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Elected officials, residents rail against possibility of Kensington-area safe injection site at Harrowgate meeting

Tom Beck - April 8, 2019

Representatives from Safehouse detailed the organization’s plans to open the country’s first safe-injection site in Philadelphia in front of community residents at Thursday evening’s...

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A mother’s love

Melissa Komar - February 28, 2019

North Philly mom maintains sobriety working with ACT II at JEVS in the River Wards.By Melissa KomarBy outward appearances, Jennifer Burke, 41, is the typical stay-at-home...

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Temple students help Kensington residents ‘reclaim their narrative’

Tom Beck - January 29, 2019

Through Our Eyes is a photo exhibition that held its opening reception at the McPherson Library Tuesday evening.“A lot of people come here to get...

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New counseling center for those in recovery subject of latest PROPAC meeting

Tom Beck - December 13, 2018

The business is not licensed to administer medication assisted treatment (MAT), so no drugs such as methadone or suboxone will be given out by...

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City to clean up Frankford and Tulip encampments in new plan to combat opioid crisis

Tom Beck - October 20, 2018

The city’s new plan is divided into seven different “mission areas,” each of which are run by different organizations within the city government.Thursday afternoon,...

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Shooting the Kensington Blues with Jeffrey Stockbridge

Tom Beck - October 17, 2018

Stockbridge’s photography of Kensington eventually amounted to a photo book called Kensington Blues, which features 168 pages of scenes everyday life of the heroin...

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DA announces high-level arrests in Kensington-based drug trafficking ring

Tom Beck - October 5, 2018

The investigation was led by a partnership among detectives and staff from the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office’s Dangerous Drug Offenders Unit and the High...

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Blood in the streets in the town of Kensington

Tom Beck - May 1, 2018

“In one of my comp books I remember writing — in my own blood — ‘no more’ after doing a shot.”“There is no way things are supposed to be....

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Philly looking become first American city to create safe spaces for drug users to inject drugs

Tom Beck - January 30, 2018

Moving forward, the City will actively encourage organizations like community nonprofits or medical organizations to operate and fund one or more CUES.This past Wednesday, the...

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Can a progressive opioid platform get you elected in Philly? This candidate says yes.

Melissa Komar - January 10, 2018

By Max MarinDan Martino visibly winces at the thought of being called a “politician.”The 33-year-old Northeast Philly native rocks long black hair and tattoos, including...

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