Community News

Members of the Salt and Light Congregation ready food parcels distributed weekly at The Common Place at 58th and Chester.  Addressing endemic food insecurity is just one of the services […]

By now, most people have heard that Amazon is interested in Southwest Philadelphia.  Well, apparently the rumors are true, as Amazon took its case to open a “Last Mile” facility […]

By Shaketia Sills On March 13, 2020, schools across Philadelphia began to close their doors due to Covid-19.  Initially, this was supposed to be a two week shut-down turned into […]

Built in 1915, the Library building is 106 years old and needs to be repaired and modernized. By Globe Staff Writer More than 50 people participated in the Paschalville Branch […]

“Peace not Guns” – Too Late for Kyeir Pickens, killed March 12 Sen. Anthony Williams introduces his three community liaisons, Andre Carroll, Khaleef Alexander, and Markus Kennedy at the Peace […]

The Covid-19 vaccination team at the Mercy Wellness Center on Island Avenue on March 20 at which 356 eligible area residents received their first dose of vaccine.  The group includes […]

The Bartram’s Garden Greenhouse where volunteers can work to cultivate plants and seedlings for Bartram’s plant sales or for transplanting out in the gardens themselves.  March 27 and April 10 […]

Children can’t wait to gather for outdoor reading. The Kingsessing Branch starts a regular Storytime at 51st and Regent St. on Saturday, April 10 “Get Ready to Read” starts April […]

Link to free interview by noted author Wilkerson March 29 Former President Barack Obama will discuss his highly acclaimed new book “A Promised Land” with Pulitzer award-winning author Isabel Wilkerson […]