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Arts and Entertainment

Mill Creek: Building And Serving The Community Through Art

November 9, 2018 Kaicey Baylor

Every Saturday this past October, children and residents have gathered at the Mill Creek Recreation Center, 4700 Brown St., for art classes hosted by the community group Fine Art Through Our Eyes (FATOE). The classes run through

Amateur Sports

Francisville: Nick Dobkowski Says Rec Center Offers More Than Fun and Games

September 14, 2015 pnadmin

For the past year, Nick Dobkowski has been using his master’s degree in urban studies from Eastern University – and previous experience at recreation centers like Clemente and Vare – to, as he said, “not

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Cobbs Creek: PAL Offers Fun, Safe Haven for Young People

May 16, 2014

https://vimeo.com/93651238] The Police Athletic League, also known as the PAL, is a nonprofit organization known throughout the country for its variety of extracurricular activities for young people in the community. Police officers and community leaders

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Amateur Sports

Overbrook: Charles Papa Playground Takes New Security Measures

April 16, 2014

The small room inside Charles Papa Playground & Recreation Center is far from glamorous. Its cinderblock walls, rusted windows and cracked floors prove it hasn’t been renovated for quite some time. The overcrowded closets full

Featured Stories

Point Breeze and Grays Ferry: People to Know

February 26, 2014

Family, home, work and recreation are the building blocks of a strong community. A functional, healthy community needs dedicated leaders. Some leaders foster new businesses and encourage homeowners, while others provide a safe haven for

Crime

Hunting Park: Residents Hope to Take Back Neighborhood

June 16, 2012

Residents on the 1300 block of Colwyn Street in Hunting Park suggest unity as a solution to the increase of drug activity and lack of after-school programs on their streets. Lorraine Evans has lived in

Featured Stories

Francisville: Local Recreation Center Serves Community

May 19, 2011

The recreation center in Francisville looks like a fairly standard playground at first glance. There’s a swing set, a basketball court and a play set shaped like a train. However, the center is more than

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