Philadelphia
Germantown’s Omar Gray just wants to get back to cleaning streets and sidewalks
For the better part of a decade, Omar Gray tirelessly cleaned the area's streets, cracks and crevices as an employee with the Germantown Special Services District.
14 years ago
Balance fitness relocation backed by CHCA but neighborhood opposition is expected
Balance Chestnut Hill’s move from East Highland to West Willow Grove avenues has the full support of the Chestnut Hill Community As ...
14 years ago
Arts likely to play bigger role in Mt. Airy USA’s economic development strategy
It was the success of last summer’s Movie Nights at the Lovett Library Park that sparked Mt. Airy USA ( ...
14 years ago
Germantown non-profit school serves special-needs students
On Walnut Lane in Germantown, the Green Tree School offers an educational and therapeutic curriculum for students faced with various diso ...
14 years ago
At 10,000 members, Kroc Center inspires hope and health
In October of 2010, Pat Imms, 55, feared for her life. She weighed nearly 400 pounds and was having trouble breathing. She knew sh ...
14 years ago
Top 7 Stories of the week in NW Philly
Here at NewsWorks, we know busy schedules sometimes get in the way of staying up to date on the latest neighborhood news in Northwest Phi ...
14 years ago
Phila U. alum accepted into inaugural Philadelphia Fashion Incubator at Macy’s
When 22-year-old Philadelphia University graduate Kaitlyn Doherty was 12-years-old, she announced to her parents that, all by herself, sh ...
14 years ago
39th Police District: Where irons, walking canes and glass plates become weapons
This list covers Feb. 17 – Feb. 23, 2012. Feb. 17, 2012 4800 block Ridge Ave. – A house was set on fir ...
14 years ago
39th Police District: Where guys don’t take kindly to girlfriends ‘getting high and cheating’
This list covers Feb. 10 – Feb. 16, 2012. Feb. 10, 2012 5000 block Portico St. – A man was murdered. P ...
14 years ago
Violet Addison celebrated her 104th birthday in Germantown this weekend
Her silver hair in a tight bun while wearing pearls and a red dress, Violet Addison sits in a wheelchair in front of a shiny wooden piano ...
14 years ago
The Tookany/Tacony-Frankford Watershed Partnership seeks volunteers for a Tree Survey in West Oak Lane and Germantown. Join them to surve ...
14 years ago
The West Rockland Street Neighbors group will hold a “Germantown Cleanup Meeting” at 7 p.m. Monday at St. Francis of Assisi, ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia to offer businesses incentives to install video cameras
Several cases of random assaults in Philadelphia have been solved with the help of video cameras mounted on businesses. The city is ...
14 years ago
Rep. Youngblood: We will fight Voter ID bill ‘tooth and nail’
Minutes after NewsWorks’s Germantown/West Oak Lane page posted a link to its story noting about City Councilwoman Cindy Bass’ ...
14 years ago
Florida students will spend Spring Break in Germantown
Unlike many students heading south for a Spring Break of gone-wild partying, 13 students from the Florida International University will t ...
14 years ago