DIAMOND M Step Team electrified Kingsessing community members as they performed at celebration of new Hardy Williams High Mastery Charter School Saturday. School, which was founded in memory of late State Sen. Hardy Williams, has just expanded from its middle-school mission. High school is housed in former Shaw Middle School building, 5400 Warrington Avenue. In […]
BY BONNIE SQUIRES/ The best part of the incredible Philadelphia Film Festival is you get to meet and question and discuss their films with the directors, screenwriters, actors, and producers. And you get to see the finest films from around the world, selected by Andrew Greenblatt and his talented staff at the Philadelphia Film Society. […]
If the Philadelphia Phillies are looking for some divine inspiration to kick-start their flagging season, team officials might want visit a sports-loving sister in South Philly. by Rory McGlasson SISTER Mary-Anne Gardner, of St. Anthony of Padua, 9th & Peirce, wears her autographed pink Phillies sun visor with pride. She prays each day for every […]
Top of the agenda this weekend in Philadelphia are parades. One parade sure to draw viewers will be the American Legion Roche Post 21 Memorial Day Parade, which can be viewed at 67th Street & Elmwood Avenue on Sunday, May 26, 1-2 p.m., heading eastward on Elmwood to 64th Street. The larger of the two […]
BY FLOYD WEDDERBURN/ When building a new structure ,you start with your foundation. The same rules apply to a football team. The offensive line is the foundation of a football team. You set out to find the best offensive line you can and build around it. These guys have to be smart, fundamentally sound, quick, […]
PA. WOUNDED WARRIORS COMFORT HOUSE: Proving Their Worth By Supporting Veterans
November 8, 2012 No Comment
Among the many notable groups existing to help veterans who have served honorably in all the wars in which America has been engaged, two are outstanding in this state and this city. Singled out by the Philadelphia Public Record to benefit from this year’s special commemorative edition are the organized labor and endorsed Philadelphia Veterans […]
There are 21.5 million military veterans in the United States as of 2011. They are honored on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day†on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and Nov. 11 became […]
Philadelphia’s reputation as a town where death rules daily remains unchallenged in the state of Pennsylvania as its abortion clinics and cooperating hospitals reported a 2010 record number of “happy no birthday†celebrations: 23,091. The Commonwealth, including the Philadelphia total, reported for the same period 177,587 births, with abortions performed on 20% of the fetuses, […]
First Dist. Councilman Mark Squilla, this year’s Columbus Day Honorary Chairperson, is inviting everyone to “become Italian For A Day†this Sunday, Oct. 7, and join him and musical legend Grand Marshal Frankie Valli and city political and community leaders at the parade and festival honoring the 2012 Columbus Day. He cautions, “Parade watchers and […]
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