Kensington’s Congreso receives grant to help Hispanic students
With the Philadelphia Public School District struggling with funding cuts and pending school closures, local programs are still working to support the city’s students.Kensington’s...
EKNA president and local artist hope to make a big purchase: a firetruck
Jeff Carpineta, president of the East Kensington NeighborsAssociation, chats with artist Jesse Gardner while seated at a 1974Ford fire truck. The pair hopes to...
Street crime or success: the choice is theirs
Kensington resident Guillermo Soto says he feels as though his life has been saved.The 21 year-old, who lives on Allegheny Avenue, could have ended up...
Editor’s notice
Star’s neighborhood dropboxes, where readers can drop off letters to the editor, birthday, memorial, congratulations, event and other notices, are back in use. We’ll...
Union claims fire deaths were ‘preventable’
Local 22, the union that represents Philadelphia’s firefighters, has called for the resignation of Fire Department Commissioner Lloyd Ayers, along with two top members...
Crazy contraptions in Kensington
See our photo gallery at right. For a list of winners and more information, visit www.kensingtonkinetic.org.