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Environment

Residents Skeptical of Extra Trash Pick-up Day

May 30, 2025 tul58290

By Olivia-Anne Eisner After the sanitation trucks rumble down South Philadelphia streets, they usually leave behind a trail of crushed water bottles, debris tattered cardboard boxes, paper products, empty ripped chip bags, broken plastic coffee

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Neighborhoods

From Refugee Camps to City Streets: The Cambodian Legacy in Philadelphia

December 20, 2024 Sujan Upreti

Peter Sey’s childhood picture with his mother Amanda Nith, early 2000s “My parents and grandparents have always prioritized our culture and religion,” Sey said. “They madesure my sister and I learned about our traditions,” Sey

Business

South Philadelphia: Serving Up Khmer Flavors to FDR Park’s Southeast Asian Market, Introducing Sahbyy Food

June 12, 2023 Sarina Lianne Mam

Sahbyy Food’s menu features, in the words of the creators, a ‘modern’ take on Cambodian street food. Neither of the two creators had worked in the culinary industry, but they shared a strong, familiar bond with food.

Amateur Sports

South Philadelphia: FDR Park Plan Brings New Hope To Philadelphia Youth Sports Organizations

May 23, 2023 Dylan James Bowman

FDR Park in Philadelphia has begun construction on their decade-long park plan, which has many youth sports organizations excited about all the benefits it will bring.

Education

Lower Moyamensing: Boosting Literacy Starts Early with Family Storytime at this Library

May 3, 2023 Saleh A. Alobaid

In Lower Moyamensing, the benefits — and fun — of fostering young readers is on display at the Thomas F. Donatucci, Sr. Library.

Government

South Philadelphia: Juntos Greets Latinx Immigrants with Community and Resources

May 25, 2022 Nikhil Stride

Juntos is a community based organization that works to help Latinx immigrants with any issues they might run into here in Philadelphia.

Grays Ferry

Grays Ferry: Community Reacts to Repaving Plan for Washington Avenue

April 28, 2022 Jefferson Schoemer

The City of Philadelphia proposed a redesign for Washington Avenue on March 1, 2022. This new proposal is contentious, though, because it is different from the prior plan, which featured pedestrian improvements that many groups had spent years advocating for. 

Neighborhoods

Passyunk: Almost Half of East Passyunk’s Businesses Are Owned or Co-owned by Women

April 18, 2022 Renata Buscher Kaminski

It happened more than 11 years ago. Michele Ganas had a weird dream and decided to open a business. Driven by the desire to do new things, she reached out to one of her friends,

South Philadelphia

South Philadelphia: FDR Park Benefits from Increased Usage and City Investment

November 8, 2021 Brian Creech

Story by Kent Kuo Philadelphia officials have unveiled new designs for many of the facilities in FDR Park, as part of the next phase in implementing the FDR Park Master Plan, first introduced to the

Business

East Passyunk: Sitting Down with the “Pope of Passyunk”

January 21, 2020 Michael Carey

With his family history running deep within Passyunk Avenue since the age of five, Michael GianGiordano I has remained dedicated to the community through government and real estate. With his years of being in the

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