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ABOVE PHOTO:  The LGBTQ Home for Hope Shelter  (Photo: Facebook) The Office of the Sheriff of Philadelphia City & County donated much-needed toiletries to the “LGBTQ Home for Hope Shelter” on Thursday, September 1. “This shelter receives no consistent funding but continues to do a great job in helping those who are challenged with finding…

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ABOVE PHOTO: 900 AM WURD host Nick Taliaferro, talks with Anthony Wright and his son, Anthony Jr., during a live broadcast from the radio station’s Founder’s Day celebration at the Free Library of Philadelphia. (Photo by Denise Clay) Now that he’s been exonerated of a crime he didn’t commit, Anthony Wright is moving forward with his…

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“We have been disproportionately impacted by the ‘Great Recession’. Unemployment in Black America is still double of white America and the wealth gap between the two Americas is wider than it’s ever been in a generation. We are going backwards, and unless we accelerate and build a new model for change we will fall further…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Artist Susan Kelly’s tile and mosaic pieces ‘Siblings’ and ‘Gold Continuum’ “Repurposed Bottles Contain Light” is the title of an exhibition that will feature Susan Kelly’s mixed-media/bottle glass mosaic works, along with original artwork in various media and styles by members of the Manayunk-Roxborough Artists Co-Op. The exhibit opens Sunday, September 11, 2016…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Cong. Marcia Fudge (D-OH) speaking to Hillary Clinton supporters at the North Phila. campaign office.  (Photo by: Amy V. Simmons) Highlights dangers of Trump’s divisive candidacy, Clinton’s qualifications By Amy V. Simmons On Sunday, August 28, Congresswoman Marcia Fudge (D-OH) visited the Hillary Clinton for America campaign office in North Philadelphia. A diverse…

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SUN Exclusive:  Supper Sessions Replaces Street Fare in West Mount Airy, business owners weigh in on both events (The event is also offering paid positions for youth workers, apply here) By Monica Peters Will Street Fare ever return to Mt. Airy? The highly anticipated Street Fare in West Mount Airy won’t be returning this year….

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The Philadelphia Fire Department is hiring Fire Lieutenant Wesley Handy from recruitment gives The Philadelphia Sunday SUN the scoop By Monica Peters   The Philadelphia Fire Department is hiring and the deadline to apply is Friday Sept. 2. Anyone who desires to become a firefighter can apply.  Yes, that means anyone. “The mission of the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  First child to undergo a bilateral hand transplant marks one year since surgery at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia         (PRNewsFoto/The Children’s Hospital of Phil) Today, 9-year-old Zion Harvey can throw a baseball over home plate. He can write in his journal, prepare himself lunch and manage zippers on his…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Beech Companies’ President Kenneth Scott presents scholarship gifts to Nori Bracey (l) and (r) Zuliesuivie Ball.  (Photo courtesy: Beech Companies) By Denise Clay For the next few weeks, parents are going to be loading their cars with backpacks, computers, laundry baskets, posters and other things that students beginning their freshman year of college…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Winners of the Fourth Annual Lott Carey International Golf Tournament.  (Photo courtesy: Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church) This year’s event — themed “Missions Matters for Justice” — addressed crucial issues in the African American community and beyond. By Amy V. Simmons More than 2,000 Christian missionaries came to the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown last week as…

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