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West Powelton: Bernadine Hawes Says, “We Try to Create Great Citizens of Philadelphia.”

February 17, 2015Paul Klein

Bernadine Hawes is a Washington D.C. native who moved to West Philadelphia in 1972 to get her master’s degree in Medical Sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. She has since been a very active member

Business

Mantua: People’s Emergency Center Seeks to Help Businesses, Drive Change

November 17, 2014

People’s Emergency Center, or PEC, has been a helping hand to the community for many years. Most known for its abundance of programs for helping families, PEC has now taken on small businesses. The dedicated staff provides

Education

University City: KEYSPOT Responds to the Digital Divide

April 9, 2012

https://vimeo.com/39975363] According to statistics distributed by the PEW Institute, access to computers and the Internet has greatly increased from 2000 to 2010. The utility of mobile Internet alone has increased by 13 percent from April

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