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FeaturesCCP Students Present Soda Tax Survey Results for City Officials
For the past month, Community College of Philadelphia (CCP) students have surveyed 1,320 Philadelphia residents aged 14 and up. The topic? The City’s sugary beverage tax. And this Monday,…
Steve Bohnel | 04/20/2017 -
Community in FishtownWhat’s Up With These Local Streets? Examining Parking, Street Issues in Developing Neighborhoods
Up and down East York Street, stretching from Aramingo Avenue to Memphis Street, dozens of parked cars face the sidewalk. This appears like a normal row of parked vehicles, until…
Steve Bohnel | 04/19/2017 -
A&E in Spring GardenNora Gibson’s Upcoming Ballet, “Nothing That Is Not There,” Explores Objectivity Through Dance
As a young dancer, Nora Gibson preferred ballet rehearsal over math class. Today, things are slightly different. As a choreographer, Gibson doesn’t hesitate to fuse artistry with analytics. “I think…
Angela Gervasi | 04/19/2017 -
Community in FishtownPreliminary Design Concept for Rec Center Renovation Revealed
The preliminary design concept for the much anticipated outdoor renovations of the Fishtown Recreation Center has finally been revealed. On Tuesday, April 11, members and friends of the community gathered…
Emily Brooks | 04/19/2017 -
Features in KensingtonAs The 197th Turns: The Official Timeline
Spirit News has been covering the drama-filled special election for the 197th Legislative District for the past few months. The story has been long and with no shortage of twists…
Bob Stewart, Steve Bohnel and Max Pulcini | 04/14/2017 -
Crime in PoplarRep. Curtis Thomas Speaks Out Following Last Week’s Triple Homicide
On Monday, April 3, students at St. Malachy, a North Philadelphia school serving children from preschool to grade 8, went into lockdown just as school was letting out. …
Jordyn Cordner | 04/13/2017 -
Features in FishtownWhen it Comes to Construction Woes, When’s it Time to Lawyer Up?
Hyperlocal journalism requires a boots-on-the-ground commitment to understand what’s really happening in the ‘hood. At the end of last October, we found ourselves on one of those foot-to-pavement excursions…
Ptah Gabrie | 04/13/2017 -
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 -
Features in FishtownUncovered History: Documents Paint Picture of Pre-Revolutionary Fishtown and Palmer Cemetery
Most of us are accustomed to receiving doses of history in classrooms or on visits to a sterile museum where you can often look, but not touch. Fortunately for…
Ptah Gabrie | 04/12/2017 -
Features in Northern LibertiesWith Swim Club Stakeholders At Odds, Monarch Membership Holders Told Their Passes Will Be Honored at NoLibs Pool
Breaking up with a financial partner who you feel wronged you can be as painful as a bitter divorce. Last week, news spread that two men were locked in a…
Ptah Gabrie | 04/10/2017 -
Features in Kensington
“RepubliGreens” File Federal Lawsuit for 197th
Lawyers for the the Green Party and Republican Party filed suit seeking to void the results of the recent special election in the 197th state legislative district. The plaintiffs are…
Bob Stewart | 04/07/2017 -
FeaturesNew Chance at Life: Siloam Wellness Center Provides Therapy, Spiritual Guidance to HIV/AIDS Patients
For as far as HIV/AIDS treatment has come in so few decades, and even after the important victory of its diagnosis no longer being a death sentence, the isolation…
Sean Barrett | 04/05/2017