Fall Festival this Wednesday at United Healthcare Community Center

Since Thanksgiving is almost here, now is your chance to give back to the community and enjoy some fall festivities. This fall festival event at the United Healthcare Community Center at Broad and Mifflin will bring together the community for

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South Philly’s first co-op playschool opening at East Passyunk Community Center

When Parks and Recreation took over the former Tolentine Community Center at 1025 Mifflin St., now called the East Passyunk Community Center, changes were promised to make this a more accessible community space. Now South Philly’s first-ever co-op playschool is

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School Talk: Learn about Southwark teachers while helping out with supplies

Editor’s Note: School Talk is an occasional feature that will look at education and parenting issues in South Philly. If you have concerns, ideas, suggested topics or other thoughts about the state of schools and ways to keep improving them, email us

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Check out improved East Passyunk Community Center at open house this week

Plenty of changes have been happening at the former Tolentine Community Center. For one thing, it’s now called the East Passyunk Community Center, but that isn’t the only new thing happening here. If you’re interested in checking out the improvements

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East Passyunk Avenue hosting music and arts festival for Second Saturday

This month’s Second Saturday on East Passyunk Avenue will include something new. In addition to sales along the avenue, a sidewalk sale and an antique market, there will be an arts and music festival occurring at the newly improved Mifflin

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Grounds of former Tolentine Center being cleaned up, already looking more accessible

Since the former Tolentine Community Center at 1025 Mifflin St. is being prepped for a new start, it was only a matter of time before changes started to occur. Now that the city’s Parks and Recreation is in charge of

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