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Politics in Port RichmondPort Richmond’s New 3-Point Plan to Prioritize Plighted Properties
Last Month, Maura Kennedy Director of Strategic Initiatives for the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspections was not even introduced fully at the Port Richmond On Patrol & Civic Association’s…
Patty-Pat Kozlowski | 10/26/2011 -
Features in Port RichmondNeighbors Join with Police Officers in Port Richmond
The combined monthly Port Richmond Town Watch and PROPAC meeting was held on Tuesday evening, Sept 27th, at Samuels Recreation Center. The turnout by neighbors was overwhelming and the contingent…
Greg Pacana | 10/12/2011 -
Education in Port RichmondOur Lady of Port Richmond Welcomes Newest Addition
170 little fingers, 170 tiny toes, the sweetest of smiles, each with a cute little nose! After nine months of planning and preparation – everything from painting the room and…
Renee Rozniatoski | 10/12/2011 -
Health in Port RichmondSurviving and Thriving: Marybeth Shank Celebrates Life
According to research, it is estimated that in 2011, there will be 230,480 new cases of invasive breast cancer in the United States. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, organized…
Maryanne Milligan | 10/12/2011 -
Health in Port RichmondAbout the Ladies of Port Richmond…
The Ladies of Port Richmond raise funds to increase Breast Cancer awareness through education; and help fund research to find a Breast Cancer cure in our lifetime. The idea of raising…
Spirit Staff | 10/12/2011 -
Features in Port RichmondThis Dog Went to Heaven: In memory of Sarge 1994-2011
You won’t find his death notice on the Obituary Page of the Philadelphia Daily News, but our City lost one of its finest (and four legged) citizens the last week…
Patty-Pat Kozlowski | 08/24/2011 -
Community in Port RichmondThat’s the Spirit: Denise Edeline and the Art of Volunteerism
To enter the Portside Arts Center during its annual summer camp is to experience something much like family. The soft pitter-patter of children's feet rushing up the stairs subsumed by…
Stephen Sudia | 08/17/2011 -
Opinion in Port RichmondThe Big Pilsudski: Is Bowling Night Gone the Way of the Payphone?
My apologies go out to Ginny Szymanski, but I guess I really owe an apology to her old man Joe Szymanski, who it turns out after all these years was…
Patty-Pat Kozlowski | 07/27/2011 -
Community in Port RichmondThere Flows the River
Interstate 95 has cut river ward residents off from the Delaware River, but now the community is ready to take the river back. About 100 community members gathered in Port…
Jennifer Lawson | 06/01/2011 -
Profiles in Port RichmondThe Shoe Lady of Richmond Street Turns 90
If anyone remembers buying shoes on Richmond Street in the “old days”, chances are you bought them from a red headed beauty named Mary Emma. You might have known her…
Patty-Pat Kozlowski | 05/18/2011