Unity Festival In Logan Has Something For The Entire Family
The seventh annual Unity in the Community Day Festival is taking place in the Logan section of Philadelphia today.
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The seventh annual Unity in the Community Day Festival is taking place in the Logan section of Philadelphia today.
Jarrod Stevens was 15 when he admitted to holding up a local sporting goods store in 1991, and killing 49-year-old employee Walter Lee.
The event, held at People's Plaza (the monument at 5th and Market Streets honoring the First Amendment), was an opportunity for students of the Philadelphia-based Center for Literacy to tell their stories through poetry or essays.
"Now, I can expand. I can probably go after some food contracts. Before I couldn't do that," said one woman with a mail-order cake business.
US Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) is previewing legislation that he says would improve laws protecting pregnant women in the workplace from discrimination.
Eleanor Gesensway, who had led the original effort to save the building in the '80s, called the proposal "a travesty" that "desecrates the honesty of the building."
"No one really knows what it's worth," says an official of the auction company, "but by putting it up for auction, exposing it to the market, we let the buyers tell us."
Mutombo praised Ali for being an example to him, especially when it came to giving back to others.
The legislation would allow Finnigan's Wake, at 3rd and Spring Garden Streets, to add second-floor balconies that would jut out over the sidewalk.
You can lead a student to fruits and veggies, but can you make him eat?
Fresh Grocer plans to open a 50,000-square-foot supermarket in the Haddon Avenue Transit Village, about a half mile from the Ferry Avenue Patco station.
Philadelphia Firefighters are hoping many hungry people will show up on Friday at a local Northeast Philly pub.
Mayor Michael Nutter announced that a statue of world heavyweight champion Joe Frazier will be installed outside the Infinity Live complex, in the stadium area of South Philadelphia.
"You couldn't find a nicer person. Wonderful human being," said Bill Mackrides, a backup quarterback for the Birds in the late '40s and early '50s.
"We're trying to get to the morning commuters, parents, anybody who has brothers or sisters, nephews, neighbors with young children, so they can find something to between the hours from 3-6 pm after school."
Robert loves computers and he plays the piano, even writes his own songs. And he has quite sophisticated tastes.
The names of Pennsylvania emergency workers who had given their lives in the line of duty were read during a ceremony outside the state capitol.
This memorial includes a piece of an I-beam from one of the towers that was demolished in the terrorist attacks.
Penn's veterinary school has opened a center in Grays Ferry for developing working dogs.
Organizers want people to know that it is easy to be green. And exhibitors were on hand showcasing the large number of environmentally-friendly goods and services available.
As the 11th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, last week's U.S. Airways hoax was yet another reminder of how sensitive aviation security has become.
While Mary Rochford retired in June to devote more time to her family, Archbishop Charles Chaput called her back for a meeting and surprised her, according to Archdiocese spokeswoman Donna Farrell.
A grass roots effort to get people back to church next September 16th is taking place nationwide including here in Philadelphia.
There was a lot going on Saturday at the Cecil B.Moore Recreation Center where the Stop Illegal Guns Rally and Peace Concert was held.
It is all a part of a grassroots effort to reach to mobilize voters following the Democratic National Convention.
