Aaron Moselle covers housing and community development for WHYY’s PlanPhilly, filing stories for both radio and web. He’s a native of the city and calls South Philadelphia home.
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Maple Shade site where MLK was once denied service may become memorial park
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Former Pa. lawmaker faces year in prison over scheme to thwart ethics rules
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MLK studied here: his ties to Upland, Chester and Camden [photos]
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Proposed vocational school in Germantown makes final pitch to SRC
Now it’s in the hands of the School Reform Commission. On Wednesday, the team behind the proposed Philadelphia Career and Te ...
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Family and friends gather for final farewell to Shane Montgomery
Hundreds packed the pews of a Manayunk church on Friday for the funeral Mass of college student Shane Montgomery, who died “suddenl ...
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Shane Montgomery funeral to be held Friday
Roxborough native Shane Montgomery will be laid to rest Friday morning, just shy of a week after a volunteer dive team discovered the 21- ...
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Fattah prepares for a new term with visit to MLK
Dominic Castelli’s social studies class at Martin Luther King High School was in full swing Monday when the discussion turned to to ...
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After five-week search, community mourns loss of Shane Montgomery
Beneath the vaulted arches of Manayunk’s St. John the Baptist Church, parishioners prayed for the broken-hearted. The peacef ...
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It’s 4:15 p.m. on a Friday and Nicholas D’Orsaneo is still bouncing around Cook-Wissahickon Elementary’s empty halls. ...
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