By Joseph Myers
The rewards of aging gracefully were on display Friday, as Mayor Michael Nutter honored a collection of Philadelphia’s 100-year-olds at the 10th Annual Mayor’s Centenarian Celebration. The two-hour celebration, held at Penn’s Landing Caterers, 1301 S. Columbus Blvd., gathered residents from various areas of the city as part of Philadelphia’s contribution to Older Americans Month.
By Jess Fuerst
On a small Queen Village block, a friendly neighborhood chat turned lifetime architect Alden Blyth into a professional photographer.
By Phyllis Stein-Novack
Memorial Day is the traditional kick-off of the cookout season. Although many people grill all year long, I don’t usually fire up my old Weber kettle until the last weekend in May. I only grill for company.
Just before his players took the Seventh-Street-and-Packer-Avenue field Friday afternoon, Girard Academic Music Program baseball coach Art Kratchman instructed them to “sprint out there like your pants are on fire.”
