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Jan 8, 2025 | 
cbsnews.com | Wakisha Bailey |Scott Hezlep
East Passyunk Opera Project closes out its "Love Notes for Philly" show this weekend The East Passyunk Opera Project's annual production benefiting Philadelphia charities will take its final bow this weekend. "Love Notes 4 Philly" mixes East Passyunk Opera Company artists and Society Hill Dance Academy performing songs celebrating community. It's a bittersweet moment for the communities as this series was filled with fun and love.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Wakisha Bailey |Scott Hezlep
Unique program looks to help families on budget in Pennsylvania while protecting environment A unique program in Philadelphia offers toys at a deep discount and ways to recycle them when kids outgrow them. Blake Carroll, one of the founders of Unless Kids, is getting off to an early start inside a warehouse in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
news.lee.net | Howard Monroe |Scott Hezlep
PHILADELPHIA (KYW) -- The next time you're in Mayfair, look around. New street art is lining Frankford Avenue, the Philadelphia neighborhood's main business corridor. The artist behind the artwork is world-renowned sculpture artist Seward Johnson, the founder of the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey. "These statues have been all over the world, but they have never been in the city of Philadelphia," said Donny Smith, the Mayfair Improvement District's executive director.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
ktvz.com | Howard Monroe |Scott Hezlep
By Howard Monroe, Scott HezlepClick here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — The next time you’re in Mayfair, look around. New street art is lining Frankford Avenue, the Philadelphia neighborhood’s main business corridor. The artist behind the artwork is world-renowned sculpture artist Seward Johnson, the founder of the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Howard Monroe |Scott Hezlep
Philadelphia's Mayfair neighborhood a temporary home for artist Seward Johnson's sculptures PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The next time you're in Mayfair, look around. New street art is lining Frankford Avenue, the Philadelphia neighborhood's main business corridor. The artist behind the artwork is world-renowned sculpture artist Seward Johnson, the founder of the Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, New Jersey.
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Apr 12, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Jasmine Payoute |Scott Hezlep
Early morning rave to encourage voting kicks off in Chinatown PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- What better way to get yourself geared up to hit the polls than by starting your day off groovin'? It's being labeled as a creative way to encourage people to vote and build community. On Friday, Daybreaker kicked off its Purple Tour in Philadelphia's Chinatown neighborhood with yoga and then dancing all in hopes of getting people out to vote.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Howard Monroe |Scott Hezlep
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Philadelphia is getting ready to welcome WrestleMania 40, one of the biggest sporting and entertainment attractions of 2024. WrestleMania XL is ready to take over the city. Nearly 100,000 people are expected to come through Philadelphia International Airport for the event. "This is really the kickoff of everything that's coming in 2026," Heather Redfern, a spokesperson for the airport, said.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
news.lee.net | Jasmine Payoute |Tom Dougherty |Scott Hezlep |Fletcher Rumbaugh
PHILADELPHIA (KYW) -- An 8-year-old boy was critically wounded and his father was left with burns after a fire broke out at their house in Philadelphia's Frankford neighborhood overnight Tuesday. Cellphone video captured the intense flames shooting from the two-story rowhome on the 4300 block of Griscom Street just after 1:30 a.m.Neighbors said they see the father and son outside often and weren't surprised to learn that he reportedly rushed inside the burning home to save his son.
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Apr 2, 2024 | 
ktvz.com | Jasmine Payoute |Tom Dougherty |Scott Hezlep |Fletcher Rumbaugh
Published April 2, 2024 9:43 AM By Jasmine Payoute , Tom Dougherty , Scott Hezlep , Fletcher RumbaughClick here for updates on this story PHILADELPHIA (KYW) — An 8-year-old boy was critically wounded and his father was left with burns after a fire broke out at their house in Philadelphia’s Frankford neighborhood overnight Tuesday.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
cbsnews.com | Jasmine Payoute |Scott Hezlep
Battleship New Jersey being moved for repairs: timeline, where to see it on the move PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - The nation's most decorated battleship is on the move. The Battleship New Jersey is taking off Thursday for historic dry dock maintenance for the first time in 30 years. As part of that process, the battleship will travel south down the Delaware River to the Paulsboro Marine Terminal, where she will be ballasted.
