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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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Celebrating the impact and journey of people in the Recovery Community To celebrate the impact and journey of people in the recovery community, Minds of Men is hosting its second Annual Recovery Ball.  The ball will be held Friday, December 4-5, 2015 at 9:00 PM -1:00 AM (EST) at Temptations Night Club, 218-220 West Chelten…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Art Haywood State Senator Art Haywood issued the following statement after Senate Bill 76 failed to pass the Senate: HARRISBURG–“The defeat of Senate Bill 76 in the Senate is a victory for ordinary Pennsylvania taxpayers. This was a misleading bill that would have increased taxes in middle-class communities to offset property tax elimination…

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Department of Revenue expects successful repeat of summer pilot program The City of Philadelphia announced that the Department of Revenue will hold a second internet-based real estate tax lien sale auction, which will run from December 16-18, 2015 and be hosted by Real Auctions, LLC.  Following the success of the June pilot, the real estate…

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State Rep. W. Curtis Thomas, D-Phila., handed out close to 100 food baskets to needy families in his district, last week. “About 13 percent of Pennsylvanians live below the poverty level, but in Philadelphia, that figure doubles to 26 percent, with nearly half of those living in abject poverty,” Thomas said, referring to figures from…

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