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Mantua: Through City Year, New College Graduate Gives Back to Younger Students

February 26, 2015

On the 600 block of North 35th Street lives a young college graduate trying to make a difference in the City of Brotherly Love. Twenty-three-year-old Ivan Vivar is a recent graduate of the University of

Education

Far Northeast: Priest Al Masluk Says He Made a Plan, but God Had Other Ideas

February 25, 2015Paul Klein

From front to back, the Rev. Al Masluk’s office is filled with photographs and memorabilia from his experiences and travels. A picture from his time in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), during his time

Featured Stories

South Philadelphia: Local Resident Turns Community Leader In The Neighborhood He Loves

February 23, 2015Paul Klein

If there’s anyone who knows their community like the back of their hand, it’s Anton Moore. Born and raised in Philadelphia, Moore founded his own non-profit, Unity in the Community, as a way to give

Amateur Sports

Sports: Five Bars for Fans of Out-of-Town Sports Teams

February 20, 2015

Philadelphia is known for having some of the most passionate fans in sports. Sometimes that’s a compliment. Other times, Philadelphians intimidate other team’s fans. For Philadelphia residents who are fans of out-of-town teams, gameday can

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Hunting Park: Five Parents Who Refuse to Sit on the Sidelines

February 20, 2015Paul Klein

Absent parents. Incarcerated fathers. Children of violence. For parents and children in underserved parts of the city, the narrative far too often reads the same. Headlines tell of kids losing their lives too soon, a

Nicetown

Nicetown/Tioga: Five Places that Tie the Community Together

February 20, 2015

There are a number of places that people in many communities might say matter. In the Tioga and Nicetown sections, there are five places that really give back to these communities in their own ways.

Arts and Entertainment

Olde Kensington: Five Creative Places for Your Artistic Palate

February 18, 2015Paul Klein

Olde Kensington is a close-knit community with a thriving arts and culture scene (watch out, Fishtown). On every street you will encounter anything from an art recycling center to a monstrous exhibition hub. Want to

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West Kensington: Rev. Adan Mairena Transforms Community with Holistic Approach

February 18, 2015Paul Klein

After the Presbytery of Philadelphia asked Rev. Adan Mairena to come to Norris Square following his Resident in Ministry in 2005, he was tasked with a daunting challenge: revitalize the West Kensington Ministry. The neighborhood

Mantua

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

Chestnut Hill: Lynne Abraham Stresses Education as Campaign’s Top Issue

February 17, 2015Paul Klein

“I want to encourage people who live in and around Philadelphia to do something that I think we don’t do enough of, and that’s being proud of your city and being a cheerleader and a

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