On a cold March morning earlier this year, Roz Pichardo was driving into work on Kensington Avenue when she heard someone scream from outside her car window — “I need Narcan!” With…
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Another Kensington garden is losing land to development
When members of the Philly Socialists formed the César Andreu Iglesias Community Garden at Arlington and North Lawrence Streets in 2012, they did it to reclaim the vacant land for the community.…
Restoring Victor’s garden
Next to Hope Park on the 3000 block of A Street, a broken fence borders the remains of Victor Ortiz’s neighborhood garden. “The garden used to bring so much light into the…
Love at the libraries
For Judi Moore, Marcela Franco and Bryan Belknap, the relationships they build and things they learn are a big reason they love working at Kensington’s libraries. Moore, the children’s librarian at McPherson…
Wedding on East Monmouth: Kensington couple will marry outside Prevention Point to send message of hope
Wilfredo Laboy and Cristina Pintor pose for photos in the upstairs sanctuary at Prevention Point. The couple met at Prevention Point during an overdose prevention training in 2017. (Photo by Jillian Bauer-Reese)…
Awilda Ocasio: “the Mother Teresa of Kensington”
“Hello, my love!” — were the three words that sang from Awilda Ocasio’s lips when she entered a room. “She loved everyone… Everyone loved her,” said Judi Moore, the children’s librarian and…
Fifty years after their Kensington wedding, a couple’s love remains strong on Kensington Avenue
In April, Bea and David Kelley will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple met as teenagers, growing up just a few blocks from each other — David on the 2800 block…
How hard is it to convert vacant buildings into safe, affordable homes for people in need?
Before Miguel Diaz purchased and renovated an abandoned house on Potter Street in Kensington, he worried he could never afford a comfortable home for himself and his daughter in the neighborhood where…