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New Kensington Community Engagement Center Opens to Inspire Change

The New Kensington Community Development Corporation (NKCDC) has launched a new initiative aimed at bringing neighbors together and expanding access to essential resources. The Kensington Engagement Center, now open at...

Sweetgreen Fishtown Opens with Food, Fun, and a Mission to Give Back

Philadelphia’s Fishtown neighborhood is buzzing with excitement as one of the area’s most anticipated new restaurants, Sweetgreen, opens its doors at 1359 Frankford Avenue.  Known for redefining fast-casual dining with...

Police identify Kensington man in bank robbing spree

The FBI and the Philadelphia Police Department are looking for help in nabbing John Digman, 48, who authorities say has been on a bank...

UPDATE: Police release sketch of man wanted in rape of Fishtown teen

Philadelphia Police have just released a sketch of a man wanted for the July 11 rape of a 14-year-old girl in Fishtown.The attacker is...

Groups, pols meet with developer Grasso

It was a full house last week when community representatives met with developer David Grasso to determine whether a community benefits agreement might be...

Boosting Girard Avenue’s creative economy

Online, “crowd funding” has become big business.The idea — getting a large group of people to chip in and offer individual donations — isn’t new, but lately, it’s...

Seniors get a little extra security

The residents of Kensington’s Casa Carmen Aponte Senior Development project, just across the street from Norris Square at Hancock Street and Susquehanna Avenue, are...

A robust new Rodin

A renovated Rodin was unveiled last week. Three years of work to the exterior of the museum yielded an alluring garden area, fountain and...
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