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I thought about my hometown sandbox this week as I saw the saga of former Department of Agriculture official Shirley Sherrod unfold. She found herself in the sandbox I play in: the media sandbox. Unfortunately, two of the kids in that sandbox, Andrew Breitbart and Fox News…

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More than 200 Philadelphia Housing Authority employees took time away from their regular duties today to help PHA Commissioner and City Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell celebrate her birthday the way she has for the past 13 years – holding a Health Fair for the Homeless.

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Despite a wet start at the Dell for the O’Jays show (rescheduled for August 23rd), the grand opening still went off with a bang the following weekend with the Funk Fest featuring the original ‘Funkmeister’ George Clinton.

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The housing authority recently inspected all of its nearly 4,200 occupied scattered sites homes, which are located throughout North, South and West Philadelphia, and determined that 136 properties required major repairs.

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Three Philadelphia police officers plotted with drug dealers and staged a traffic stop and drug seizure in a scheme to steal $15,000 worth of heroin from a supplier and sell it, federal authorities charged.

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Councilwoman Marian Tasco was joined by block captains, committee people, clergy members, business owners and other Stakeholders, from all across the Ninth Council District for a Community Leaders and Stakeholders meeting at Community College of Philadelphia Northwest Regional Campus.

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Citizens Bank and its partners announced last week that the East Park Revitalization Alliance is the latest nonprofit to be named a Champion in Action.

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The office of Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. would like to invite you to the opening of the” Smart Center of Child Development & Education” at 3301 Westmoreland Street on Friday, July 23rd at 11am.

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The barge hit the boat and overturned it Wednesday afternoon, sending at least 37 people into the water and later sinking. At the time of this printing, officials said they were still searching for a 16-year-old girl and a 20-year-old man.

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Washington said she understands that revenues are scarce, resources limited, that there is little support for increased taxes and little appetite to grow budget lines, but said she also knows how deep and painful the budget cuts will be on vulnerable Pennsylvanians.

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