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ABOVE PHOTO:  Mayor Michael Nutter surrounded by Muslim leaders and City Council members, speaks at the press conference over the bloody pig’s head thrown at the front of Al Aqsa Islamic Society in Germantown last weekend.  (Photo: Denise Clay) On Tuesday, Mayor Michael Nutter called Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump something I can’t repeat in…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  District Attorney  R. Seth Williams Pilot offering education, life skill supports, employment and expungement is the first of its kind in the nation Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams recently launched a new pre-trial felony diversion pilot program called Future Forward to provide individuals who have been charged with a non-violent felony crime…

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ABOVE CARTOON:  Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons By State Rep. Vanessa Lowery Brown United States Supreme Court justices are appointed for life. This is important to ensuring their decisions are not clouded by political considerations. Whenever there is a vacancy on the nine-justice panel, the president nominates a person he (or she) believes to be qualified…

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Coming Soon: Volunteer Opportunities The Philadelphia 2016 Host Committee for the Democratic National Convention continues to need volunteers and will begin engaging registered volunteers more in early 2016. If you have not yet registered and would like to sign up to be a volunteer, please do so here. You can also email [email protected] with any…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Seth Williams Pilot offering education, life skill supports, employment and expungement is the first of its kind in the nation Philadelphia District Attorney R. Seth Williams this week launched a new pre-trial felony diversion pilot program called Future Forward to provide individuals who have been charged with a non-violent felony crime an alternative…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Mayor-elect Jim Kenney   From town hall meetings designed to get input from Philadelphia residents, to a group of cabinet appointees that will have no trouble finding their way around the city, the administration of Mayor-elect Jim Kenney is involving locals in a variety of ways. By Denise Clay The Mayor’s Reception Room…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Olutayo Bosedo plays the Lead Crow in the Live TV production of NBC Universal’s The Wiz!   By Kiarra Solomon @by_kiarra The live production of NBC Universal’s remake of The Wiz! premieres on Thursday, December 3rd at 8PM. This three-hour live event stars newcomer Shanice Williams as Dorothy. Winner of 7 Tony Awards,…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Starbucks barista-in-training Carmen Williams making delicious lattes.   By Annette John-Hall Carmen Williams was on the road to nowhere. Left at a friend’s home by her mother as a child, Carmen endured myriad foster homes, including a household crawling with 30 unneutered cats. One day, she came home to discover the cats had…

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Workshop Series Help Ensure Area Businesses are Searchable in Time for the Convention   PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Democratic National Convention Committee (DNCC) and Google have just announced a partnership to help greater Philadelphia region small businesses increase their online presence to attract potential consumers in time for the Convention. According to Google, “While 97%…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Philadelphia Marathon  (Photo by Bill Z. Foster) There was plenty of excitement among the crowd of more than 60,000 that lined the race course to cheer on a field of nearly 30,000 registered participants in the 2015 GORE-TEX Philadelphia Marathon and Half Marathon. The day was full of record breaking, including a new course…

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