John Corrigan
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Employees say Mt. Airy restaurant owes them back wages
Screaming through a megaphone, huddled against the window as a party of three ate their dinner, a group of protestors demanded patrons pu ...
9 years ago
Wissahickon traffic survey reveals illegal parking, speeding among top concerns
Less than a week after the country’s biggest traveling day of the year, the Wissahickon Interested Citizen’s Association host ...
9 years ago
On one-year anniversary of Tamir Rice’s death, Mt. Airy families remember him by playing freely
“How do I talk about race with my children?” That’s what Charisse Moses wonders as she watches the news with her ...
9 years ago
Happy Bread Cafe looks to fill coffee shop void in Germantown
In the late 1970s, Zoe Rose helped transform the declining Ogontz Avenue into a thriving commercial destination. Along with Pennsylvania ...
9 years ago
Germantown’s FreshVisions Youth Theatre faces an uncertain future
There is a gate on the 4800 block of Germantown Avenue that leads to a dirt pathway surrounded by pebbles, grass and a massive tree stump ...
9 years ago
Derek Green hopes to bring ‘new vision’ to City Council in run for at-large seat
For most people, attending five parties across the city would be a sweaty, fattening, exhausting day. For Derek Green, it’s ...
9 years ago
Youngblood places books in Northwest Philly barbershops to combat illiteracy
When she was writing her first children’s book, Daphne Brooks dreamed of being able to walk into a bookstore and see her hard work ...
9 years ago
Plans for Wissahickon Station mural revealed
After three years of brainstorming, conversing and arguing, Wissahickon residents finally have a draft of the mural that will cover the W ...
9 years ago
Mt. Airy residents begin talks on 10-year plan
Where do you see your neighborhood in 10 years? That’s what Mt. Airy residents discussed on Wednesday evening during the Mt. ...
10 years ago
Neighbors demand answers on overhaul of Germantown Boys and Girls club
A casual neighborhood meeting quickly turned into a firing line as Penn Knox residents blasted associates from the Boys and Girls Club of ...
10 years ago
Reimagining Maplewood Mall Festival celebrates Germantown
Jeff Smith, a Germantown native and 1964 graduate of Germantown High School, owns the “Germantown” logo designed in 1975. ...
10 years ago
Mayoral candidates chat with East Falls residents
If you didn’t make it out to the candidates’ night in East Falls on Monday, Nelson Diaz says not to worry. The former ...
10 years ago