Center City
City Hall: City Council Highlights for Jan. 23, 2020
City Council is poised to take action on gun violence, including possible legal action against the Commonwealth.
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Gun Violence
Center City
City Hall: Council Committee Approves Gun Violence Measures
The Public Safety Committee advanced legislation allowing weapons to be removed from those who pose a threat and bans weapons at city recreation facilities.
Center City
City Hall: City Council Highlights for Sept. 26, 2019
Supporters of Bill 180936 hold signs as City Council passes the anti-lead ordinance. [continue reading…]
Arts and Entertainment
Art Museum: Protestors Gather Against Gun Violence
Overcast skies loomed above the Philadelphia Art Museum on Wednesday, May 29. A crowd holding posters and pictures flooded the museum steps. People hugged and shook hands, cheering as speakers called for an end to [continue reading…]
Northwest Philadelphia
Roxborough: Older Residents Stay Active with Protest Organization
The phrase “staying active” has taken on a new meaning for residents of the Cathedral Village Retirement Community in Roxborough and it’s political. The retirees formed the activists group Indivisible Village in January 2017 for residents there [continue reading…]
North Philadelphia
North Philadelphia: Colwin Williams Goes From Prison to Protector of City’s At Risk Youth
Colwin Williams first began getting in trouble in school, fighting in order to appear tough. As he got older, the trouble continued. He got caught up in drugs and by his early 20s, Williams had [continue reading…]
Sharswood
Sharswood: After Loss, Father Gives Back to Neighborhood Children
On the same Sharswood block where Greg Bullock was born, grew up and lived for nearly 50 years, he found himself standing in a pool of his son’s blood. Bullock’s son, Devin, was 17 years [continue reading…]
Business
Mayfair: This Week In The News — Folks Found Way To Beat The Heat And Other Happenings
In case you missed it, we found a few places where people are talking about things happening in Mayfair: Young girl hit by a car on Levick Street – The 4-year-old was taken to the hospital [continue reading…]
Crime
Germantown: “We Need People To Put These Guns Down.”
As of yesterday, there have been 258 homicides in Philadelphia so far this year according to the Philadelphia Police Department. There have been numerous shootings in Germantown, resulting in critical injuries as well as death. [continue reading…]
Crime
Mantua: Gun Violence in “The Bottom”
At 3:45 p.m. on Tuesday February 11, 2014, 23 year-old Mantua resident Marquise Williams was shot dead outside of the H&H Daycare and Learning Center. Located at 40th and Poplar streets, the H&H Daycare and [continue reading…]