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Community in Harrowgate
24th District Officers Awarded in Annual Banquet
The 24th Police District Advisory Council honored its district’s best officers and community members during the past calendar year in a banquet at Romano’s Catering in Juniata Park Wednesday…
Steve Bohnel | 06/01/2017 -
Community in Harrowgate
Harrowgate Residents Pitch in to Cleanup Harrowgate Park
Despite the chilly morning, dozens of Harrowgate residents pitched in to clean up Harrowgate Park. The coffee certainly helped. As part of the 10th Annual Philly Spring Cleanup,…
Bob Stewart | 04/14/2017 -
Crime in Harrowgate
Judge Sends Message on Behalf of Community with Century-Long Sentences For Harrowgate Gunmen
Imagine a day in court on which the judge has to throw one convict’s fiancée out of the courtroom for making faces before kicking the other’s father out for…
Bob Stewart | 02/02/2017 -
Features in Harrowgate
From Ring to Ruling: After Initial Verdict, Case Involving Two Respected Boxing Authorities Continues On
On the 1900 block of E. Venango Street, in the heart of Philadelphia’s Harrowgate neighborhood, a brick building shielded the evening sunrise from the southeast. That building, the…
Steve Bohnel | 01/25/2017 -
Education in Harrowgate
Deep Roots Charter School Proposed to Open In 2018
Logan Blyler wrote most of the plan for the charter school he founded, Deep Roots, at a table in the back of Amalgam Comics & Coffeehouse (2578 Frankford Ave).…
Grace Shallow | 01/19/2017 -
Politics in Harrowgate
Polls, Papers and The Democratic Process: Spirit News Reporter Volunteers to Work the Polls at Heitzman Rec
At 7AM on November 8th, I rode my bike over to the Heitzman Rec Center in Harrowgate to help sign people into vote. The sun was barely up but…
John Henry Scott | 11/16/2016 -
Community in Harrowgate
Gun Lock Giveaway at Heitzman Rec
On October 4th, Assistant Chief of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office Danielle Walsh and the office's Victim Witness Coordinator Daniela Chacon participated in a Gun-Lock Giveaway at the Heitzman…
Spirit Staff | 10/12/2016 -
News in Harrowgate
Councilman Domb Presents Check to Webster Elementary
Councilman Allan Domb presented a check for $2,462.85 to Principal Sherri Arabia and students from John H. Webster Elementary School at City Hall on May 18, 2016. With the money,…
Spirit Staff | 06/02/2016 -
Community in Harrowgate
Mourning, Celebrating, Healing: Amtrak #188 Remembered in Harrowgate
Harrowgate Civic Association and the PFD Family Association bring victims, heroes and and the community together. Many people in the Riverwards remember where they were when Amtrak Train #188 went…
Bob Stewart | 05/13/2016 -
A&E in Harrowgate
Tim Butterly: A priest, a Rabbi and a Local Comedian Walk Into a Bar…
You may know him from Comedy Central’s Delco Proper, a new web series about three blue-collar friends struggling to avoid trouble while trying to make a name for themselves, but…
Thomas Beck | 04/13/2016 -
Community in Harrowgate
Prom Boutique: Young Ladies from Rizzo and Harrowgate PAL Centers Shop for Free Prom Attire
The line continually grew as teenage girls patiently waited in the dressing room for their chance in front of a mirror. When they finally did, many saw themselves adorned in…
Danielle Nelson | 03/18/2016 -
Features in Harrowgate
What is That?! The Sterling Paper Building on 2155 Castor Avenue
Our featured building today is another reader request: the old industrial building located at 2155 Castor Avenue in Harrowgate. Like the building at 4080 Frankford I profiled in September, the…
Austin Nolen | 03/02/2016