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For the first time, Community College of Philadelphia will offer affordable online courses during the 2014 winter break to help its students and guest students from other colleges and universities accelerate degree completion. “These three-credit courses will require 6-8 hours of work daily, so students must be committed to dedicating their time to the coursework…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Brothers and Sisters Book Club members at Warmdaddys event for Sonia Sanchez. (Photo by Karen Q. Miller) By Karen Quinones Miller “If you want to hide something from a black person, put it in a book.”  No one knows the author of that now infamous statement, but we’ve all heard it, and many of have…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Paulette Brown By Myisha Lacey-Tilson, Esq. When Paulette Brown was a young girl, growing up in Baltimore, she’d visit her cousins in West Philadelphia, carrying a lunch because restaurants weren’t an option for the two hour trip. “I cannot help but think about traveling to the South, with our food in a shoe…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Delvin Barnes By Maryclaire Dale Associated Press A man accused of abducting a Philadelphia woman and a Virginia teenager just weeks apart is making a federal court appearance in Pennsylvania. Federal prosecutors will try Delvin Barnes in the Philadelphia case before he is turned over to Virginia authorities. He is set to appear…

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ABOVE PHOTO: Marian B. Tasco (insert) By Councilwoman Marian B. Tasco Last week, City Council came to a fork in the road regarding the Mayor’s proposed sale of Philadelphia Gas Works to UIL Holders. We promised our constituents we would do our due diligence on this matter, and we did. Our independent consultants, Concentric Energy…

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To help keep heaters working and the lights on through winter, state Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione today said the time is now for low-income residents in her district to apply for the popular Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; better known as LIHEAP. The application window for federally funded LIHEAP grants will stay open through…

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Temporary closure scheduled for Friday, Nov. 7 through Monday, November 10 Martin Luther King Drive between the Art Museum Circle and Sweetbrier Drive will be closed to all traffic throughout the weekend, Streets Commissioner David J. Perri announced today. The following temporary restrictions are scheduled to be in effect from approximately 9:00 PM on Friday until…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  AMC’s Robin Roberts speaks at PCW.  (Photos by Bill Z. Foster) By Denise Clay If you want proof of how powerful The Power Of Us can be when applied to women and what they can accomplish, Strawberry Mansion High School principal Linda Cliatt-Wayman stands as a good example. When she took the podium…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Sheriff Jewell Williams presenting a check to property owner James Smith. The Office of the Sheriff of Philadelphia City and County recently topped $1 million in money given back to former property owners after Sheriff Jewell Williams handed over a substantial check to James Edward Smith, whose property was sold at a sheriff’s…

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By Tom MacDonald WHYY A deal to sell the Philadelphia Gas Works is dead as far as City Council is concerned.   When the Nutter administration chose UIL Holdings as the winning bidder for PGW, City Council hired a consultant to review the entire process. Council President Darrell Clarke says after the extensive evaluation, council…

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