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Walnut Hill: Caregarden Stands Out In Child Care

May 15, 2012

The two dozen letters squeezed on the paperboard sign delivered a message louder than the 10 syllables intended. The grand opening of a new childcare center on 46th Street near Market Street in Walnut Hill

Environment

Mantua: Drexel Students and Mantua Residents Come Together for Spring Cleanup

April 30, 2012

https://vimeo.com/41266013] A total of 1,240,360 pounds of trash were picked up during 2011’s Philly Spring Cleanup. A total of 2,574 volunteers, 149,860 pounds of waste recycled. In only it’s fourth year the program put up

Spruce Hill

Spruce Hill: Parent Infant Center Sets Grade For Early Childhood Education

April 30, 2012

https://vimeo.com/41248484] The block corner, the cozy area and the alone station. Penmanship won’t be stressed here, so there’s no need for lined paper. Spruce Hill’s Parent Infant Center has taken a creative approach to early

Walnut Hill

Spruce Hill: Plant Sale Aims to Help Childern Grow

April 16, 2012

With what she deemed her outside voice, Rachel Crossot stopped each passerby at Clark Park and delivered a five-second sales pitch for the Parent Infant Center’s plant sale. “All the flowers in my yard,” replied

Economy

Mantua: Vacant Storefronts May Mean Opportunity

March 27, 2012

The site at 3911 Lancaster Ave. was once home to a furniture store, then it was home to a Salvation Army, but then it became another vacant Philadelphia storefront. Hidden behind mature pear trees, people

Brewerytown

Philadelphia Neighborhoods Adds Three Community Editions in Fairhill, Germantown and West Philly

March 27, 2012 charper

Philadelphia Neighborhoods has launched three new websites to focus on specific communities. Following are the new online editions, which will have news and information from these neighborhoods: These include: The Fairhill Times at www.fairhilltimes.com The

Cedar Park

Cedar Park: A New Location Creates Big Impact For Mariposa Co-op

March 19, 2012

The day before the official grand opening, Eric “Bull” Gervasi carefully placed each carton of eggs onto the shelves of the dairy cooler.  Much of the heavy lifting had already been undertaken and this seemed to

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