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This and every Saturday after Thanksgiving is Small Business Saturday! Shopping small helps create jobs and strengthens Philly’s neighborhoods. In fact, did you know that for every $100 spent at an independent business, about $68 goes right back into the local economy? Commercial corridors are some of Philadelphia’s best business assets. They anchor avenues and…

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Every year between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, Philadelphia Parking Authority offer holiday shoppers some hard-to-beat parking options. For a flat-rate of only $8 on Saturdays and Sundays, you can park at the following PPA garages between 11 a.m. and 12 midnight. Note: To receive the $8 flat-rate, please visit the garage management office for…

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NBC10: A burned body was found early Friday morning on the top of a SEPTA Regional Rail train when the train pulled into Jefferson Station in Center City, Philadelphia. Transit police were holding the scene at the underground station at 11th and Market streets about 7:30 a.m., and the body was visible to an NBC10…

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(PHILADELPHIA) November 21, 2017 – Amid sexual harassment allegations, Philadelphia City Councilwomen Blondell Reynolds Brown (At Large), Jannie L. Blackwell (3rd District), Maria Quiñones-Sánchez (7th District), Cherelle L. Parker (9th District), Cindy Bass (8th District) and Helen Gym (At Large) issued a statement condemning sexual misconduct: “The Women of City Council stand in solidarity with all citizens…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Last week’s School Reform Commission (SRC) meeting just before the vote to dissolve itself.  (Photo: @urbedadvocates)   The School Reform Commission has voted to put itself out of business. Now the fun really starts.   By Denise Clay Last Thursday, the School Reform Commission decided that it might be time for the School…

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While driving home one Sunday, I saw a young sister going to a van that was labeled “Center Stage Party Planning”.  I almost drove right by but decided to stop.  Co-owner Ebony Carson and her team were setting up for an event.  She was pleasant and gracious to allow me a few minutes of her…

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ABOVE PHOTO: by Kharisma McIlwaine   By Kharisma McIlwaine The King of Prussia Town Center, built in 2016, has been very busy creating a haven for foodies. The newest addition to The KOP Town Center is MidiCi: The Neapolitan Pizza Company. MidiCi, which means “You tell me!” in Italian, speaks to MidiCi’s mission to connect…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Google 2017 © And Still I Rise Youth Development Center raises funds to purchase facility in the Strawberry Mansion Section of Philadelphia   Krisha Coppedge has a passion for children and she believes in divine intervention. That is the very reason she founded her youth development program for children of the Strawberry Mansion…

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Moments by Andre Saunders is available on iTunes, Apple Music, Tidal, Spotify as well as all other streaming platforms. I sit and reflect on the journey it took to create this piece of art. This whole experience has been about “Moments.” Good and bad moments. Honest moments. This is my most personal and revealing music…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Jenifer Lewis makes an unforgetable visit at AAMP to talk about her new memoir “The Mother of Black Hollywood.”  (Photo: K-Len Anderson)   By Kendall Alexander @SteezieKBreezie “I knew the world was bigger — I wanted to do something great, so I pursued it.” – Jenifer Lewis Damned if she didn’t! Jenifer Lewis…

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