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Festival at Wissahickon Charter School combines education, fun and green ideas
At the entrance of Wissahickon Charter School’s Earth Day Festival, each attendee was given a scavenger hunt card. The goal was to visi ...
14 years ago
Summer movies at Lovett Library aim to spark interest in library area
The grounds of the Lovett Memorial Library in Mt. Airy will become an open-air movie theater this summer, and residents are invited to he ...
14 years ago
Family starts cord-blood program following life-saving gift
Transplants of stem cells from umbilical cord blood can cure more than 70 diseases, including leukemia, lymphoma and sickle cell anemia. ...
14 years ago
IRS: illegal aliens can qualify for earned income tax credit
The earned income tax credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit for qualifying low-income taxpayers, in effect a transfer of wealth to the ...
14 years ago
Northwest Fund awards $300,000 to area non-profits
The winners of The Northwest Fund’s Neighborhood Change Agent Award will be publicly honored Monday during a morning event in Germa ...
14 years ago
Hidden Treasures uncovered at Soft Illusions
This mother’s day will be extra special for Malika Vaughn, as it’s marks a little more than one year since she purchased and opened t ...
14 years ago
Mt. Airy summer movies aims to spark interest in library area
The grounds of the Lovett Memorial Library in Mt. Airy will become an open-air movie theater this summer, and residents are invited to he ...
14 years ago
A.I. Poland to close after 112 years in business
When Victor Ostroff closes the doors of his century-old jewelry store on Main Street in Manayunk in a couple of months, he’ll be le ...
14 years ago
Martin Luther King High School to stay in city district
A Philadelphia high school that had been embroiled in a controversy surrounding charter school contracts is going to remain a district sc ...
14 years ago