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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Camden in line for police body cameras, extension of gunshot surveillance system
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In Germantown, real hope rises for better days ahead
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Anti-abortion activists gathered Wednesday at a Philadelphia cemetery to praise – and scorn – the city’s decision to quietly bu ...
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‘Healing, remembrance and reflection’ begin at site of fatal 2013 building collapse
In a spitting rain, they remembered the fatal building collapse that extinguished six lives bright with potential. On Friday, near ...
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