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ABOVE PHOTO:  (Photo by Denise Clay) When the School Reform Commission cancelled its contract with the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers on Monday, an already contentious relationship got much worse. By Denise Clay Wednesday was supposed to be a half-day off for students in the School District of Philadelphia. But for students at the Creative and Performing…

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Over 100 public, private, charter and parochial schools represented at the free event Great Philly Schools is pleased to announce that PECO will sponsor the 2014 Philly High School Fair, which will be held Friday, October 17 (3 PM to 7 PM) and Saturday, October 18 (9 AM to 3 PM) at the Armory at…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Rev. Mark Tyler The 2014 PABJ President’s Award goes to the Rev. Mark Tyler and wife Leslie Patterson-Tyler, pastor and first lady of Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church in South Philadelphia. The Tylers were instrumental in hosting and facilitating critical events in 2013 and 2014. PABJ held its February 2013 general body meeting with…

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(Photo courtesy: The Notebook) The School District of Philadelphia’s application process for new charter schools is now open. The application process is only for new, non-Renaissance charter schools to open in the 2015-16 school year. Interested operators can access the application form online through the Charter Schools Office webpage on the District website (www.philasd.org). The…

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105.3 FM, WDAS, Philly’s Best R&B and Old School, announced today the first annual “WDAS-FM Holiday Jam” presented by Soul Train Music on Friday, November 28, 2014 at the Liacouras Center.   The spectacular lineup will feature live performances by Jill Scott, Kem, Ledisi, Joe and Faith Evans. Tickets go on sale Friday, October 3,…

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After months of anticipation, the bill to grant Philadelphia enabling authority to enact a $2-per-pack cigarette tax to generate much-needed additional revenue for the city’s school district was signed into law. “I want to express my sincere gratitude to my colleagues for working in a bipartisan, bicameral manner to ensure the passing of this vital…

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By Kiarra Solomon  The Pennsylvania NAACP Youth and College Division recently launched the iMatter Campaign in Philadelphia, as a part of the NAACP’s national campaign. The focus of the iMatter Campaign is to improve community safety by addressing the problem of gun violence and police brutality. Every day in the United States 83 people die…

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Funeral services for South Philadelphia native Elizabeth B. Little were held on Monday, September 22, 2014 at Mt. Enon Baptist Church, 500 Snyder Avenue. Interment followed at Fernwood Cemetery, 6500 Baltimore Pike, Lansdowne, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Little died on September 12, 2014.  She was 78. Elizabeth Betty Summers was born June 17,1936, in Philadelphia to Bennie…

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 Below are the highlights of the September 2014, Franklin & Marshall College Poll of Pennsylvania voters. Complete results can be found at http://politics.fandm.edu. • A majority (60 percent) of Pennsylvania voters believe the state is “off on the wrong track.”   • In the governor’s race, Democratic candidate Tom Wolf holds a 20 percentage point…

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ABOVE PHOTO: A crowd is stopped by police as they were trying to reach the scene where 18-year-old Michael Brown was fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Mo., near St. Louis on Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014. A spokesman with the St. Louis County Police Department confirmed a Ferguson police officer shot the man. The spokesman didn’t…

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