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Education

Juniata Park: First-Year Principal Goes The Extra Mile To Help Students Succeed

October 30, 2018 Lucas Medeiros

Emily Mary Trunfio, principal of One Bright Ray Community High School, doesn’t want to just help kids who struggle academically get a high school diploma. She wants to help them achieve success after they leave

Brewerytown

Brewerytown: Residents Adapting Alongside New Developments, Businesses

May 1, 2018 Donlevie Theresa

Brewerytown is an attractive neighborhood to people looking for the cool, new hot spot to live. Its accessibility by public transportation and its proximity to Center City and Fairmount Park have made it an enticing

Robert Listenbee speaking at the District Attorney's Office during his appointment as the First Assistant to the DA.
Center City

City Hall: Former Obama Administration Employee Brings Leadership Skills to District Attorney’s Office

April 24, 2018 Ampeloquio Austin

Robert Listenbee was lucky to have two supportive moms while growing up in the projects of Michigan. He had his biological mother, who was African American, and his “white mom,” a woman by the name

Arts and Entertainment

Brewerytown: Local Business Owner Embraces Changing Landscape

April 23, 2018 Donlevie Theresa

Max Ochester, owner of Brewerytown Beats at 27th Street and Girard Avenue, moved to Brewerytown in 2010, a few years before it became the “up-and-coming” neighborhood that it is now. In late 2014, Ochester’s developer friends

East Falls

East Falls: Glassblowing Studio Is All Access To The Public

March 12, 2018 Breanna Perez

With the help of over-sized tweezers, a wooden paddle and a 2,000 degree furnace, Nikolaj Christensen and his coworkers at East Falls Glassworks are able to turn molten glass into a masterpiece. Nikolaj Christensen is

Arts and Entertainment

Local Music: Marley McNamara Builds Community Behind The Scenes

February 27, 2018 Donahue Katelyn

Marley McNamara turned her passion for music into a career. McNamara became involved with the Philadelphia music scene through a job tending bar at World Cafe Live. From there, McNamara began booking small shows at

Featured Stories

West Philadelphia: Local organizations tackle food insecurity

November 29, 2017 Lian Parsons

Every Tuesday and Saturday, Kinji Ridley parks his car and unloads boxes of groceries from the trunk, handing them over to volunteers who set them up on benches and picnic tables. A line of dozens of

Featured Stories

Kingsessing: Developing Adult Literacy Provides Opportunities

October 31, 2017 Lian Parsons

Eight years ago, Darrow Lyons’ wife encouraged him to join Never 2 Late, an adult literacy program offered through the Center for Literacy, an organization that provides programs to adult learners. The 63-year-old South Philly

Business

Belmont: Entrepreneur Jennell Moody Hopes To Inspire City’s Youth

October 31, 2017 Owen McCue

When she was 14 years old, Jennell Moody (above) started braiding her neighbors’ hair on the front steps of her mother’s North Philadelphia home. Word of her skills spread through word of mouth, and Moody

Business

Northeast: Brain Waste Drags Down Immigrants And Economy

July 7, 2017 Kristof Phillips

All along Bustleton Avenue are businesses built by foreign-born people who came to the U.S. in pursuit of a better life. Yet many highly educated and skilled immigrants are underemployed in Northeast Philadelphia and the

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