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How would the new Venice Island water basin have fared in Hurricane Irene?
While much of the neighborhood around it was left underwater by Irene’s floods, the old rec center building on Manayunk’s Ven ...
15 years ago
In Manayunk, sunshine, relief replace water, worry
Sunday’s floodwaters—several feet of murky, brown water that cloaked the black asphalt as Ire ...
15 years ago
Green Soul plays fast, casual and healthy with soul food
This just in: There is no way to make a healthy mac ‘n’ cheese. I learned this from Akil Collins, co-owner of Green Soul rest ...
15 years ago
Storm-damaged restaurants have precise cleanup course
As residents along the area’s rivers mop up the damage from Hurricane Irene, their neighborhood restaurants are facing the same cha ...
15 years ago
Pa. EMS crews lend a hand in New Jersey
Pennsylvania sent 125 emergency medical services workers to New Jersey to help with building evacuation and hospital care after Hurricane ...
15 years ago
Pre-storm cleaning kept Philly sewers clear
Kelly, Lincoln and Martin Luther King drives in Philadelphia experienced some water overflows during Hurricane Irene, officials said, but ...
15 years ago
Venice Lofts residents on standby after being evacuated
Residents of Venice Lofts on Venice Island in Manayunk are still waiting to get back into their apartments off of Leverington Avenue.&nbs ...
15 years ago
Germantown H.S Promise Academy’s Back-To-School Block Party draws a crowd
Margaret Mullen-Bavwidinsi looked forward to hosting a successful Back to School Block Party at Germantown High School’s Promise Ac ...
15 years ago
Trenton rail station still submerged, halting Amtrak service
Floodwaters caused by Hurricane Irene are posing problems for commuters trying to get in and out of New Jersey’s capital city. They ...
15 years ago