by Maria Merlino Now you can pick up local produce every Tuesday and Wednesday in South Philadelphia. The Food Trust Farmers’ Market at Broad Street & Snyder Avenue is the Tuesday venue as the Solly Bros. Farm will be bringing in fresh picked vegetables, fruits and greens. Find them there from 2-6 p.m. now through […]
by Maria Merlino The annual 1st Police Dist. Banquet was so well populated that owner Lou Galdo had to add several additional tables of 10 in his banquet hall to accommodate the crowd. Three officers who gave up their lives in call of duty and two officers who miraculously recovered were honored on May 28, […]
by Maria Merlino The dream of Sister M. Paula Sister Paula Beierschmitt, IHM president and founder of The American Academy of the Sacred Arts, came true as the huge bronze statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe was installed on the left hand side of the church at Basilica of SS. Peter & Paul. She died […]
Could Building Plan Hurt Beef Trust? Bella Vista may be getting more than just cheesesteak tourists. The developer of a property at 9th & Wharton streets, Paul Mirabello, proposes building a four-story, 18-unit apartment complex with five commercial stores… with no on-site parking. As everyone knows, it’s rough to find parking in South Philadelphia as […]
Police Activist To Expand Coverage They call him Mr. South Philly. And there are few contenders who dare challenge this title. Russell Shoemaker, Sr. was formerly employed with the South Philadelphia Review for a year, which has undergone a major change and is being taken over by a firm not located in South Philadelphia. Broad […]
Yo! Here we go again. I awoke early one morning to the sound of silence. In this utter silence I thought I heard a sound from outside my window. It resembled the clip-clop of the milkman’s horse. This sound stirred up some very strong memories. It brought to mind the sound of the milk bottles […]
by Maria Merlino I remember when I was in kindergarten at Jenks School, a long time ago, before color TV. Mrs. Sherr would take us to Marconi Park. At the time, the playground had monkey bars and a sandbox. We thought it was a lot of fun to bury the teacher’s purse in the sand. […]
PSN (Philadelphia Sports Network) and PSSC (Philadelphia Sport & Social Club) are the two primary for-profit organizations that dominate most of the fields and facility permits in the city’s parks. However, for the next 9 weeks, Stonewall Kickball secured a permit to take over Marconi Plaza at Broad Street and Oregon Avenue. On Sunday, April […]
by Maria Merlino The Millay Club Alumni Association of Neumann-Goretti has announced Salvatore J. Patti as its 2015 Pinnacle Award Man of the Year. Growing up, Patti was fascinated by successful people, what they did to achieve success by owning their own businesses or being part of a bigger business. He was highly influenced by […]
by Maria Merlino The May 4th A Taste of South Philly Fundraiser, held at the Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti Catholic High School’s Goretti gym was a rousing success, as the crowded gym took on a festive air. The hosts, WOGL-98’s Bob Pantano, a Bishop Neumann graduate, and his beautiful wife, Debbie, provided the finest […]
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