Germantown/West Oak Lane

Without more volunteers, next year's Mt. Airy Day could be in peril

By Jana Shea for NewsWorks, @MtAiryChestnut

May 8, 2013

Having just wrapped up a successful 43rd annual Mt. Airy Day, East Mt. Airy Neighbors (EMAN) board members expressed fear that the responsibility is more than the organizers alone can handle on Tuesda... More »
Burglars steal a gun and more from West Oak Lane grocery store [video]

By Brian Hickey @GTownWOLane

May 8, 2013

Philadelphia Police have released surveillance video of two unidentified men who allegedly broke into Sam's Grocery Store on Louise Street in West Oak Lane early Friday morning and stole a variet... More »
Sonia Sanchez poem becomes 'ballad' for Camden

By Kimberly Paynter, @Kpaynter

May 8, 2013

I stumbled upon an abandoned house at the corner of Broadway and Ferry Avenues while on assignment in Camden Tuesday. As a Philly native, I noticed the words of "Ballad" by poet laureate So... More »
Eagles honor Northwest Philly football players for academic achievement

By Aaron Moselle, @awmoselle

May 8, 2013

When Eagles linebacker DeMeco Ryans talks about his high-school football days, he doesn't don rose-colored glasses. More »
Germantown man charged in connection with suspicious devices at Rep. Evans office, West Oak Lane rec center

By Brian Hickey @GTownWOLane

May 8, 2013

A 20-year-old Germantown man has been charged in connection with the suspicious devices thrown at state Rep. Dwight Evans' campaign office and a West Oak Lane recreation center on Monday. More »
2013 Philadelphia Folk Festival line-up announced

By Howard Pitkow for NewsWorks, @MtAiryChestnut

May 8, 2013

The 52nd annual Philadelphia Folk Festival will return to the Old Pool Farm in Upper Salford on August 16-18. The event is the longest continuously running outdoor musical festival of its kind in Nort... More »
Roxborough's 12th annual Mother's Day Walk/Run is Sunday

By Meg Frankowski for NewsWorks, @MegFrankowski

May 8, 2013

A Mother's Day walk/run for breast cancer and is happening right in the heart of Roxborough this weekend. "Our event brings family and friends of all ages together bright and early on Mothe... More »
Students rally against looming cuts outside Philly School District headquarters

By Holly Otterbein, @hollyotterbein

May 7, 2013

Philadelphia School District students are furious that they may have to endure even more budget cuts after they've already lost several nurses, central office staff members and a beloved annual m... More »
Zoning committee looks into stormwater concerns affecting Chestnut Hill

By Jana Shea for NewsWorks, @MtAiryChestnut

May 7, 2013

The Chestnut Hill Community Association's Land Use Planning and Zoning committee (LUPZ) is revisiting areas in the neighborhood previously identified as needing improved stormwater management. More »
On public-school budgets and Gandhi

By Tony Auth @bytonyauth

May 7, 2013

Unless an unforeseen infusion of money materializes for Philadelphia's public schools, they won't resemble schools at all come September. More »

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