Blog Category: May 21, 2018

News

Hunger in Philly: ‘It’s a pain in my belly’

 by Alfred Lubrano, Staff Writer @AlfredLubrano |  alubrano@phillynews.com Read the original story here.   Sister Margaret McKenna’s brown crucifix dangles and dances from her neck as she tills the vegetable garden she’s carved out of the poorest neighborhood in the poorest big city in America. As she works, fat bees float low over the fertile

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Fresh produce market a breath of fresh air for North Philly community

 by Emily Neil, Staff Writer @E_B_Neil |  Contact Emily Read the original story here.   The partnership between Philabundance and the Lillian Marrero Library offers free fruits and vegetables to community residents — including the hundreds of Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria now living in the area. It was a rainy, overcast day, but

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