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Features
New 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 -
Community in Port Richmond
13th Annual Ladies of Port Richmond Breakfast Fundraiser a Success
For the past thirteen years, the Ladies of Port Richmond have been holding events throughout the year for breast cancer awareness. At the end of each year, the Ladies…
Shealyn Kilroy | 03/31/2017 -
Health
NBLIC Receives Grant to Supply Breast Cancer Education and Mammogram Referrals
In 2017, it is estimated that 40,610 women will die from breast cancer, according to the American Cancer Society. 11,300 new cases of breast cancer will be detected this…
Shealyn Kilroy | 03/24/2017 -
Community
Mayor Kenney Looks to Strengthen the City’s Commitment to Pre-K With Local Community
On March 16th, Mayor Jim Kenney sat down with prekindergarten providers, teachers and parents for a roundtable discussion at the R.W. Brown Community Center at 8th and Cecil B.…
John Henry Scott | 03/24/2017 -
Health
Downsized: Fishtown Native Tells His Interesting Odyssey With Gastric Sleeve Surgery (Part 2)
After my dangerously close call on the mountain, I started getting very tired all the time, and my concentration was noticeably slipping. Then the daily bloody noses started. Fortunately, my…
Frank Stepnowski | 02/22/2017 -
Health
Downsized: Fishtown Native Tells His Interesting Odyssey with Gastric Sleeve Surgery (Part 1)
Big fella, big man, big Step: genial introductions that preceded handshakes, hugs and reunions. That was me, the big guy, for as long as I can remember. To be…
Frank Stepnowski | 02/16/2017 -
Health in Fishtown
Meet Lutheran Settlement House’s T’ai Chi Instructor Milton McGriff
For years Philadelphia native Milton McGriff has practiced and taught t’ai chi, a Chinese martial art. T’ai chi (or t’ai chi ch’uan, which translates to “supreme ultimate fist” or…
Thomas Beck | 01/20/2017 -
Health in Fishtown
Get Fit in Fishtown at City Fitness
At the start of every New Year, Americans resolve to quit their bad habits and take up good ones. Fitness resolutions always top the list and gym signups skyrocket…
Jenny Willden | 01/05/2017 -
Health
PHOTOS: Philadelphia Marathon 2016
“Run like you stole something!” a half-marathon spectator shouted as runners made their way through the hydration station at the intersection of Strawberry Mansion and Huntington Drives on Saturday,…
Kaitlyn Moore | 11/23/2016 -
Health in Fishtown
Grace & Glory Yoga Studio Celebrates One-Year in Fishtown
On October 28th one year ago, Fishtown resident Brittany Everett took a leap of faith and opened a yoga studio of her own, Grace & Glory Yoga, on the…
Amy Strauss | 11/03/2016 -
Features in Temple University
Temple Health’s Block-By-Block Initiative Striving to Improve Community Health in North Philly
For many universities situated in inner cities, research studies are a means of strengthening its struggling relationships with neighboring communities via its donor networks. Temple University, an “urban…
Payne Schroeder | 10/28/2016 -
A&E in Kensington
Nude Night Philly Bared All For the Sake of Art (And a Great Cause)
Lots of folks in the neighborhood may know Victor Perez, the man behind Sk8 Lamps who’s often found hanging around the El Bar. But what some people may not…
Max Pulcini and Matthew Albasi | 10/19/2016