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Features in Fairmount
J. Russell Peltz Inducted into the AC Boxing Hall of Fame
It’s May, which means it’s Hall of Fame induction time in the boxing community. Last week, Spirit News reported on Wade Hinnant, George Hill and Frank Kubach’s induction into the…
Tim McCloskey | 05/31/2017 -
Community in Fairmount
Fairmount Civic Association Meeting Addresses Voter Turnout, Trolley Route Construction
The Fairmount Civic Association (FCA) held its monthly meeting May 25th at the City School (860 N. 24th Street). This month’s agenda included announcements from City Commissioner Lisa Deely and…
Sean Kearney | 05/30/2017 -
Community in Fairmount
Party in the Playground: Smith Memorial Playground’s 10th Annual Fundraiser Comes to Fairmount Park
Kathy Hirsh-Pasek’s favorite slide is the Ann Newman Giant Wooden Slide at Smith Memorial Playground in Fairmount Park. On Thursday, Hirsh-Pasek received the 2017 Ida Newman Magic of Play Award…
Grace Shallow | 05/23/2017 -
A&E in Fairmount
Parks on Tap Kicks Off at Azalea Garden
The temperature climbed into the low 90s as Mayor Jim Kenney tapped a keg of Parks Pale Ale at the Azalea Gardens last Wednesday, officially kicking off the 2017 Parks…
Jen Colletta | 05/22/2017 -
Fiction in Fairmount
FICTION: “Another Day”
John McDonough sat in his chair in his coffee shop on Fairmount off 20th trying to read his paper. At his age, even his body was distracting: his arms were…
Joe Kushner | 05/20/2017 -
A&E in Fairmount
Newly Opened Eastern State Hospital Cellblock Provides Window to Early Medical Care
“It was just lost to time,” Sean Kelley said of Eastern State Penitentiary’s long-shuttered Cellblock 3. The wing, which functioned previously as the hospital quarters in the historic Fairmount prison,…
Jen Colletta | 05/03/2017 -
A&E in Fairmount
Fairmount Avenue Arts Crawl Features Live Art, Family-Fun
On the corner of Corinthian and Fairmount Avenues, Alloyius Mcilwaine sprayed yellow onto a blank canvas. “I’m just making it up as I go,” he said. Mcilwaine was working on…
Kaitlyn Moore | 05/02/2017 -
Local Business in Fairmount
Fairmount Resident Creates Service Providing Women’s Health Products
When Suzie Welsh was 16, she contracted malaria while in Malawi, Africa. Years later, the Fairmount resident looks back on this incident as the event that led her to create…
Kaitlyn Moore | 04/20/2017 -
Community in Fairmount
Spring Cleaning: Fairmount Residents Participate in 10th Annual Citywide Cleaning
Fairmount resident Allison Cornish makes it a habit to walk around her neighborhood with a yellow trash grabber and pick up litter like cigarette butts — her biggest pet…
Grace Shallow | 04/12/2017 -
Community in Fairmount
National Football League Draft Main Topic of Conversation at Recent Fairmount Civic Association Meeting
The details of plans for local traffic closures during next month’s National Football League Draft was the main topic of March’s monthly meeting of the Fairmount Civic Association. The…
Mark Brakeman | 04/10/2017 -
Politics in Fairmount
Coffee & Politics: Local Organization Brings the Salon to Fairmount
There have several big questions surrounding the uptick in political engagement and activism among progressive Philadelphians and Americans in recent months. But perhaps the largest of these has been whether…
Sean Kearney | 03/29/2017 -
Community in Fairmount
The Lemon Hill Neighbors Association Organizes Cleanup in East Fairmount Park
All photos by Rachel Wisniewski Shaun Cerborino, 26, has lived in Fairmount for two years now. In that time, he has walked his dog through Lemon Hill almost…
Rachel Wisniewski | 03/15/2017