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N2N Festival, feat. Salt-N-Pepa, is this Saturday; Move your car if you’re parked near Cedar Park

September 6, 2019

If you have a car parked along Baltimore Avenue between 49th and 51st Streets, you should move. Same goes for 50th and 51st from Pentridge to Catharine. Cars should be moved by 11 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6. or they will be towed, according to police.

All of this is for the N2N Festival in Cedar Park this Saturday, Sept. 7, featuring Salt-N-Pepa.

Cars can be parked again on those streets starting 12 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 8.

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Car break-ins, thefts from autos still a big problem

September 5, 2019

An uptick in thefts from autos was reported back in May in the 18th Police District, which covers West Philadelphia neighborhoods south of Market Street, and the number of such thefts and car break-ins has remained high throughout the summer, according to several crime alerts from police.

Last Thursday, a string of thefts from cars parked on the 4800 block of Hazel all the way to the 5100 block of Hazel was reported. The thefts took place between the early morning hours of 2 a.m. to 4:30 a.m.. Check out this video:  Continue Reading

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Penn Book Center to stay open with new owners

August 30, 2019

Here’s some encouraging news about Penn Book Center, the independent bookstore at 34th and Sansom whose owners Ashley Montague and Michael Row announced last spring that they were struggling to stay in business and would close their doors permanently in May 2019. According to this week’s announcement, the store will stay open thanks to new owners, Matt Duquès and Diana Bellonby.

After Penn faculty and students launched a campaign to save the store, which included a petition signed by more than 5,000 people, the University of Pennsylvania, the store’s landlords, extended the lease for the summer to give Montague and Row time to work out a new plan to stay open. Duquès and Bellonby, who were in the process of moving from Alabama to Philadelphia, heard of the campaign and soon began negotiations to buy the store which was founded in 1962.  Continue Reading

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Parking restrictions in place as crews film in Spruce Hill and near Baltimore Ave through next week

August 30, 2019

Film crews will be shooting in the Spruce Hill neighborhood for the next several days, prompting temporary “no parking” zones on several streets.

The crews are filming scenes for Dispatches From Elsewhere, a 10-episode anthology series that is set to be released on AMC in 2020. Jason Segel created and will star in the series. Other cast members include Sally Field, André Benjamin (André 3000 from Outkast) and the English actor Richard E. Grant.

Several actors were spotted filming the series in Rittenhouse Square late last month.  Continue Reading

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Neighbors prepare list of requests before meeting with developers of property near 51st and Spruce

August 29, 2019

Neighbors turned out at the First Corinthian Baptist Church on Monday to hear about plans for the property at 303 S. 51st St. (Photo by West Philly Local)

Neighborhood organizers have put together a list of requests for a developer who plans to build a 30-unit apartment complex on a lot tucked away at the end of a small alley near 51st and Spruce. They plan to present the requests during a meeting with the developer, Callahan Ward, next month.

About 70 people attended Monday’s meeting, which was hosted by Neighbors for Healthy Community Development (NHCD) at the First Corinthian Baptist Church at 51st and Pine, intended to gauge community support for requests related to safety, overbuilding on the lot and the inclusion of affordable units.  Continue Reading

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Woodland Avenue Bridge reconstruction project completed; Trolleys 11, 36 to resume regular service this Wednesday

August 27, 2019

After more than a year of detours and shuttle bus service due to the Woodland Avenue Bridge reconstruction project at 47th and Woodland, SEPTA is set to resume regular service for trolley routes 11 and 36. The project has been completed, and the trolleys will resume regular operation on Woodland Ave. between 49th St. and Chester Ave. on Wednesday, Aug. 28, SEPTA has announced.

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