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The emotion was superlative. The crowd was stacked with luminaries. The smiles were universal. Last week’s 94th Philadelphia Award ceremony at the Constitution Center was, simply, in a word, grand.                                     Watching R&B music mogul and community rejuvenator…

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Oliver also announces the beginning of paid media campaign The Doug Oliver for Mayor Campaign released its first official TV commercial and announced the beginning of its official paid media buy, including television, billboards, and radio.  Billboards are currently installed, radio began airing and TV commercials commenced airing last week. The new TV commercial and…

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South Street soul-food staple toasts 15 years with a month of food, fun, and philanthropy Keven Parker and his South Street staple, Ms. Tootsie’s Restaurant Bar Lounge (RBL), are celebrating 15 years in business on May 26. When Parker opened the doors to a modest, 18 seat eatery in South Philadelphia in 2000, people thought…

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The New York-based, pre-packaged meal supplier provided lunch, snacks to more than 600 athletes, volunteers, coaches and attendees Maramont Corporation, a Brooklyn, New York based supplier of prepackaged meals, with facilities in Moosic, Pennsylvania, and in Philadelphia, prepared and donated lunches, snacks and refreshments to more than 600 athletes, volunteers, coaches and attendees of the…

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Funeral services for Joan D. Howell, a retired school teacher whose volunteer work and civic activism reached near legendary status, were held April 27, 2015 at the Oxford Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Howell died April 16, 2015, following a long illness. Joan Diane (Yancy) Howell began her earthly journey on November 20,1939 in Philadelphia as the…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Tamron Hall (Debby Wong/ Shutterstock.com.) The “Today” Show and MSNBC Anchor (and Temple University grad) is being honored by the Lutheran Settlement House with a Women of Courage Award on Friday. By Denise Clay For those who have survived domestic violence, talking to others about your experience, especially on national television, requires a certain…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Sen. Anthony H. Williams speaks to guests at the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity’s Prayer Breakfast regarding their endorsement of him for mayor.  (Photo by Leona Dixon) On Thursday, the Black Clergy of Philadelphia and Vicinity endorsed State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams for Mayor in the 2015 Democratic Primary. Clergy President Rev….

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The Office of the Sheriff of Philadelphia City and County has launched an interactive, data-rich WebAPP that offers detailed information on properties scheduled for sheriff’s sale that includes names, dates of sale, location, and what will possibly be the opening bid on the property The site, at www.phillysheriff.com also contains maps, word-search fields, and a…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  The PABJ/CCP Mayoral Forum  (Photo by Bill Z. Foster.) By Kendall Alexander On Thursday, April 9th, the Moving Philadelphia Forward Mayoral Forum, hosted by the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists and Community College of Philadelphia was held at the college.  Each of the six Democratic mayoral candidates was in attendance and was asked…

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Members of the Sheriff of Philadelphia’s Fugitive Warrant Unit last night apprehended an individual wanted by the FBI in connection with a string of recent bank robberies in Philadelphia.  The suspect, Richard Cooper, was taken into custody by the warrant unit around 7:15 PM. Sunday night in an alley on the 2200 Block of E….

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