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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Second mysterious firebombing on Germantown block leaves residents on edge
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Surveillance video shows missing Roxborough man’s last known location but little else
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Germantown youth-football team to play in Pop Warner Super Bowl title game on Saturday
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UPenn students pressing alma mater for PILOTs to support Philly schools
Students at the University of Pennsylvania are pushing for the private institution to contribute more than $6 million to Philadelphia and ...
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Philly firefighter funeral will be Saturday
A fallen Philadelphia firefighter will be laid to rest on Saturday. Funeral services for Joyce Craig-Lewis are set for 10 a.m. at ...
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Germantown makes its pitch for community charter school at former GHS site
In Kelly green T-shirts, they linked hands and prayed for a neighborhood. “Germantown is a place with many seeds that are re ...
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Groundbreaking ceremony expected at former Queen Lane Apartments site next week
A new public-housing complex will soon start taking shape inside an empty Germantown lot.On Sept. 13, the Philadelphia Housing Authority ...
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District will hear Germantown Community Charter School Coalition’s pitch on Monday
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Search for missing Roxborough man enters second week
One week. That’s how long Roxborough native Shane Montgomery has been missing. On Thanksgiving Eve, the 21-year-old l ...
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Muslim bus drivers confront SEPTA over rules on skirt lengths
A group of Muslim women is fighting for the right to wear ankle-length skirts while driving SEPTA buses. In July, SE ...
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