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Students leaving Frances E Willard Elementary School
Kensington Voice

Walking buses, a playground, a bullet-resistant fence: How Kensington schools are using opioid settlement funds

Kensington’s Willard Elementary School is getting its first playground. It’s also getting something less whimsical: a bullet-resistant fence. Both...
Officer Pat Heron in the driver's seat of his patrol car
Kensington Voice

Philly police, former Kensington cop sued over sex abuse, imprisonment of girls ages 9 and 11

Two women who were sexually abused as children by former Philadelphia police officer Patrick Heron are suing the Philadelphia Police Department...
Women dressed in dark blue scrubs celebrating their graduation
The Philadelphia Citizen

Hopeworks and other local programs are creating a “a pathway into wealth”

Hopeworks and other local programs are training Philadelphians for jobs in the growing healthcare industry while creating financial stability — and...
Graves at Philadelphia's Mount Peace Cemetery
The Trace

Defined and Diminished by Gun Violence

Centuries of inequitable social policy have kept Black Philadelphians dying at disproportionately high rates. Read more. Photo by Caroline Gutman for...
Kensington Hospital wound care outreach van parked at Kensington and Allegheny avenues
Kensington Voice

After hours of contentious testimony, Kensington mobile service restrictions bill advances to Philly City Council for vote

A bill proposing to ban mobile service providers in residential areas and some public spaces within Philadelphia’s 7th District was approved by City...