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Last week, Mayor Michael A. Nutter congratulated seven interns who are working at Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW) during a six-week, employer-paid internship through the WorkReady Philadelphia summer program. The high school interns are acquiring professional experience in various PGW departments…

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Philadelphia Black Alliance for Educational Options will kick off a new campaign on August 21 to empower parents/caregivers of Black boys about quality educational options to help them graduate from high school. The campaign will take place Saturday, August 21

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The campaign focuses on informing parents and caregivers of children about the perils of leaving children alone at home, as well as providing life-saving information to make their children “fire-safe.”

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In an era when many Americans eat too many processed foods, the Philadelphia Housing Authority’s Food For Life Program is making it easier for housing residents to obtain fresh produce – a key component for a healthy diet.

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Governor Ed Rendell, Mayor Michael Nutter, Congressman Joe Sestak, former Mayor John Street , Rep. Louise Williams Bishop, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Onorato and many other political, labor and civic leaders attended a retirement dinner for long time labor leader Samuel Staten, Sr. at…

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Renowned music mogul Andre Harrell believes there is something missing in the music you listen to on the radio nowadays. Harrell believes that rhythm and blues music has somehow lost its way.

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I thought about my hometown sandbox this week as I saw the saga of former Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod unfold. She found herself in the sandbox I play in: the media sandbox. Unfortunately, two of the kids in that sandbox, Andrew Breitbart and Fox News…

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More than 200 Philadelphia Housing Authority employees took time away from their regular duties today to help PHA Commissioner and City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell celebrate her birthday the way she has for the past 13 years – holding a Health Fair for the Homeless.

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Despite a wet start at the Dell for the O’Jays show (rescheduled for August 23rd), the grand opening still went off with a bang the following weekend with the Funk Fest featuring the original ‘Funkmeister’ George Clinton.

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The housing authority recently inspected all of its nearly 4,200 occupied scattered sites homes, which are located throughout North, South and West Philadelphia, and determined that 136 properties required major repairs.

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