Tag: Kensington

City police and outreach workers continue to monitor the area of Kensington’s open-air drug market as harm reduction workers provide a bridge to support services.

The derby’s latest iteration featured a very hungry caterpillar, a glamorous Phanatic-Gritty duo and an ode to Dollar Dog Night. Plus, plenty of mud.

Councilmember Quetcy Lozada was at K&A as the city cleared encampments Wednesday morning. "I wasn't disappointed,” she said, “I was just concerned.”

The neighborhood has been the center of at least 10 such sweeps. The move has left some residents and business owners wondering about its long-term efficacy.

Philadelphia is planning to shut down areas around Kensington and Allegheny avenues on Wednesday.

The city sued Walgreens in 2021 for its alleged role in exacerbating the opioid epidemic.

The settlement will halt in-store and online sales of ghost guns for four years. Parker also spoke of reducing homicides to pre-pandemic levels and stopping "car meets."

City leaders hope that shutting stores down early could reduce crime and drug use in Kensington. Some businesses are skeptical the curfew would work.

Protesters demanded City Council and the Parker administration turn away from its “forced treatment” approach to solve the opioid crisis in Kensington.

The Philly entrepreneurs are building a network of coffee farmers across the African diaspora to build more Black wealth.

The stretch of 24-hour smoke shops, bodegas and take-out food joints along Kensington Avenue must close at night if City Council changes the law soon.

Community members met at the New Kensington Community Development Corporation to discuss using settlement funds toward home repairs, eviction and foreclosure prevention.

A recent large-scale drug raid involving camouflaged militarized police has some residents worried that it's a sign of things to come in the neighborhood.

The group of council members vows to help address issues like homelessness and drug abuse in the Kensington and Harrowgate areas.

The incident outside Jacks Bar just off the intersection of Kensington and Allegheny sent nine people to the hospital.