Opinion
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Education in Port Richmond
Call To Action: Local Charter School Students Need Your Help
For the better part of the past two years, I have been a teacher at Memphis Street Academy Charter School (formerly John Paul Jones Middle School) in Port Richmond. Memphis…
Jeff Kilpatrick | 05/14/2014 -
Opinion
The Local Lens – April 30, 2014
Where do dead journalists go? Presumably they go where everyone else goes, but in the tightfisted, competitive fishbowl world of Philly journalism, once they disappear they are gone without a…
Thom Nickels | 04/30/2014 -
Opinion in Fishtown
Stick to the Fight, When You’re Hardest Hit: The Persistence of St. Laurentius Parishioners
The news hit the parishioners of St. Laurentius very hard when they were blindsided by the announcement from the Archdiocese of Philadelphia that their church would be closed immediately…
Guest Author | 04/16/2014 -
Opinion
The Local Lens – April 9, 2014
When people ask me, “What was your favorite world trip?” I have to say Lapland and Finland. For starters, there’s not much to the Finnish Lapland day during the winter…
Thom Nickels | 04/09/2014 -
Opinion
The Local Lens – March 12, 2014
The murder of a popular schoolteacher in Massachusetts a few months ago by a 14 year old male student got me thinking about the current but obsolete legal practice of…
Thom Nickels | 03/12/2014 -
Opinion
The Local Lens – March 5, 2014
Years ago, when I worked in the check processing department of a now defunct Philadelphia bank, I dreamt of one day becoming my own boss while working at home. The…
Thom Nickels | 03/05/2014 -
Family in Fishtown
In Memory of Lacey Gallagher: A Heartfelt Message
Lacey Gallagher will forever be in our hearts and minds. Her spirit lives on and her kind, caring and genuine nature will continue to be a part of this community. …
Denise and Frank Gallagher | 02/12/2014 -
Opinion
The Local Lens – Feb. 12, 2014
What is the great American road trip? It’s when one or more people pull up roots and decide to see a part of the country. It can be a vacation…
Thom Nickels | 02/12/2014 -
Opinion
The Local Lens – Feb. 5, 2014
I am trying to think of a good way to write about my friend Carol. Like a lot of friendships, it ran the gamut from thick to thin. I wish…
Thom Nickels | 02/05/2014 -
Opinion
The Local Lens – Jan. 28, 2014
Not so very long ago I sat with Judson Hale, the semi-retired editor of the Old Farmers Almanac. We were squirreled away in a back corner of Port Richmond’s Hinge…
Thom Nickels | 01/28/2014 -
A&E
The Local Lens – Jan. 15, 2014
While wrapping up my book, Legendary Philadelphians of Center City (to be published this spring). I decided that I had to include the story of my friend, Arlene Ostapowicz. While…
Thom Nickels | 01/15/2014 -
Education in Port Richmond
School Choice: Finding the Right School for Your Child
If you’d like to send your child to a different school next year, now’s the time to start the process of researching your options. As Pennsylvania prepares to commemorate National School…
Andrew Campanella | 01/15/2014