People, events and everyday life in Kensington, Philadelphia. Profiles of neighbors, local traditions and the organizations that bring the community together.
Engaging with people who deal drugs is key to breaking up Kensington’s open-air drug market, but city leaders have overlooked this population while creating new law enforcement strategies for the neighborhood, says Ride Free.
Public Space
Impact Services hosted an “End-of-Soccer Celebration and Back-to-School Backpack Giveaway” at Hissey Playground on Indiana Avenue and C Street.
Community Life
The event was hosted by District 7 Councilmember Quetcy Lozada's office.
Government & Policy
The event was sponsored by the Harrowgate Civic Association, Impact Services, Kensington Corridor Trust, and Ride Free.
Clean Streets
Researchers are studying whether therapeutic writing exercises and cash incentives help motivate women with a history of drug use to continue taking PrEP and decrease their illicit drug use.
Public Space
Community members gathered for a special event celebrating the arrival of Roberto Lugo’s first sculpture installation.
Housing & Shelter
Streets were closed from Kensington Avenue to Emerald Street and Orleans to Somerset streets.
Health & Wellness
The medical services that the zoning exception would impact include HIV and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) testing and treatment, HIV medication, substance use treatment, and wound care.
Government & Policy
Police leaders and prosecutors provided additional details about the incident during a news conference Monday at PPD headquarters.
Arts & Culture
Artist Victor Sgro, who is in recovery, said he hopes his mural inspires others who are still struggling with opioid addiction.
Los nuevos oficiales trabajarán en tres turnos y cubrirán el vecindario las 24 horas del día. La mayoría de los oficiales patrullarán el vecindario a pie, y algunos estarán en bicicletas.
Small Business
The Ma family’s lives were upended in 2016 when a fire at a neighboring discount store swept through their store.
Health & Wellness
During Tuesday’s primary, the 7th and 33rd Wards, which include Fairhill, Harrowgate, and Kensington, remained the two wards with the lowest voter turnout in Philadelphia.
Community Life
La carrera del 23 de abril incluye elecciones importantes para Fiscal General, Auditor Estatal y el Senado. Ah, y también esa cosa de la presidencia.
Clean Streets
Ridgway, who founded Harrowgate Civic Association about 10 years ago, now serves as the group’s vice president.
Housing & Shelter
The city’s plan entails bussing unhoused residents to the surrounding counties and possible family reunification, plus increased police engagement, according to city officials.
Arts & Culture
Over the past year, in collaboration with Mural Arts, Lugo collected input from community members to get a sense of the neighborhood’s patterns — patterns that reflect their background, culture, and everyday life.
Community Life
Latino families in Philadelphia say they’re choosing charter schools operated by Latino-led nonprofit organizations because the schools are able to fill gaps not filled by the school district.
Community Life
Las familias latinas en Filadelfia dicen que están eligiendo escuelas charter operadas por organizaciones sin fines de lucro lideradas por latinos porque estas escuelas pueden llenar vacíos que el distrito escolar no cubre.
Government & Policy
Effective immediately, businesses without liquor licenses located between Kensington and Frankford avenues and Lehigh Avenue and Tioga Street must close from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.
Community Life
El documento de 761 páginas menciona a Kensington un total de 16 veces, más que cualquier otro vecindario, incluido el Centro de la Ciudad.
Arts & Culture
A group of Kensington CAPA students took portraits of five Philadelphia women ages 59 to 86 and directed and produced a documentary film about their lives.
Arts & Culture
Durante un curso de producción de medios digitales, los estudiantes asumieron diversos roles: algunos fotógrafos, cineastas, ingenieros de audio, iluminadores, editores, entrevistadores y diseñadores de escenografía, y algunos desempeñaron múltiples roles.
Government & Policy
Durante el almuerzo anual de alcaldes de la Cámara de Comercio del Gran Filadelfia la semana pasada, la alcaldesa Cherelle Parker expresó su apoyo a la concejala del Distrito 7, Quetcy Lozada, y ofreció a los asistentes otra mirada de sus planes para Kensington.
