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Features in FairmountJ. 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 FairmountParty 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 FairmountNewly 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 FairmountFairmount 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 -
Community in FairmountSpring 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 FairmountFCA Meeting: Fairmount Civic Association Holds February Meeting
As the weather is delivering to us a medley of different seasons, the Fairmount Civic Association heard about a miscellany of issues at its monthly meeting on February 23rd. Two…
Mark Brakeman | 03/01/2017 -
Community in FairmountCircle Compost: Fairmount Residents Bring Compost Service to Penn’s Garden and Beyond
When David Bloovman finishes an apple, he doesn’t throw it in the trash. He thinks of the leftover apple core as part of a consumption process or, more importantly,…
Grace Shallow | 01/18/2017 -
Features in FairmountHOME Made For the Holidays
Project HOME, a nonprofit organization nationally lauded for its work in targeting homelessness and poverty in Philadelphia, is undergoing a revamping to its three social enterprise programs. Phil Waller,…
Payne Schroeder | 11/28/2016 -
Features in FairmountSpotluck: New App Helps Users Find Discounts at Local Eateries
There is a popular new app that can save you money at restaurants near you. Spotluck, a fun and simple app, focuses on providing discounts to its users from…
Michael Antonio Castaneda | 10/12/2016 -
A&E in FairmountTerror Behind the Walls Returns for Another Horrifying Holiday Season
A frightening Fairmount favorite returns for another season of screams, ghosts and ghouls — Terror Behind the Walls is back at Eastern State Penitentiary and is set to run from…
Max Pulcini | 10/05/2016 -
Features in FairmountTrump in Philly: Presidential Candidate’s Visit to People for People Charter School Draws Protests
Building a wall is a major point of emphasis in Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, so it only made sense that a wall was one of the prominent images…
Ruthann Alexander | 09/14/2016 -
Education in FairmountPrisons Today: Eastern State Penitentiary Showing Hard Facts on Mass Incarceration
For the last 30 years, incarceration rates in America have skyrocketed; our country’s current prison population has reached more than 2.2 million. This is what the Eastern State Penitentiary's (ESP)…
Whitney Johnson | 09/01/2016