By Amanda L. Snyder
Ralph Toussaint is the only Haitian at South Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad St., so when it came time to pick a senior project, which consists of volunteer work and a research paper, his English teacher, Barbara Keating, of Seventh and Cross streets, suggested he focus on his ethnicity. That was before the devastating, 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck Haiti Jan. 12, killing more than 150,000.
By Amanda L. Snyder
Josh Colon has always had a passion for music. He wrote his first rap at age 8. “It was about candy bars and girls,” he said. The resident of Fourth and Wharton streets, who sings and plays the piano, performed with various local musicians growing up. In 2007, he joined the local band Whiskey Livin,’ but the group disbanded the following summer.
By Phyllis Stein-Novack
Many nations are known for their one-pot meals. The New England boiled dinner, stir-fried dishes from China, Spain’s paella and the rich Bolognese sauce from Italy are among my favorites.
By Lorraine Gennaro
Detectives are hunting for whoever gunned down a 19-year-old on a Point Breeze street, leaving him critically wounded. Shortly after 1:30 a.m. Sunday, officers responding to a report of a shooting found the teen with multiple wounds to his chest, laying in the middle of the 1400 block of Ellsworth Street. Police transported him to Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in critical condition.
