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File photo: A group of kids from the Southwest Philadelphia Healthnastics program, ages 3-18, held signs at a protest demanding the Kenney administration do more to address gun violence in the city on Aug. 4, 2021. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Radio Times
Community

Preventing gun violence with focused deterrence

Homicides and fatal shootings in Chester, PA have been cut in half since October 2020. How on earth did they do it?

Air Date: September 24, 2021 10:00 am

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The scene of a previous 2nd Street Festival.
Arts & Entertainment

2nd Street Festival presents Northern Liberties Night Market

On Thursday, the new biannual event will include food trucks, shopping vendors, games, live music, and performers.

4 years ago

Two people showcase Guatemalan weaving.
Community

La Feria del Barrio returns to North Philly, connecting residents to resources

La Feria del Barrio’s return acted as a cultural exchange among the city’s growing Latino community. Nonprofits were also in full force connecting underserved residents to ser

4 years ago

East Cheltenham Library
Community

Need for costly repairs is forcing the temporary closure of two Cheltenham libraries

The American Library Association said the township’s issues are common: Similar infrastructure problems plague public libraries across the country.

4 years ago

(Flickr Creative Commons/ fotophotow)
Community

Philadelphia Parking Authority holding town hall to keep people out of trouble

The Philadelphia Parking Authority is offering some online education to help people avoid breaking parking rules and regulations.

4 years ago

Community fridge in Philly.
Community
Billy Penn

Mutual aid: Philly’s 30 community fridges still need your donations

“In the beginning of the pandemic, it was a lot of people coming together,” said one organizer. “Now I feel like we’re back to pre-pandemic days.”

4 years ago

Person stands in front of house damaged by hurricane flooding.
Community

‘We have nothing’: In Coatesville, residents brace to battle insurers, hope for government aid

Now that the waters have receded, the real work begins for many Chester County residents hit by historic flooding: dealing with insurers.

4 years ago

A view of the intersection of Germantown Avenue and Washington Lane in the northern Germantown district. (Google Streetview)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Germantown rezoning highlights neighborhood tensions over parking, density

The rezoning would change the rules for building in a historic neighborhood experiencing a boom as demand for housing swells in the city.

4 years ago

Wreckage after car crashed into house.
Community
6abc

2 dead after car hits home in Chester, Pa. and bursts into flames

Both the driver and the passenger of a car were killed. The driver was the father of three children.

4 years ago

Eduardo Esquivel at McPherson Square Park
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on The Street

Why Philly keeps a billion-dollar open-air drug market contained in Kensington

The containment of Kensington’s drug market demonstrates the systematic racism that plagues Philadelphia, Eduardo Esquivel writes.

4 years ago

ESL student in class.
Education
The News Journal

They saw ESL classes as a key to the American dream. Here’s how they adapted through COVID

Adults learning English as a second language take classes in libraries, schools, and churches, but when the pandemic hit, all those places closed.

4 years ago

Garrison Hines plants fruit trees at a lot on the 1900 block of Norris Street in Philadelphia.
PlanPhilly
Community

A North Philadelphia grower is planting an orchard on a vacant lot

The fledgling farm is growing quietly on a piece of city-owned land, part of a grassroots movement that seeks to turn vacant lots into green spaces.

4 years ago

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Javan Rankines wears a face mask inside a barber shop
Community

‘My mind’s made up’: Trusted vaccine messengers in Camden have their work cut out for them

An effort to get Camden barbers to act as trusted messengers for the COVID-19 vaccine shows how hard fighting misinformation really is.

4 years ago

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Andre Black holds a photo of Philadelphia’s Black Bottom neighborhood
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

As building boom continues in West Philly, Black Bottom Tribe fights for a sign of the community they lost

West Philadelphia residents continue to fight to keep the legacy of the Black Bottom alive. The latest push: for historical markers.

4 years ago

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A new park and playground at 11th and Venango Street
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

North Philly playground remodeled, renamed to honor family killed in hit-and-run

Williams Reed Moore Memorial Park in North Philly has been remodeled in memory of the mother and three children who died in a 2014 crash.

4 years ago

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