence Whitaker, chief instructor of at Urban Defense on 6th Street near Fairmount Avenue, knew he needed to do [Read More]

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Strawberry Mansion: Recreation Center Helps Children Learn and Grow

November 30, 2015 pnadmin 0

Children gathered their backpacks and lunches as they got ready to leave the Cecil B. Moore Recreation Center. The recreation center, located near the corner of 22nd Street and Sedgley Avenue, provides children with a [Read More]

Housing

Point Breeze: Activist Promotes Unity in the Community With Events, Dialogue

September 16, 2015 pnadmin and Morgan Falconer 1

Anton Moore, 29, aspires to be the peacekeeper in Point Breeze and beyond by organizing events and other outreach via his nonprofit organization Unity in the Community. What exactly do you do? My organization is Unity [Read More]

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Port Richmond: As Violence Drops, Problems Linger

July 16, 2015 Amber Clay 0

Philadelphia Police Capt. Dan O’Connor characterizes Port Richmond as a neighborhood in transition. It’s a section of Philadelphia that houses some generations-old families that have never left. Other residents have arrived from quickly gentrifying areas [Read More]

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Manayunk: Local Cop And Motorcycle Instructor Leads By Example

June 15, 2015  3

Local Manayunk cop Chuck Taylor grew up riding motorcycles. When he decided to become a police officer, working with motorcycles just made sense. Now that he is one of the head instructors for highway patrol, [Read More]

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Logan: Education and Crime Top Issues For Voters

May 19, 2015 Amber Clay 2

According to community activist Sheila Bellamy, the voting for the primaries is usually low in numbers because many people do not see the importance. “In my district, there are 540-something registered voters, she said yesterday [Read More]

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Passyunk: Nightowls on the Avenue Help Keep Crime Down

April 30, 2015  0

Witnesses are bad for crime, so streets packed with potential witnesses are not good settings to commit one, even if it is at night. This is one of the many factors that combine to help [Read More]

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Tioga: Baseball Is An Outlet For Youth Involvement

April 28, 2015  0

The youth of Tioga have found a place they really feel at home at the Tioga United Baseball Field. The Tioga United Baseball Organization has been an outlet for kids to get involved in baseball. With [Read More]

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Olney/West Oak Lane: Town Watch Promotes ‘Neighbors Helping Neighbors’

April 8, 2015  0

Town Watch programs are used in cities in many different states. The main tenet of all Town Watch programs is, “Observe, Document and Report.” This is the simplest form of guidelines for people who are [Read More]

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