Kirkbride’s Junior flower power

Lisa Yau and her winning fifth graders stand with their Liberty Bell project and National Historical Park ranger Joanna Schillizzi.

A team of students from Lisa Yau’s fifth-grade class stood at the end of the third-floor hall of Eliza B. Kirkbride…

Lenahan looking for South Philly-based glory

Novelty can easily engender nervousness no matter one’s accomplishments. Despite a decorated career at Haddon Township High School that yielded more than 1,000 points, 18-year-old Morgan Lenahan felt a tad timid when joining the basketball team at Ss…

Lombardi’s Prime Meats’ Breaded Cutlets

Had he stuck with his career as an accountant, Anthony Lombardi would certainly have found himself in demand every winter and early spring, but why settle for a cluster of activity followed by “dry and mundane” endeavors when one can pursue a true passion each…

The Top 12 Development Sites We’ll Watch Through 2016

Nora the explorer

Experience begets wisdom if one is willing to locate lessons mixed among setbacks and sorrows. While everyone wishes to obtain durable delights, all things must pass, and the reverence that we long to give exclusively to joy must also become an endowment for woe. Our finite natures have us…

Bringing black history home

South Philadelphia Branch 1965 Opening Day ceremonies

When Veronica Britto was a student at Cheltenham High School in the early 1990s studying American History, she lived in La Mott, PA — a major hub of Underground Railroad activity (hence the town’s…

Lombardi’s Prime Meats’ Breaded Cutlets

Had he stuck with his career as an accountant, Anthony Lombardi would certainly have found himself in demand every winter and early spring, but why settle for a cluster of activity followed by “dry and mundane” endeavors when one can pursue a true passion each…

The homeless have hearts, too

Bethesda Bainbridge’s program coordinator, Michel’le J. Bryant, distributed donor-driven Valentines last week at the South of South permanent housing site.

Whether you consider Valentine’s Day a so-called Hallmark holiday, a holiday created by…

A resonant Carroll

Nothing can rival self-awareness. Never afraid to evaluate his finite journey, Andrew J. Carroll holds that he is “fundamentally, awfully shy” yet mindful of the myriad means to reveal the reaches of his emotions and aspirations. For someone with such a makeup and who collects kudos and cash…

What’s your stance on the spat between the FBI and Apple Inc. over unlocking the iPhone?

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“I understand wholeheartedly what the FBI wants to do, but I don’t know. It could lead to too much of an intrusion on privacy down the line. I…