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Mazzoni Center medical director on paid leave The Mazzoni board was scheduled to hold an emergency meeting Thursday. To stay updated on this developing story, visit epgn.com. By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com
LEADING THE WAY: The LGBT community raised a glass to local leaders and businesses hailed as this year’s HEROES by DVLF. The LGBT grantmaking agency held its annual awards brunch April 9 at Hotel Monaco. This year’s honorees were Business HERO PHL Diversity, accepted by Gregory DeShields (from left); Lifetime Legacy HERO Heshie Zinman; Nonprofit HERO Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus, accepted by Adam Funck; Youth HERO Giana Graves; and Individual HERO Sergio Morales-Garcia. Photo: Stacey Salter Moore/SSM Photography
Judge halts eviction of N.J. LGBT community center By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com A judge granted a motion to protect a New Jersey LGBT community center from eviction while a discrimination lawsuit against its landlord moves forward. In November, QSpot filed a discrimination lawsuit claiming the Jersey Shore Arts Center would not renew the center’s lease at its Ocean Grove facility as an act of bias toward the LGBT community. New Jersey Superior Court Judge Dennis O’Brien granted the motion for a preliminary injunction April 4, halting the eviction, and denied JSAC’s request to dismiss the case. “We’re grateful that the court granted QSpot’s request, which will allow us to stay in our home and hold QFest [New Jersey LGBT Film and Digital Media Festival] while our discrimination case against the Jersey Shore Arts Center proceeds forward,” QSpot Executive Director
John Mikytuck said in a statement. “We want to assure everyone in the community that QSpot will remain open and accessible as a safe haven, place of support and a social and cultural gathering spot until our lawsuit has concluded.” In May, JSAC notified QSpot that the organization’s lease would not be renewed at the end of the year due to a lack of arts and education programs, which are part of the lease’s requirement, according to court documents. “Our primary argument was, and continues to be, that QSpot does provide robust arts and education programming and therefore should be allowed to remain in the building,” Mikytuck said at a Sept. 24, 2016, QSpot Town Hall. Mikytuck noted at the town hall that QSpot took steps such as meetings and mediations with JSAC to have the decision reconsidered. He said officials never offered QSpot a new lease during those discussions. PAGE 14
Mazzoni Center’s medical director, Dr. Robert Winn, is currently on paid leave, Mazzoni Director of Development and Marketing Perry Monastero told PGN this week. Monastero declined to comment on the reasoning behind Winn’s leave, saying that, “legally, Mazzoni Center cannot discuss personnel issues.” Monastero did note that “an external process is taking place which is both objective and thorough.” Monastero said Dr. Shanin Gross, one of Mazzoni’s assistant medical directors, will take over as acting medical director. Monastero said she will work with an internal team, including Practice Manager Valarie Canavin, Clinical Operations Manager Dane Menkin, CNRP, and Assistant Medical Director Dr. Hilary Rosenstein. Mazzoni’s board of directors scheduled
an emergency meeting for Thursday evening. CEO Nurit Shein did not respond to a request for comment. Director of Communications Elisabeth Flynn is on vacation and did not respond to requests for comment by presstime. While the reasoning behind his departure has not been publicly announced, several local reports, based on anonymous sources, indicated Winn is being investigated for alleged sexual misconduct with patients. Winn has been the target of criticism from the Black & Brown Workers Collective in recent months. In a statement, the BBWC said Winn should resign from his position at Mazzoni for a “history of power abuse.” It went on to allege Winn was complicit in “hiring or paying persons without properly adhering to agency confidentiality and possibly violating HIPAA; multiple reported incidents of sexual vioPAGE 15 lence; multiple reports
Health-care worker files LGBT antibias complaint By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com A Norristown gay man contends he was fired from a health-care position at Meadowview Rehabilitation and Nursing Center because of his sexual orientation. Last month, “Frank Doe” filed an amended complaint against Meadowview with the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations. Doe alleges wrongful termination and retaliation due to his sexual orientation and gender nonconformity. Doe worked as an activities director at the facility from May 2015 to September 2016. He was fired for allegedly sleeping during a work-related meeting, which Doe denies doing.
“This [sleeping on job] is an exaggerated and completely fabricated reason for terminating me,” Doe states in his complaint. He alleges that his firing sidetracked his career and educational goals. Meadowview is located in Whitemarsh Tow n s h i p , M o n t g o m e r y C o u n t y. Attorneys for Meadowview seek the dismissal of Doe’s complaint on the basis that Meadowview isn’t under PCHR’s jurisdiction. Doe contends a colleague warned him to “turn down the gay” before a new administrator took the reins at Meadowview in February 2016. Doe stated he did his best to adjust to PAGE 14 the new administrator
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Inmate’s lawsuit settled for $60,000 By Timothy Cwiek timothy@epgn.com The lawsuit of a gender-nonconforming inmate in New Jersey who claimed she was subjected to an illegal body-cavity search recently was settled for $60,000. In 2015, Carmella Palladini was temporarily incarcerated at the Cumberland County Jail in Bridgeton for alleged drug-related offenses. On April 13, 2015, a jail nurse allegedly searched Palladini’s vagina, to ensure there “wasn’t a penis inside,” according to Palladini’s suit — which was filed six months later in New Jersey Superior Court. The jail nurse failed to obtain Palladini’s consent to search her vagina, according to the suit. “[Palladini] did not consent to the search for a penis inside her vagina,” the suit states. “The illegal body-cavity search was done solely to embarrass and humiliate [Palladini].” The jail nurse “violated [Palladini’s] body by digitally penetrating her vagina,” according to the suit. Nearby jail staffers allegedly laughed during the incident. After “fishing around” inside Palladini’s vagina, the jail nurse allegedly told other staffers: “She doesn’t have a penis but I still can’t tell if she’s a woman.” Prior to the unauthorized search, correctional officers, nurses and other staffers routinely “harassed and humiliated [Palladini] by saying she was a man,” according to the
suit. Palladini was subjected to comments by jail staffers such as, “Oh God, he’s back,” and “Hey, man,” according to the suit. At the jail, staffers frequently told Palladini she was a “man dressed in women’s clothing,” according to the suit. Last month, Palladini received $60,000 from the county’s insurance carrier due to a settlement of her suit. An undisclosed amount of the money will cover the fees of her attorney, Matthew S. Wolf. “The matter was resolved to the mutual satisfaction of all concerned,” said Wolf, who declined additional comment. Cumberland County officials didn’t acknowledge any wrongdoing, according to terms of the settlement, which was released April 7. The law firm of Madden & Madden, based in Haddonfield, represented Cumberland County in the matter. The firm couldn’t be reached for comment. Justin F. Robinette, an attorney who’s represented several gender-nonconforming litigants, praised the settlement. Robinette wasn’t involved in Palladini’s litigation. “As someone who often fights for the rights of gender-nonconforming people, it’s very heartwarming to learn of this settlement,” Robinette told PGN. “How great that the young lady’s right to bodily integrity ultimately was vindicated? This is a significant settlement that should put people on notice. Gender-nonconforming individuals are to be treated like everyone else. My best wishes to Ms. Palladini in her future endeavors.” n
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Dining Out For Life returns with new features By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com An international fundraising event will once again hit Philadelphia and will include several new features to encourage donations. Dining Out For Life will return to the city April 20. The annual event allows people to dine at restaurants and buy products while supporting local HIV/AIDS organizations, including Action Wellness, AIDS Delaware, Family and Community Service of Delaware County, the Camden Area Health Education Center and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania. Participants only need to make a reserva-
“The challenge for us over the years has been, especially and most recently, how do we keep the event new and fresh and exciting?” tion at a participating restaurant; 33 percent of their resulting bill will go toward these organizations. Since Action Wellness, which at the time was called ActionAIDS, launched the event in 1991, DOFL has expanded to more than 60 cities in the United States and Canada, where it raises more than $4 million annually for HIV/AIDS organizations. Philadelphia raised $200,000 in 2016. “It has been really exciting to see the growth,” said Action Wellness executive
director Kevin Burns. “The challenge for us over the years has been, especially and most recently, how do we keep the event new and fresh and exciting? So we’ve been working really hard to add new things to the event.” Among the new initiatives will be the option to text in donations for those who cannot attend. Additionally, Action Wellness will debut the Makers Market where attendees can meet the Philadelphiaarea artisans and craftspeople who supply DOFL restaurants with locally roasted coffee, ice cream made with Pennsylvania dairy and other items. The “makers” will sell their wares at the Food Truck Pop Up, which has been a staple at DOFL for the past five years. The pop up includes several food trucks that will donate 33 percent of funds raised to Action Wellness. Additionally, Yards Brewing Company formed a partnership with Action Wellness to produce Action IPA, a DOFL beer collaboration. Representatives from both organizations will give out T-shirts, hats and pint glasses at participating locations. Burns noted the event is “inclusive,” with several participating restaurants at varying price points. “It’s an easy way for donors to support the organization and to support restaurants,” he said. “When we originally started the event, we picked Thursdays because, in those days, Thursdays weren’t a real big restaurant night. It was a way to bring service to the restaurants and be supportive of them as well as support ActionAIDS and AIDS-service organizations. “It’s a way to have a fantastic meal, be with your community and to support a really important cause, making sure no one faces AIDS alone,” Burns added. n
If you go ... • Visit www.diningoutforlife.com/philadelphia/restaurants for a list of participating restaurants. • Food Truck Pop Up, which will include the new Makers Market, will take place 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on the 1300 block of Locust Street. Visit the event’s Facebook page for a list of participating trucks and makers: https://www.facebook.com/events/638566709663741. All trucks will donate 33 percent of their sales to Action Wellness. • Action Wellness and Yards Brewing Company will present their beer collaboration, Action IPA, from 6-10 p.m. with representatives from both organizations distributing Yards merchandise. Visit http://bit.ly/2ojPoOq for a list of participating locations. • Diners who donate an additional $25 or more will receive a 20-Percent Off Tuesday card, which will allow individuals to receive 20-percent off their food bill at participating restaurants on Tuesday evenings through April 2018. Interested donors can also support the cause by texting DINE to 50155.
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By Beth Boyle PGN Contributor “The only thing you can bring to prison is 25 pictures,” Evie Litwok explained. “And when you get there, most people want to see those pictures. So, most people have pictures of their spouses and their babies. But, this is what I brought.” In the University of Pennsylvania’s Houston Hall, Litwok pressed play on a digital projector and showed the audience 25 pictures of her tiny, lively white Maltese dogs. “You really miss your animals in prison, I’ll tell you.” Litwok was incarcerated for tax evasion and mail fraud for 12 years in two different federal prisons. Now, almost three years after her release, she’s traveling the country to speak out against what she describes as the “prison within a prison” of solitary confinement. On April 5, she led “Old, Queer and in Solidarity,” an event organized by University of Pennsylvania’s Criminal Justice Bloc. “I was already an out lesbian and a committed activist when I went to prison. It turns out I couldn’t check my activism, even at the prison doors,” Litwok said. While incarcerated, Litwok began collecting interviews with her fellow inmates. She would write up the interviews by hand after long, intimate conversations with the women. After, she’d type up the interviews and mail the transcripts to friends on the outside who would post to her blog. After a series of appeals, dropped charges and ultimately another conviction, Litwok was sent to a facility in Tennessee that was much stricter than her former environment. “When I got there, they told me they knew who I was — prison is a small world — and if they caught me talking to anyone, they’d say I was attempting to incite a riot and put me in solitary,” Litwok said. “So, of course, I came up with a way to talk to the women. I took a job cleaning goose shit off the track, where we exercised. So I walked all day, and they’d walk with me and we’d talk.” Litwok explained her inspiration for “Witness to Mass Incarceration,” a digital-archive project based on her interviews. “‘Witness’ is about these women’s lives, before and after prison as well as during. I wanted to know how they got there and how the experience changed them. And honestly, I think when people hear these stories, they won’t understand why these people were imprisoned in the first place.” She also cited Holocaust testimony and Stephen Spielberg’s “Shoah Project.” Litwok believes the power of seeing these stories, told by those who lived them, could effect powerful change. Eventually, Litwok was placed in solitary confinement for seven weeks after telling the story of Miriam Hernandez, a woman
whose complaints of stomach pain went ignored until her gallbladder burst and she died in prison. Human Rights Watch estimates that 15 percent of federal prisoners are 51 and older, and the number of elderly prisoners is growing rapidly, between new convictions and an aging prison population. The U.S. Census has also reported that one in six Americans over 65 years lives in poverty, and LGBT couples are more likely to live below the poverty line. There’s little meaningful research into the effect incarceration has on the elderly or LGBT populations. But Human Rights Watch has found that the number of prisoners who are 65 and older grew 94 times the rate of the overall prison population between 2007-10. As prisoners age, they have a set of needs that prisons were not designed to deal with, Litwok noted. “No one comes out of prison better than they went in,” she said. “They come out sicker, without their teeth, and that’s if they come out at all.” After being released, prisoners often struggle to access safety-net programs like affordable housing and food assistance, adding to the risk of poverty, homelessness and recidivism. “Returning home was harder for me than prison,” Litwok said. “You leave with nothing — no clothes, nowhere to go — and it’s overwhelming. When you come out, you’re lost. You’re just lost.” Litwok has a plan, though. She proposed several community-based solutions to help ease former prisoners back into life on the outside. She wants community groups and religious organizations to start an “Adopta-Person” program, where volunteers connect with a soon-to-be-released prisoner and help them adapt to life outside of prison. She suggested organizations could put together suitcases for returning prisoners, with clothes, hygiene products and a pre-paid cell phone to help them begin looking for a job and connect with a support network. “I want neighborhoods to get involved with people; don’t just give them a suitcase and hand them off. I want them to commit to an 18-month relationship. So they know, when they come out, there’s someone to talk to.” Litwok is also working on fundraising for “Witness to Mass Incarceration,” so she can conduct more interviews. She’s currently working with Manhattan Community Media to broadcast her interviews. “The kids from Penn gave me some really great letters, after my talk,” she told PGN after last week’s event. “And that’s really helpful, because if my story can reach 10 people in a crowd, then I’ll feel I will have done something that matters. Because we need to rethink who we are punishing, and what we’re punishing people for.” n
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News Briefing ‘Hedwig’-themed carwash to benefit The Attic In advance of the premiere of “Hedwig & The Angry Inch” next week, the Forrest Theatre is hosting a carwash themed around the Broadway hit to raise money for local LGBT youth. Locals can get their wheels spic and span for spring from noon-2 p.m. April 15 outside the theater, 1114 Walnut St. The car wash will be operated by likenesses of the titular character, a trans rock star. There is a suggested donation of $10 that will benefit The Attic Youth Center. Non-car owners are still encouraged to attend, as there will be a DJ, exclusive discounts on “Hedwig” tickets and ample photo ops. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/events/1748797828469586/. — Jen Colletta
Sex-positive event collecting proposals A sex-positive organization is seeking proposals for TEDx-style presentations and performances at its annual conference. SEXx is planning “Sex as Resistance” May 17 and is calling for proposals for two portions of its event: informational presentations and sexuality based performances. According to the submission form, SEXx is “asking for submissions for talks and performances that focus on the various ways in which authentic sexual expression can actively resist the established societal barriers around gender, race, ability status and social justice.” Submissions can be completed by 5 p.m. April 28 at http://bit.ly/2p25dbq. The committee will notify accepted speakers and performers May 1. The TEDx-style talks will take place 7 p.m. May 17 at William Way LGBT Community Center, 1315 Spruce St. The performances will be held at 10 that
night at Franky Bradley’s, 1320 Chancellor St. Visit www.sexxinteractive.com for more information and to purchase tickets. Portions of the proceeds will benefit Project SAFE, a volunteer-advocacy organization supporting women who work in street economies.
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In honor of National Transgender HIV Awareness Day, Sharron Cooks and AIDS Fund will present a tribute event with resources for the transgender community. Cooks, who serves as chair for the Commission on LGBT Affairs, will serve as mistress of ceremonies for the April 19 event. The evening will include a tribute to Charlene Arcila and Jaci Adams, two late transgender women of color who were notable for their HIV/AIDS work in Philadelphia. Additionally, Prevention Point Philadelphia will provide HIV and HEP-C testing, and the AIDS Memorial Quilt will be on display, with remarks from AIDS Fund Executive Director Robb Reichard. The event will begin with light refreshments and a reception at 5:30 p.m. April 19 at the William Way LGBT Community Center Ballroom, 1315 Spruce St. Cooks will host the tribute beginning at 7 p.m. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/2pmP4h9.
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A local LGBT community center is weighing options on a renovation project. William Way LGBT Community Center officials have been developing a plan to redesign the center with help from the Community Design Collaborative, an organization that provides probono preliminary design services to nonprofit organizations in Greater Philadelphia. “[Redesigning the building is] going to provide a community center that we can be proud of in the region for the next half-century,” said William Way Executive Director Chris Bartlett. “It’s really building on the great vision that the founders of the center — William Way, Mark Segal and others — had to take it to the next level and continue to create a site for LGBT organizing and community building that we can be proud of for many decades to come.” Bartlett said three options are currently being considered for renovation: 1. Renovate the existing building without structural changes. 2. Demolish the whole building and start from scratch. 3. Demolish the rear half of the building
Bartlett noted the need to maintain certain aspects of the building for historical purposes. “The front space has much of the community-oriented space that we’ve used in the past — the ballroom, the lobby and
the archives — and we’ve invested significantly in those spaces and they are beloved spaces that have a strong resonance with the community. They’re also the most structurally sound parts of the building.” Bartlett said this project will span several years, with possible plans for temporary office spaces in a new location for William Way staff. He said there are “quite a bit of initial steps that have to be done with fundraising” before construction begins. “We expect that over the next year, we will be making clear decisions around the exact architectural program and the funding process that we’ll be pursuing.” n
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Tax planning: A critical factor when investing in retirement Q: I’ve recently retired and will be using money from my various investment accounts to pay my expenses going forward. I have IRAs, a 401(K) and brokerage accounts. How do I know where to take money from and what it will mean for me tax-wise? A: Thanks for this question — and congratulations on your retirement. Managing taxes for maximum benefit in retirement requires careful planning. You’ll need to consider the tax implications of different investments. You’ll also want to think through how you make withdrawals from taxable and tax-deferred accounts. Following are a few key considerations for effective money management during your retirement years.
accounts to continue compounding as long as possible. However, in some instances, drawing down IRA assets first after retirement may make more sense if you’re in a lower tax bracket at that time. Remember that, with some exceptions, the IRS requires individuals to begin withdrawing money from tax-deferred accounts no later than age 70.5, at which point you may want to rethink your withdrawal strategy. When planning withdrawals from taxable accounts, try to hold these securities long enough to qualify for the more favorable long-term tax rates on capital gains and/or qualified dividends.
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Less taxing investments Municipal bonds, or “muni’s,” have long been used by retirees seeking a tax-advantaged investment. In general, the interest paid on municipal bonds is exempt from federal taxes and, in some cases, state and local taxes as well.1 Municipal bonds are issued by state or local municipalities, which may support general government needs or fund a variety of public-works projects, such as new roads, schools, bridges or hospitals. Therefore, in addition to providing federally tax-exempt earnings, municipals can be a good way to invest in the growth and development of your community. Municipal bonds usually have a yield below the yield on corporate bonds of comparable maturity. This means that a municipal bond may potentially provide the same — or equivalent — after-tax yield as a taxable bond paying a higher interest rate. If you are in a high tax bracket, using municipal bonds in the fixed-income portion of your portfolio may be beneficial (see table for an illustration).1 Which accounts to tap first? Another major decision facing retirees is when to liquidate various types of assets. The advantage of holding on to tax-deferred investments is that they compound on a before-tax basis and therefore may have greater earning potential than their taxable counterparts. On the other hand, you’ll need to consider that qualified withdrawals from tax-deferred investments are generally taxed at ordinary federal income-tax rates of up to 39.6 percent, while long-term capital gains and qualified dividends from investments in taxable accounts are generally taxed at a maximum rate of 20 percent.2 (Capital gains on investments held for one year or less are generally taxed at ordinary income-tax rates.) General investment wisdom states that it may be better to tap assets in taxable accounts first, allowing assets in Traditional IRAs and other tax-deferred retirement
The ins and outs of RMDs
Jeremy Gussick
The IRS generally requires that you begin taking annual required minimum distributions (RMDs) from traditional IRAs and employer-sponsored retirement plans after you reach age 70.5. The premise behind the RMD rule is simple: The longer your life expectancy, the smaller the percentage the IRS requires you to withdraw (and pay taxes on) each year. Failure to take the RMD can result in a tax penalty equal to 50 percent of the required amount that wasn’t distributed. Unlike traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs do not require that you begin taking distributions by age 70.5.3 In fact, you’re never required to take distributions from your own Roth IRA, and qualified withdrawals are tax free.3 For this reason, you may wish to liquidate investments in a Roth IRA after you’ve exhausted other sources of income. Be aware, however, that your beneficiaries will be required to take RMDs after your death. Strategies for making the most of your money and reducing taxes are complex. Your best recourse? Plan ahead and consider meeting with a competent tax advisor and a financial professional to help you sort through your options. n Jeremy R. Gussick is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional affiliated with LPL
Financial, the nation’s largest independent broker-dealer.* Jeremy specializes in the financial planning and retirement income needs of the LGBT community and was recently named a 2016 FIVE STAR Wealth Manager as mentioned in Philadelphia Magazine.** He is active with several LGBT organizations in the Philadelphia region, including DVLF (Delaware Valley Legacy Fund)and the Independence Business Alliance (IBA), the Philadelphia Region’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce. OutMoney appears monthly. If you have a question for Jeremy, you can contact him via email at jeremy.gussick@lpl.com. 1Municipal bonds are subject to availability and change in price. They are subject to market- and interest-rate risk if sold prior to maturity. Bond values will decline as interest rates rise. Capital gains from municipal bonds are taxable and interest income may be subject to the alternative minimum tax. If sold prior to maturity, capital gains tax could apply.
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2Income from investment assets may be subject to an additional 3.8-percent Medicare tax, applicable to single-filer taxpayers with modified adjusted-gross income of over $200,000, and $250,000 for joint filers. 3Withdrawals prior to age 59.5 may be subject to ordinary income taxes and a 10-percent additional tax. This article was prepared with the assistance of DST Systems Inc. The opinions voiced in this material are for general information only and are not intended to provide specific advice or recommendations for any individual. We suggest that you discuss your specific situation with a qualified tax or legal advisor. Please consult me if you have any questions. Because of the possibility of human or mechanical error by DST Systems Inc. or its sources, neither Wealth Management Systems Inc. nor its sources guarantees the accuracy, adequacy, completeness or availability of any information and is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information. In no event shall DST Systems Inc. be liable for any indirect, special or consequential damages in connection with subscribers’ or others’ use of the content.
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The Tax-Exempt Advantage: When Less May Yield More Would a tax-exempt bond be a better investment for you than a taxable bond? Compare the yields to see. For instance, if you were in the 25-percent federal income-tax bracket, a taxable bond would need to earn a yield of 6.67 percent to equal a 5-percent federally tax-exempt municipal-bond yield. Federal Tax Rate
15% 25% 28% 33% 35% 39.6%
Tax-Exempt Rate Taxable-Equivalent Yield 2% 2.35% 2.67% 2.78% 2.99% 3.08% 3.31% 3% 3.53% 4.00% 4.17% 4.48% 4.62% 4.97% 4% 4.71% 5.33% 5.56% 5.97% 6.15% 6.62% 5% 5.88% 6.67% 6.94% 7.46% 7.69% 8.28% The yields shown above are for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to reflect the actual yields of any investment.
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Ramzan Kadyrov
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Digital divide As we’ve seen in recent years, social media has the power to create tremendous change. With the click of a button, messages can reach millions. Social media can encourage and empower community involvement, reach marginalized populations and be a vital education tool. It can also be used to divide. Lately unity has been at a premium in the local LGBT community. That trend is not being helped by social media. Many in the community have turned to digital channels like Facebook to address grievances with systemic community ills like racism, transphobia and sexism. Those conversations are vital and sorely needed. But because these discussions are occurring online — with the relative cloak of anonymity and the conceptual distance afforded by social-media channels — many have devolved into name-calling, accusation-slinging, fruitless exchanges. Social media has enabled people to share their ideas in an instant. But, as people who work in the press have learned, sometimes instantaneous isn’t always best — especially when such heated exchanges are happening in the full public sphere. Attacking one another on social media is not going to lead to change. Asking hard questions and confronting tough truths are necessary, both on macro and micro levels. But doing so from behind our computer screens with individual targets in our sights isn’t going to get us there. There are very real and very significant divisions within the local LGBT community right now and, as our elders have said, such divisions have long been present. We need to take a cue from those elders, who didn’t have the option to use social media to address community concerns. Social media can be powerful. But let’s make sure we’re actually using its power for good. n
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File under “More bad news about Russia.” I know, I know. It seems like every time you turn around there’s yet another news story about Russia. It’s hard to keep up. And to all of the Trump apologists who shrug off the growing evidence of Russia not only meddling in our election, but also of having direct ties to the Trump campaign and administration, fuck you. You do not care about our country, and you suck. So, anyway, while Trump’s been busy tweeting about Russia being “fake news” and how the real story is Obama spying on him through Trump Tower’s gold-plated microwave, gay men in Chechnya are being rounded up and killed for the crime of being gay, according to Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta. According to the paper, approximately 100 men were rounded up in a “sweep” and at least three have been killed, but it is suspected that number is actually higher. Russia as a whole is not a great place to be gay, but Chechnya is especially bad. According to Novaya Gazeta, even being accused of being gay is enough to destroy a man’s reputation. Actually being gay is enough to get you killed, either by the authorities or by your family via a so-called “honor killing.” Apparently the sweep was prompted by a request made in March by an LGBT group seeking official permission to hold a Pride parade. The Russian LGBT Network put out a statement April 2 offering emergency aid and asking people who are in danger to contact them. “We are actively cooperating with human-rights activists in Russia and abroad, and are ready to evacuate people,” the statement read in part. In other words, this is deadly serious. Especially when you take into consideration the fact that for Chechnya leader Ramzan Kadyrov, the whole thing is a joke. Or, more specifically, an “April Fool’s joke.” Alvi Karimov, a spokesman for Kadyrov, said reports of gay men being rounded up were “absolute lies and disinformation.” His proof? There are no
gay people in Chechnya, he said. “You cannot detain and persecute people who simply do not exist in the republic,” he said, according to the New York Times. “If there were such people in Chechnya, the law-enforcement organs wouldn’t need to have anything to do with them because their relatives would send them somewhere from which there is no returning.” Yeah, see above where being gay in Chechnya can get you killed either by law enforcement or by your own family. News reports have indicated that honor killings are unofficially sanctioned in Chechnya, in that they don’t exactly get thorough investigations by law enforcement. The Guardian quotes Kheda Saratova, who serves on Kadyrov’s humanrights council, as saying to a Russian radio station, “In our Chechen society, any person who respects our traditions and culture will hunt down this kind of person without any help from authorities, and do everything to make sure that this kind of person does not exist in our society.” In other words, Kadyrov’s humanrights council doesn’t consider LGBT people human. Kadyrov has strong ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, so make no mistake that this antigay pogrom is likely fine by him. And of course Trump, who vowed to protect LGBT people from “hateful foreign ideologies,” is in bed with Putin (figuratively, not literally, unless there’s another salacious dossier that I haven’t heard about) and so is Kadyrov. This story alone should be enough to lay bare the emptiness of any promise made by Trump to LGBT people. n
And to all of the Trump apologists who shrug off the growing evidence of Russia not only meddling in our election, but also of having direct ties to the Trump campaign and administration, fuck you. You do not care about our country, and you suck.
D’Anne Witkowski is a poet, writer and comedian living in Michigan with her wife and son. She has been writing about LGBT politics for over a decade. Follow her on Twitter @MamaDWitkowski.
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Stop the Chechen carnage Some headlines in Europe have yelled demn the persecution of individuals based “Concentration camps for LGBT peoon their sexual orientation or any other ple,” or “100 gays rounded up, beaten and basis. imprisoned” or “Kidnappings of LGBT “We are deeply disturbed by recent people off the streets.” public statements by Chechen authorities Such headlines have gotten my attention, that condone and incite violence against and should have, but there is a LGBTI persons. We urge catch — and a twist. Russian federal authorities to The catch is that such atrocispeak out against such practies are happening in Russia, a tices, take steps to ensure the place already not known for its release of anyone wrongfully stellar position on LGBT equaldetained, conduct an indepenity. It’s occurring in a region dent and credible investigation called Chechnya, an area in into these reports, and hold any Russia where there are freedom perpetrators responsible.” fighters fighting for indepenThe memo was signed by dence and where it’s difficult acting spokesperson Mark C. to get firsthand information. In Toner. This is the clearest statement fact, the recent alerts came from not only on this issue, but also Russian LGBT organizations I hope a hint on how the Trump mostly located in St. Petersburg, far from Chechnya. administration will forge its Mark Segal foreign policy on human rights. The European Union has chimed in on the situation, and There are many LGBT interhere’s your twist: so has the Trump admin- national human-rights organizations and istration. This is the actual press release hopefully they will see this as an opening from the U.S. State Department: to create dialogue. “We are increasingly concerned about When the lives of 100 people are being the situation in the Republic of Chechnya, held in the balance, there is no time to where there have been numerous credible play politics. It’s time to stop the carnage reports indicating the detention of at least against LGBT people. n 100 men on the basis of their sexual orientation. Some reports indicate many of those Mark Segal is the nation’s most-award-winning commentator in LGBT media. His recently published memarrested have been tortured, in some cases oir, “And Then I Danced,” is available on Amazon. leading to death. We categorically concom, Barnes & Noble or at your favorite bookseller.
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Street Talk What's your favorite outdoor activity in the spring? "Bicycle riding. It keeps me active without becoming a fitness freak. It helps me interact with nature. I'll Antonio Bumarch ride to the dog walker park or the Port Richmond waterfront. It's also good exercise. I definitely feel it in my legs afterwards."
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A journalist’s journey Every spring for the last eight years, the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association has hosted a convening of LGBT journalists. The event, sponsored by the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund and the Arcus Foundation, brings together some 75 or so journalists from across the country, who represent both independent and mainstream media voices. For the last couple of years, I have been one of those voices. The event is distinctly different from NLGJA’s more public convention in two very specific ways. For one, it is an invitation-only affair. Everyone in attendance is handpicked for the event. Secondly, the event is hyper-focused, consisting of two long days of presenters and panels. The presentations always cover a wide array of topics, though it became clear there were some distinct similarities among the presentations this year. First off, much more of the content this year focused on topics near and dear to my heart: issues revolving around trans and
non-binary people. This was refreshing, as I have felt a lack of trans-focused content at convenings past, usually getting more out of stolen moments with other trans attendees and presenters. More importantly, the presentations that included or focused on gender-related content were not simple 101s. There were discussions on covering transgender people of color, on issues with established media narratives surrounding transgender people and an in-depth discussion on effectively covering non-binary issues in the media. I feel it is also worth noting that trans and non-binary presenters were not segregated solely on identity-focused presentations. Second was an age-old issue in journalism: objectivity. In the era of the Trump administration and the many ways it is attempting to roll back rights gains for LGBTQ individuals, it has become even trickier to straddle the line between activist and journalist. This began with our very first presentation, titled, “Objectivity is
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dead,” and it came up several other times throughout both days. Of course, this was an even bigger issue given where the convening was held this year. It was a deliberate choice for the event, which is usually in the Northeast, to be in Orlando, Fla. It was just last June that 49 members of our community were slaughtered at the Pulse Nightclub in Orlando on Latin night. It was the deadliest mass shooting of LGBTQ people in the history of the United States. The presentations on the second morning brought this home, with members of the media discussing their experience covering Pulse while fearing for family and friends, and a solo presentation by Ricardo Negron-Almodovar, a survivor of the massacre. Saturday night, after our last presentation and before the closing dinner, we visited Pulse, still closed and decorated with personal memorials from across the world. The site, alongside a fairly busy road away from the tourist crowds elsewhere in the
city, appears lost in time, with the various makeshift memorials set up in Pulse’s parking lot undamaged by passersby or weather. The area feels appropriately somber and sacred, in stark contrast to the bright Pride-flag colors of the banners covering the chain-link fence separating the lot from the nightclub itself. You don’t leave the site unmoved. The event and all these themes also came together in an unexpected way in the midst of the first day’s program. The Rosen Center — the hotel that hosts the convening — had marked one of the restrooms nearest our meeting area as an all-gender facility. This led to plenty of opportunities to gauge the reactions of other guests to such a rebranding. I am happy to report that the all-gender restroom was viewed positively. Except for one incident. The hotel had many other events going on, including weddings, a pet convention across the street, several spring-break PAGE 16 groups and a large
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New Jersey conference to ‘unite’ activists By Jeremy Rodriguez jeremy@epgn.com Two New Jersey LGBT organizations will host an inaugural one-day conference to encourage activism and community organizing. United 2017: Community Activism & Organizing in an Age of AltReason will gather aspiring and longtime activists for a day of workshops, speakers and resources at the Asbury Hotel in Asbury Park, N.J. Jersey Pride, Inc., partnered with Garden State Equality to produce the April 30 event. “This conference is being organized specifically as a response to what is going on politically, following the election of the new administration as well as the direction Congress is going,” said Jersey Pride President Laura Pople. “There seems to be — because of all of that — this groundswell of concern, frustration and need in the community, specifically for the LGBT community, but also allies and others who really want to be able to do something and in many cases aren’t [doing so] either [through lack] of experience or having a hard time focusing on what exactly they can do.” Pople noted that, in addition to activists, local and state officials will participate in the workshops. “The idea of this conference is to get some instruction based on the experiences of people who have been doing social justice, political activism and organizing for a long time as well as give access to elected officials who are willing to help people understand how to be most effective when they’re trying to get their points across,” Pople said. Pople said United 2017 attendees will be able to identify the issues that are most important to them at the conference. “They’ll have the ability to make a difference in those areas and [see] that there are other people out there who want to do the same,” she said. “What we will be able to do with this conference is help people connect with others who want to make a difference and provide the resources to help them be effective at that. In this age, when there is the possibility for so many missteps — because of what’s going on and what’s being enabled by the government — this is the opportunity for people to feel like they can make a difference and to let them know how to.” n United 2017 will be held 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. April 30 at The Asbury Hotel, 210 Fifth Ave., Asbury Park, N.J. Visit united.jerseypride.org for more information and to register.
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under difficult circumstances. But the new administrator publicly referred to Doe as “Frances,” in a “screeching” and “dramatic” tone of voice, to denote Doe’s perceived gayness, according to the complaint. “When [the new administrator] called me Frances, he always raised the inflection of his voice like a woman. The effeminate intonation was high-pitched and musical,” Doe’s complaint states. Doe stated that he repeatedly told the director to call him “Frank,” to no avail. The director also made aggressive statements indicating he was running out of patience with Doe for trivial reasons, according to the complaint. Doe maintains that, prior to his dismissal, he didn’t receive warnings or a reprimand, which is standard office protocol before termination. Doe also alleges retaliation stemming from concerns he expressed on the job about anti-LGBT workplace bias. Meadowview doesn’t have an LGBTinclusive antibias workplace policy, according to Doe’s complaint. He’s seeking compensatory and punitive damages, including lost wages and reimbursement for medical expenses. QSPOT from page 1
On June 18, QSpot received a letter from JSAC demanding the center remove a rainbow flag hanging at the entrance to honor the victims of the Pulse nightclub shooting the previous week. Mikytuck noted at the town hall that QSpot had hung three large signs displaying the rainbow flag in the last year and were never asked to take them down. “So, why this time?” Mikytuck posed. “I think the answer is obvious: This was the first time QSpot had ever hung a well known symbol of the LGBT community at our door.” Representatives from JSAC declined to comment on the story but referred to their own filing in response to QSpot’s claims.
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Attorneys for Meadowview declined to comment. “Please be advised that we have no comment at this time. Thank you,” attorney Enrico C. Tufano said in an email. Justin F. Robinette, an attorney for Doe, said his client misses the patients he served at Meadowview. “My client was beloved by the patients he served for more than a year. It’s truly devastating for him to be cut off from those associations. He’s suffered severe emotional trauma due to his firing. He’s trying his best to get his life on track. But it’s very been challenging for him. We can only hope he’ll get a modicum of justice with this complaint.” R o b i n e t t e a d d e d : “ We b e l i ev e Meadowview operates in Philadelphia due to the corporate documents it’s filed with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Also, Meadowview is located right on the Philadelphia/Montgomery County line. Even if PCHR dismisses our complaint due to lack of jurisdiction, we’re optimistic that our sex-discrimination and retaliation claims will prevail in federal court.” Rue Landau, executive director of PCHR, issued this statement: “The PCHR does not comment on open cases being investigated by the Commission.” n In the filing, JSAC noted that Ronnie Cole, the fire marshal of Ocean Grove, “noticed the illegally draped flag and told [JSAC Executive Director Herbert Herbst] that the flag must be taken down immediately because it created a safety hazard.” The filing also noted that QSpot did not request approval from the JSAC president and therefore violated the lease. However, JSAC still allowed QSpot to hang the flag for six days following the Pulse shooting. Additionally, JSAC noted seven unapproved performances that were allegedly in violation of QSpot’s lease, which states the center must seek approval from the JSAC president if a performance is not held in the JSAC theaters or lobby. n
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given the Smiths’ same-sex relationship. The emails were used in the case. The judge says Avanti’s actions violated the Federal Housing Act and the Colorado Anti-Discrimination Act. Avanti said in a 2016 interview her decision was due to the Smiths’ hyper children and that their sexuality was not a factor.
Transgender university employees sue over insurance cuts
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ABC News reports two transgender University of Wisconsin employees are suing the state’s insurance board and UW System after it stopped covering sex-reassignment procedures. The national American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Wisconsin on April 7 filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of anthropology graduate student Alina Boyden and cancer researcher Shannon Andrews. The plaintiffs, who both identify as female, argue that their health-insurance plans unfairly deprive them of care for gender dysphoria, the feeling that a person is trapped in the body of the wrong sex. The insurance board last summer added the benefits, which a consultant estimated could account for between $100,000$150,000 of $1.5 billion in annual spending. But board members voted in December to drop them after Republican Gov. Scott Walker asked them to reconsider.
KTUU.com reports gay and lesbian couples in Hawaii are pushing for the same access to fertility treatments that heterosexual married couples enjoy. It’s one of eight states that require insurance companies to cover in-vitro fertilization. But Hawaii’s mandate excludes gay and lesbian couples. It only covers the procedure if a woman uses sperm from her male spouse. A measure pending in the Hawaii legislature would extend the coverage requirement to same-sex couples. If it passes, Hawaii could become the first state in the nation to include surrogate parents in the mandated coverage, which would help male couples.
Federal judge finds landlord guilty of anti-LGBT bias According to the Daily Camera, a Colorado federal judge has ruled that a landlord who refused to rent property to a same-sex couple over concerns about their relationship was in violation of state and federal laws. U.S. District Judge Raymond Moore ruled April 5 in favor of Rachel and Tanya Smith and their two minor children in their case against Deepika Avanti. After the Smiths toured Avanti’s apartments in Gold Hill, she sent them emails saying she could not do business with them over fears of what residents would say about her,
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of quid pro quo for narcotic or other habit-forming drugs; failing to support or listen to other clinical staff, which is his job; chiding or rejecting critical feedback that directly impacts community well-being and could avoid future traumas.” The BBWC has also repeatedly called for Shein’s resignation. Additionally, the BBWC proposed that a fund be developed out of Mazzoni’s
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According to the Sioux City Journal, the Sioux City Police Department in Iowa has named its first liaison to the LGBT community. The department announced that Officer Brooke Davies has taken the position to promote communication and cooperation among police and individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning. Davies joined the department in August 2012 and is currently assigned to the special traffic-enforcement program. Chief Doug Young said the position is an extension of the department’s community-policing approach, which attempts to build relationships with people in local neighborhoods. He said it’s a move other police departments around the country have made. n
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“non-restricted monies to support therapy and other infrastructure to help former and current staff that have had an increase in need for therapeutic care due to workplace violence.” According to the BBWC Facebook page, the group protested in front of Mazzoni’s Locust Street location Tuesday, where they “encourage[d] Mazzoni [s]taff to walk out in solidarity with the victims of Dr. Winn.” n
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church convention just down the hall from the same restrooms. One of the folks from the church group decided to play potty policeman, cornering a non-transgender woman leaving the all-gender restrooms, shouting his favorite verses from the Bible he was waving around. Reports were that this man did not only assault her verbally, but that his gesticulations led to her being struck by the holy book, too. The hotel reacted, adding security outside the restroom, as well as another sign directing people to facilities on the level above. “There are people who apparently can’t control their behavior,” said a representation of the Rosen Center. “We are here to make sure that we are protecting you, and I have directed our security staff to stand there the entire time you are here.” As I mentioned, this was not my first such convening, though this was clearly the best I’ve been to. As an opinion columnist with a long history of transgender activism, the issue of objectivity for me is slightly different from many of my compatriots in the news department, but I am nevertheless tasked with reporting facts in my narrative. Likewise, the trans-related content was of value not only to help hone my own work, but was also good to view on a meta-level. The trans community is not what it once was, and it is not stuck in tired tropes. We’re at a different level, and the presentations echoed this. It was refreshing to see this in action, and see that the NLGJA and those who put together the program for this year’s convening understand that. I am honored to have been a part of the event, and even more proud to see those in attendance welcoming trans issues so strongly. May we see more like this. n Gwen Smith salutes her #LGBTMedia17 associates. You can find her at www. gwensmith.com.
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International India asks states to allow transgender choice in bathrooms India’s government has asked all states to let transgender people use any public toilet of their choice. The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation issued guidelines recently that urged state governments to ensure that transgender people are recognized as equal citizens. It said they should be allowed to use the facility of their choice in community toilets. The transgender-rights group Sangama said April 6 that the government decision was a good start but needs to be backed by a strong education campaign to change social attitudes. “The transgender community faces a lot of discrimination in India,” said Rajesh, the group’s leader, who does not use a surname. “India has a long way to go, as there are not even enough public toilets.” In the guidelines, the ministry also instructed state governments to recruit transgender people to help promote sanitation around the country, in the hope of changing social attitudes toward them. Over the past decade, LGBT people have gained a degree of acceptance in India, especially in big cities. Many bars have gay nights, and some high-profile Bollywood films have dealt with gay issues. Still, being gay or transgender is seen as shameful in most of the country.
Sjag Kozak, 42, an Israeli who married his husband in Amsterdam and has lived in the city for 21 years, said he wanted to show solidarity with the beaten men, but also “to show the world that it is possible to walk hand-in-hand in Amsterdam.”
Dutch Supreme Court clears suspect’s extradition to Canada The Dutch Supreme Court has approved the extradition to Canada of a convicted cyberbully who faces charges in the case of a Canadian teen who killed herself after being bullied online. It was not immediately clear when the suspect, identified by Dutch authorities as Aydin C., could be sent to Canada following the April 4 ruling. His extradition must be approved by the Dutch security and justice minister. The 38-year-old was convicted last month by a Dutch court and sentenced to nearly 11 years in prison for cyberbullying dozens of young girls and gay men. In Canada, he faces a separate trial in the cyberbullying of Amanda Todd, a 15-year-old girl whose suicide drew global attention to online abuse.
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Gay couple in Indonesia faces caning for sex Two men in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province each face up to 100 strokes of the cane after neighbors reported them to Shariah police for having sex. Marzuki, the Shariah police’s chief investigator, said April 8 that residents in a neighborhood of the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, reported the men, ages 23 and 20, to police on March 29. He said the two men had “confessed” to being a gay couple and that this was supported by video footage taken by a resident. Aceh is the only province in Muslim-majority Indonesia to practice Shariah law, which was a concession made by the national government to end a years-long war with separatists. A Shariah code implemented two years ago allows up to 100 lashes for morality offenses, including gay sex. n
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Hundreds march in Amsterdam to support beaten gay couple Hundreds of people walked hand-in-hand through Amsterdam on April 5 to show solidarity with two gay men who were badly beaten recently in the eastern city of Arnhem. The peaceful march was part of a national outpouring of emotion over the beating of the married couple by a group of youths. The men told police the confrontation started because they were holding hands. Five suspects, all in their teens, will be charged with causing serious bodily harm, prosecutors said, adding that they are still investigating the motive of the attack. Marcher Marion van Hees, 68, said she campaigned for gay rights during the 1960s. “I thought we were finished with it, that we had achieved it. But that is not the case, and that is very sad,” she said. “So I’m going back onto the barricades.”
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et’s dispel with the now yearlong distractions swirling around the city slush fund known as the Mayor’s Fund. It’s become a sideshow pitting City Controller Alan Butkovitz against the city’s new “it couple.” You know them as former mayor Michael Nutter and his femme fatale, and former city representative, Desiree Peterkin Bell. The latest smackdown comes in the wake of a city controller audit of the fund that “revealed that the fund spent $134,000 on American Express credit cards over five months in 2015 without pro-
viding receipts or supporting documentation, and issued $32,000 in grants without the required board approval. The controller recommended that the Mayor’s Fund seek reimbursement for $241,000 in purchases by Peterkin Bell and others connected to the fund that ‘did not meet the mission of the non-profit,’ including $22,100 spent on a farewell party for Nutter at the end of his second term” (philly.com). What if all this happened five years ago? The same misuse of the same city fund by the very city rep. who Peterkin Bell replaced, under the nose
We now have the same city controller railing against a city rep. … who five years ago looked the other way.
Is what’s good for the goose good for the gander when it comes to the Mayor’s Fund? Collage by LCP staff, goose photo by Fruggo, via Wikimedia Commons.
of the same city controller and inspector general, with the same lack of unaccountability, by the same mayor? In fact, it did. This is the tale the Inky told late last month: a tale involving former city rep., Melanie Johnson, and Inspector General Amy Kurland. This is how the Inky reported it going down: “An alarm bell was first sounded in the spring of 2012. The Bureau of Administrative Adjudication flagged a parking ticket that Johnson had paid with a check from the Mayor’s Fund, according to two sources familiar with the matter. A number of higher-ups were notified, including Chief Integrity Officer Joan Markman … Finance
Director Rob Dubow … Detailed records released recently by the Mayor’s Fund as a result of Rightto-Know requests show that Johnson piled up hefty expenses in bunches, like restaurant bills in 2011 of $1,687 at Cuba Libre, $589 at Maggiano’s, and $368 at Wolfgang Puck — all of which lacked any written explanation. A $611 bill from a florist in Norristown and $559 from the gift basket company Harry & David also went unexplained. According to documents obtained by the Inquirer and Daily News, the Controller’s Office considered the transaction ‘an apparent conflict of interest,’ and requested a ‘special audit.’ When it learned that
Kurland was investigating Johnson, it didn’t pursue the audit. Kurland’s team found many of Johnson’s expenses were simply labeled as ‘business meetings’ related to the marathon (emphasis added). At the end of the investigation, Kurland did not make a written report, which was unusual. She briefed Nutter orally instead. According to the 1994 executive order governing the Inspector General’s Office at the time, it was supposed to “submit a report” at the conclusion of a noncriminal investigation to the appropriate department head or, in the case of an agency head under investigation, the mayor. Two Continued on page 2 APRIL 9-16, 2017
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Fool Me Once… Continued from page 1 years after the Johnson case, Nutter issued updated rules for the Inspector General’s Office that, among other changes, said the office ‘may submit’ a report at an investigation’s conclusion.” The “NutterBell” name calling and feigned indignity hurled at Butko serves to cover up a profound lapse of judgment on the part of the city’s Inspector General and a mayoral misuse of executive orders that needs to be addressed immediately. We now have the same city controller railing against a city rep. for abusing the Mayor’s Fund, who five years ago looked the other way. We also have an inspector general who appears to be involved in covering up a former city rep.’s malfeasance five
years ago. Most disturbing of all, she does not seem to have put in place any safeguards over the past five years to in any way prevent the exact same malfeasance, out of the exact same office, involving the exact same fund. While the Inky Ed Board focuses on Peterkin Bell repaying the funds she spent, we propose more far reaching solutions. First, Mayor Kenney should issue a new executive order directing the Office of Inspector General to submit a written report at the end of a non-criminal investigation: A report that is available to news media outlets upon submission of a right-to-know letter. Second, terminate Inspector General Kurland immediately.
Sean Singletary Continued from page 12 getting. “We got a lot of press and things when I was in high school. But it’s a lot of pressure on kids now with websites and YouTube and stuff. I really think teaching kids about all facets of development will help in these regards too.” Singletary took time to watch the Super Bowl this year. He had a vested interest. His high school teammate Matt Ryan was Penn Charter’s big man. Ryan wasn’t as good at hoops as Rob Kurz, another future NBAer or Singletary, but he was a plodding power forward who did all the little things. “It was very exciting, seeing him playing in the Super Bowl. Of course, I thought he was going to win it, but I guess the Patriots have
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been there time and time again and pulled it out. Did I know he would be a star NFL quarterback? No. Not really. But I am not surprised by his success. Matt was a very hard worker. Whatever it took to become a great football player and basketball player, he did it. He competed and put in the time. I’m really happy for him.” As for his clinics, he hopes to help more and more future hoopsters receive a top education and become well-rounded individuals in life. “I enjoy being sought out to help people. I hope in the next year or so, I can make a difference with some of the players at the highest level.”
Covering a changing world Black journalists group gather in Philly to explore innovation, tackle industry challenges By Sheila Simmons
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aced with everything from shrinking newsrooms to growing accounts of “fake news,” one group of journalists turned out in force in Philadelphia earlier this month to directly take on the issues currently impacting its industry. On March 31 and April 1, The National Association of Black Journalists drew nearly 250 professionals from throughout the East Coast to the University of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School for Communication for its regional conference, titled the “Diversity, Innovation & Technology Summit.” While the insightful comments of keynote speaker Charles Blow, op-ed visual columnist for the New York Times, were among the event’s highlights, the weekend also offered plenty of opportunities for attendees to examine and explore ways to navigate industry changes. A workshop titled “Coding 101 for Journalists” discussed how learning to code could further journalists’ careers, while NBCUniversal social media editor Sarah Glover (and Liberty City Press photographer) cautioned her workshop attendees to closely watch Facebook algorithms to see how certain content is targeted to them or to a certain audience. A panel from Philadelphia Media Network — owners of the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer and philly.com — participated in a workshop titled “Remaking a Legacy.” The panel included two columnists, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and the company’s newly named Vice President and Editor of Reader Engagement, Michael Days. They discussed how social media had changed the way reporters gather news, with columnist Helen Ubiñas saying she, in a sense, carries her Twitter followers around with her to report on stories. Congressman Dwight Evans, Sharmain Mat-
lock-Turner, president of New York Times columnist Charles the Philadel- Blow speaks at the NABJ Region I phia Urban Conference at UPENN. Photo by Sarah J. Glover Affairs Coalition, and Rev. Kevin Johnson, president and CEO of Philadelphia Opportunities Industrial Corp., spoke on “Championing Diversity in the Trump Era.” For the keynote, at nearby Houston Hall, Blow also spoke on “Media diversity, Innovation & Donald Trump.” A harsh Trump critic, Blow shared with the audience his view that President Trump is jealous of Barack Obama. On the issue of diversity, he told the crowd — many were young college graduates — “I look at diversity as showing up every day as yourself.” NABJ represents journalists, students and mediarelated professionals, providing programs, service and advocacy to black journalists worldwide, states its website. However, for this regional conference, the group made a special appeal for community leaders — from West Philadelphia, where much innovation and development is taking place — to attend. Lucy Kerman, senior vice provost for university and community partnerships at Drexel University, participated in the workshop, “Schuylkill Yards and Inclusive Development,” moderated by WURD radio host Vincent Thompson. Said NABJ Region 1 director Johann Calhoun, “Hopefully, people got enough material to take back to their community to continue the dialogue and connecting with these colleges that are building the projects near their neighborhood. That’s the bigger thing that I wanted.”
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JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 at First District Plaza, 3801 Market Street, at 9:00 AM. (EST) Conditions of Sheriff’s Sale for JUDICIAL/FORECLOSURE SALE Ten percent of the highest bid for each property auctioned off shall be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff by each bidder when his bid is registered, provided that in no case shall less than Six Hundred Dollars ($600.00) be deposited, otherwise upon failure or refusal to make such deposit, the bidder shall lose all benefit of his bid and the property may be offered again and sold unless a second bid has been registered, then, the second highest bidder will take the property at the highest bid price. Additionally, where there is active bidding, the highest bidder, and the second highest bidder, if any must post the entire amount of the cost of the distribution policy for the property at the time of sale by certified check, attorney’s check or money order with the Sheriff. The Sheriff reserves the right to reject any certified check, attorney’s check or money order that on its face has an expired use date and is presented for payment of the deposit. The balance of the purchase money must be deposited in certified check, attorney’s check or money order together with a Deed poll for execution by the highest bidder to the Sheriff at his office within 30 days from the time of the sale. An extension of time for an additional 30 days may be granted at the discretion of the Sheriff upon receipt of written request from the buyer requesting the same, except when a second bidder has been duly registered. Also, if the first bidder does not complete settlement with the Sheriff within the thirty (30) day time limit and a second bid was registered at the sale, the second bidder shall be granted the same thirty (30) day time limit to make settlement with the Sheriff on his second bid. Thereafter, the Sheriff shall be at liberty to return the writ to court. A second bid must be registered on any property immediately after it is sold. The second bidder must present the same amount of deposit that the highest bidder delivers to the Sheriff at the sale. An extension of time under no circumstances will be granted or honored by the Sheriff whenever a second bid is registered on a property at the sale. The first bid or opening bid on each property shall be set by the City of Philadelphia. In no event will the successful bidder be allowed to settle on the property unless all the Sheriff’s costs are paid notwithstanding the final bid. The deposit by any bidder who fails to comply with the above conditions of sale shall be forfeited and the funds will be applied to the
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Sheriff’s cost, then to any municipal claims that the City of Philadelphia has on the property. Finally, if a balance still remains, a Sheriff’s Distribution Policy will be ordered and the money will be distributed accordingly. No personal checks, drafts or promises to pay will be accepted in lieu of certified checks, attorney’s checks or money orders made payable to the Sheriff of Philadelphia County. The Sheriff reserves the right to grant further extensions of time to settle and further reserves the right to refuse bids from bidders who have failed to enter deposits on their bids, failed to make settlement, or make fraudulent bids, or any other behavior which causes disruption of the Sheriff Sale. Said bidders shall be so refused for the sale in which said behavior occurred and for said further period of time as the Sheriff in his discretion shall determine. The Sheriff will not acknowledge a deed poll to any individual or entity using an unregistered fictitious name and may, at his discretion, require proof of identity of the purchaser or the registration of fictitious names. The bid of an unregistered fictitious name shall be forfeited as if the bidder failed to meet the terms of sale. All bidders are advised to remain at the sale until after the last property is sold. The Sheriff reserves the right to re-sell any property at any time before the end of the sale, upon the successful bidders’ failure to tender the required deposit. The Sheriff reserves the right to postpone or stay the sale of any property in which the attorney on the writ has not appeared and is not present at the sale. Prospective purchasers are directed to the Web site of the Philadelphia Bureau of Revision of Taxes, (BRT) brtweb.phila. gov for a fuller description of the properties listed. Properties can be looked up by the BRT number – which should be cross checked with the address. Prospective purchasers are also directed to the Room 154 City Hall, 215-6861483 and to its website philadox. phila.gov and to its website at http://philadox.phila.gov where they can view the deed to each individual property and find the boundaries of the property. PROSPECTIVE PURCHASERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE NATURE, LOCATION, CONDITION AND BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPERTIES THEY SEEK TO PURCHASE. The BRT # refers to a unique number assigned by the City Bureau of Revision of Taxes to each property in the City for the purpose of assessing it for taxes. This number can be used to obtain descriptive information about the property from the BRT website. Effective Date: July 7, 2006 NOTICE OF SCHEDULE OF DISTRIBUTION The Sheriff will file in his office, The Land Title Building, 100 South Broad Street, 5th Floor, a
Schedule of Distribution Thirty (30) Days from the date of the sale of Real Estate. Distribution will be made in accordance with the Schedule unless exceptions are filed thereto within ten (10) days thereafter. The name first appearing in each notice is that of the defendant in the writ whose property is being sold. All Writs are Writs of Executions. The letters C.P., Court of Common Pleas; O.C., Orphans’ Court; Q.S., Court of Quarter Sessions; C.C., County Court - indicate the Court out of which the writ of execution issues under which the sale is made: S. 1941. 223. means September Term, 1941. 223, the term and number of the docket entry; the figures following show the amount of debt; and the name following is that of the attorney issuing the writ. Attention is called to the provisions of Act No.104, approved July 27, 1955, which requires owners of properties which are used, designed or intended to be used by three or more families, or of commercial establishments which contain one or more dwelling units, to deliver to the buyers of such properties a use registration permit at the time of settlement, under certain terms and conditions. Sheriff Sales are not subject to provisions of the said Act and the Sheriff will, therefore, not deliver use registration permits in connection with any sales conducted by him. Very truly yours, JEWELL WILLIAMS Sheriff City and County of Philadelphia
of Marjorie Key, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 00312 $102,719.80 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-302 1749 N 60th St 191513910 34th wd. 1362 Sq Ft OPA#342200000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Julian Pride C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 02367 $76,054.40 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-303 6254 Crafton St 191493509 62nd wd. 1024 Sq Ft OPA#621538200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Luke F. Stakelbeck, Sr. C.P. December Term, 2011 No. 01906 $85,362.34 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-304 8104 Terry St 19136-2622 64th wd. 1210.62 Sq Ft BRT#642028700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Mark Juszczuk and Patricia Juszczuk C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 01582 $59,273.35 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-305 237 E Haines St 19144 59th wd. 2560 Sq Ft BRT#592002800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Dana Y. Robinson C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 0213 $36,505.51 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-306 2903 W Girard Ave 19130 29th wd. 1024 Sq Ft BRT#292184900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE James M. Barrow, Jr. a/k/a James Barrow C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 04112 $40,615.91 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-307 1309-11 N Lawrence St, Unit 4 19122 18th wd. BRT#888180308 IMPROVEMENTS: CONDOMINIUM Samuel Whitley and Mary Whitley C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02228 $230,142.37 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel P.C.; Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire; Tyler J. Wilk, Esq. 1705-308 6294 Souder St 19149 54th wd. 1463 Sq Ft BRT#541211800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Angela Vega C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 00605 $92,606.85 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel P.C.; Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire; Tyler J. Wilk, Esq. 1705-309 7331 Theodore St 19153 40th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#404253000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Makemah Kamara and Mamadee Kamara C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 002993 $82,057.60 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC
1705-310 4815 Tyson Ave 19135 41st wd. 2138 Sq Ft OPA#412045900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Peter Panteloglus C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 001477 $124,780.02 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-311 5302 Penn St 19124 62nd wd. 1472 Sq Ft OPA#621482400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Delma Schmeltzer, deceased and Frank Schmeltzer, Known Heir of Delma Schmeltzer, deceased C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02204 $81,994.36 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-312 7128 Louise Rd a/k/a 7128 Louise St 19138 10th wd. 1440 Sq Ft OPA#102450800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William E. Turner, III C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 03997 $56,180.17 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-313 6228 Cottage St 19135 55th wd. 1440 Sq Ft OPA#552385200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Timothy S. Brill C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03006 $147,912.07 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-314 514 Poplar St 19123 5th wd. 1503 Sq Ft OPA#056161545 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Crystal Marie Stephens C.P. September Term, 2009 No. 01470 $213,384.96 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1705-315 5127 Arbor St 19120 42nd wd. 1500 Sq Ft OPA#421389000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Derrick Garner C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02115 $70,517.36 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-316 1718 N Uber St, Lot 37 19121 47th wd. 2801 Sq Ft OPA#472113918 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephanie Burton C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02207 $115,026.80 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-317 315 W Louden St a/k/a 315 W Loudon St 19120 42nd wd. 1948 Sq Ft OPA#422095400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Benjamin Bagyina C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02210 $28,868.65 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-318 2931 N Woodstock St a/k/a 2931 Woodstock St 19132 11th wd. 1148 Sq Ft OPA#111265500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eileen Diggs,
Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Earline Diggs, Deceased; Ellen Diggs, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Earline Diggs, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01543 $71,430.31 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-319 6360 W Montgomery Ave 34th wd. 1700 Sq Ft BRT#344071700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Elsie Poland C.P. November Term, 2012 No. 01810 $160,578.49 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-320 2211 S 22nd St 48th wd. 920 Sq Ft BRT#482193000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Roger A. Martinez C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03168 $160,133.99 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-321 2066 E Birch St 25th wd. 700 Sq Ft BRT#252143800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Anthony M. Lewis C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 02867 $38,020.49 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-322 3307 N 6th St 19th wd. 1152 Sq Ft BRT#193181800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 3 STY MASONRY Antonia Colon and Carlos Colon-Santiago C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04457 $48,532.00 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-323 3858 W Girard Ave 24th wd. Beginning Point: Situate on the South side of Girard Ave OPA#243220200 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW CONV/APT 3 STY MASONRY Jerry Artis C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02954 $31,687.38 Patrick J. Wesner 1705-324 725 N 44th St 19104 2707 Sq Ft OPA#061297110 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Theresa Simpson and Lamar Simpson C.P. June Term, 2011 No. 02133 $127,877.45 Michael J. Shavel, Esquire 1705-325 7008 Reedland St 19142 40th wd. 1105 Sq Ft OPA#406215600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Theresa Bolton C.P. January Term, 2014 No. 02924 $45,670.92 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-326 1613 N 56th St a/k/a 1613 N Fifty-Six St 19131 4th wd. (formerly part of the 52nd wd.) 1552 Sq Ft OPA#041351600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert Rainey as Executor of the Estate of Katie Rainey a/k/a Katie M. Rainey, Deceased C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 01828 $88,561.54 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-327 182 Gay St, Unit 1102 19128 21st wd. 759 Sq Ft
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OPA#888211628 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Danielle Brown C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 01594 $176,761.25 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1705-328 5831 Florence Ave 19143 3rd wd. 1800 Sq Ft OPA#034067700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yalandra K. Smith C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00205 $100,777.73 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-329 3024 Magee Ave 19149 55th wd. 1627 Sq Ft OPA#551085700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sahudy AdornoMedina; Edith A. Medina C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 03043 $147,409.94 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-330 219 N Robinson St 19139 34th wd. 1585 Sq Ft OPA#341170900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kristie M. Trice C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 04306 $31,826.94 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1705-331 3144 Unruh Ave 19149 55th wd. 1760 Sq Ft OPA#551142700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Albert J. Galzarano, III; United States of America C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 02663 $97,722.40 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire 1705-332 5724 Pentridge St 19143 51st wd. 1024 Sq Ft OPA#513239300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Martin, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Delunia Martin, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00248 $69,180.52 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-333 4952 Wellington St 19135 65th wd. 1128 Sq Ft OPA#651014300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anthony Black C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00236 $51,001.66 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-334 4235 Cottman Ave 19135 41st wd. 1711 Sq Ft OPA#412073900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of Thomas L. Bailey, Deceased; Laverne Bailey, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of Thomas L. Bailey, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01902 $165,502.29 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-335 6338 Leonard St 19149 62nd wd. 1511 Sq Ft OPA#621514400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Christina J. Bauer a/k/a Christina Bauer;
Robert C. Hilsee; Dianne Hilsee C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 04009 $108,532.77 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1705-336 5031 Duffield St 19124 62nd wd. 1889 Sq Ft OPA#622245500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY The Unknown Heirs of John E. Gregorich, Deceased; Melissa Gregorich, Solely in Her Capacity as Heir of John E. Gregorich, Deceased C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02616 $144,006.82 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-337 2243 S Bonsall St 19145 48th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#482278700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tyesha Tilghman C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01964 $35,648.69 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-338 2553 S 67th St 19142 40th wd. 1600 Sq Ft OPA#406037200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lakeisha N. Thomas C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00260 $89,660.89 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-339 602 E Annsbury St a/k/a 602 Annsbury St 19120 42nd wd. 1084 Sq Ft OPA#421007300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Zaida E. Dejesus C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01280 $81,132.88 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-340 3849 N 7th St 19140 43rd wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#432280500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rannie Ocampo Pineda as Executor of the Estate of Maria Consolacion O. Staton a/k/a Maria Staton, Deceased C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 01725 $37,822.36 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-341 191 W Spencer St 19120 61st wd. 1140 Sq Ft OPA#611220400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stacy Savage a/k/a Stacey Savage C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 02573 $43,416.24 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1705-342 5226 N Mascher St 19120 42nd wd. 1550 Sq Ft OPA#422370800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mark Fletcher C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 00763 $91,197.87 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-343 1024 S 22nd St 19146 30th wd. 1959 Sq Ft OPA#302296800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nicholas A. Offenbacher C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 00110 $308,921.71 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC
1705-344 1228 Gilham St 19111 53rd wd. 1220 Sq Ft OPA#531158300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rideara Earp C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01524 $145,708.72 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-345 820 Avon Rd 19116 56th wd. 6306 Sq Ft OPA#582114400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Charles J. Niemann, III, Deceased C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 001246 $154,610.46 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1705-346 9503 Meadowbrook Ave 19118 9th wd. 16225 Sq Ft OPA#091239500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Judith B. Wessell and Julian C. Wessell, III C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02248 $457,095.15 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-347 1639 Creston St 19149 62nd wd. 2122 Sq Ft OPA#621144400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pedro Infante, Jr. C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 03122 $58,209.56 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-348 10043 Ferndale St 19116 58th wd. 2850 Sq Ft OPA#582479900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Vasyl Fedelesh C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00444 $187,675.00 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-349 6231 Castor Ave 19149 54th wd. 1616 Sq Ft OPA#541160500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Paola A. Cardenas-Ospina and Michael Cruz-Rivera C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01676 $156,660.47 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-350 3832 N 6th St 19140 43rd wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#432263200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Luis A. Caraballo C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 01986 $19,662.41 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-351 108 W Godfrey Ave 191201503 61st wd. 1290 Sq Ft OPA#611282800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kim D. Carruth a/k/a Kim Carruth C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 03548 $65,659.73 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-352 501 Clymer St 191473010 2nd wd. 1824 Sq Ft OPA#022013400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Andrew Zimmerman; Cynthia A. Clark C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03714 $121,279.36 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-353 4501 Tampa St 19120-
4613 42nd wd. 1122 Sq Ft OPA#421576500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Emmett Nixon, Jr. C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 02137 $77,717.80 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-354 4238 I St 19124-4802 33rd wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#332155600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Susan Cabrera C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 00335 $133,711.24 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-355 7205 Algard St 191351103 41st wd. 1056 Sq Ft OPA#412282200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY George T. Jordan C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 03270 $105,870.30 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-356 12331 Dunks Ferry Rd 191541920 66th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#663146200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donna M. Grant C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 00686 $24,309.31 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-357 1416 Friendship St 191114208 53rd wd. 1600 Sq Ft OPA#532300100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Anne Edouard a/k/a Ann Edouard; Dimitri Joseph; Gina Joseph C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01713 $217,870.81 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-358 8200 Rodney St 191502908 50th wd. 2240 Sq Ft OPA#502041300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rowena V. Vaughan C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 01923 $131,124.04 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-359 6013 Jefferson St 191513523 34th wd. 1422 Sq Ft OPA#342067400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Debra Newton, in Her Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of the Estate of Herbert Newton a/k/a Herbert L. Newton; Theresa Gonzalez, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Herbert Newton a/k/a Herbert L. Newton; Christina Murray, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Herbert Newton a/k/a Herbert L. Newton; April Smith, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Herbert Newton a/k/a Herbert L. Newton; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Herbert Newton a/k/a Herbert L. Newton, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 03258 $49,264.05 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP
1705-360 1817 S Dover St 191451621 48th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#482373900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Louis Difranco C.P. May Term, 2013 No. 00492 $83,262.22 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-361 6649 N Uber St 19138-3133 10th wd. (formerly 50th wd.) 1024 Sq Ft OPA#102023700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Rashana D. Ceaser C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 03874 $61,661.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-362 1041 Camas Dr 191154507 63rd wd. 1576 Sq Ft OPA#632088200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Frank D. Barros, in His Capacity as Heir of Francisco Barros, Deceased; Amanda N. Barros, in Her Capacity as Heir of Francisco Barros, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Francisco Barros, Deceased C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 02490 $256,622.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-363 5320 Osage Ave 191431411 60th wd. 1248 Sq Ft OPA#603101300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Lloyd Swinson, in His Capacity as Administrator and Heir of the Estate of Shirley Williams; James White, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Shirley Williams; Cornelius Swinson, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Shirley Williams; Albert Swinson, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Shirley Williams; William Swinson, III, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Shirley Williams; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Shirley Williams, Deceased C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03943 $94,312.10 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-364 1209 N Wilton St 19131 44th wd. 960 Sq Ft OPA#442303600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Damond J. Lowe C.P. March Term, 2013 No. 1923 $56,389.67 Joseph R. Loverdi, Esquire 1705-365 4614 Milnor St 191371113 45th wd. 1290 Sq Ft OPA#453456700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edwina E. Sabatino C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 03338 $131,299.83 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP
1705-366 4335 Brown St 6th wd. 1226 Sq Ft BRT#062006900 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ronda M. Clark C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 02142 $20,064.17 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1705-367 1632 Lewis St BRT#332034100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING John C. Cataldi, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 00924 $25,077.13 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1705-368 1776 Plymouth St 19126 10th wd. 1900 Sq Ft BRT#101305100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Sheniece N. Williams a/k/a Sheniece Williams C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02714 $98,966.56 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-369 12338 Wyndom Rd 19154 66th wd. 2216 Sq Ft BRT#663217900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING David Aleshire a/k/a David William Aleshire; Dorothy Aleshire a/k/a Dorothy Lynn Aleshire C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 01629 $137,185.12 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-370 22 E Hortter St 19119 22nd wd. 1297 Sq Ft BRT#221159800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Dareak Nobles, as known Heir of the Estate of Carolyn Nobles, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Devisees, and Personal Representatives of the Estate of Carolyn Nobles, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 01594 $94,790.16 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-371 1530 S Vodges St 19143 51st wd. 800 Sq Ft BRT#514017600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Ramona Booker C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 01005 $65,126.36 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-372 9849 Haldeman Ave 19115 58th wd. 2936 Sq Ft BRT#581345800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Pola Michaels, Known Heir of Ria Dora Segalow a/k/a Dora Segalow; Ricky Segalow, Known Heir of Ria Dora Segalow a/k/a Dora Segalow; Ria Dora Segalow a/k/a Dora Segalow, Last Record Owner; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Ria Dora Segalow a/k/a Dora Segalow C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03075 $207,518.31 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-373 9 S 51st St 19139 46th wd. Land: 1640 Sq Ft;
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Improvement: 1500 Sq Ft BRT#602157400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Liklon Group, LLC C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 03043 $80,542.31 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-374 1723 South St a/k/a 1720 Rodman St 19146 30th wd. 1360 Sq Ft BRT#303067400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ronald J. Pressley C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01877 $429,551.46 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-375 6002 Alma St 35th wd. 1400 Sq Ft BRT#531328200 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Christian K. Victor C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 01410 $164,355.83 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-376 7048 N Broad St 19126 10th wd. 2400 Sq Ft BRT#101005400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Betty Taylor a/k/a Betty Jean Taylor C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01247 $152,547.21 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-377 7022 Wheeler St 40th wd. 1110 Sq Ft BRT#406204100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Leon Deemi; Bobby Alfred Sandi f/k/a Alfred Zankapah a/k/a Alfred N. Zankpah; Viola K. Bates a/k/a Viloa K. Bates C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 02888 $27,807.37 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-378 3343 N Lawrence St 19th wd. 1360 Sq Ft BRT#193108043 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph Hernandez, Deceased; Lynette Hernandez C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00541 $101,559.57 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1705-379 6320 Cherokee St 19144 22nd wd. 1400 Sq Ft BRT#593137800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Vivian Woodbury C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 00647 $85,730.41 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-380 2825 Benner St 62nd wd. 1117 Sq Ft BRT#621153800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Jeanine D. Ransom C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00870 $120,968.46 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-381 4307 Potter St 191244427 33rd wd. 1591 Sq Ft BRT#332563000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Eduardo Fonseca, Jr. and Heather L. Owens C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02435 $107,875.21 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-382 136 N 2nd St, Unit 5D a/k/a 136-138 N 2nd St,Unit 5D
19106 8th wd. 1270 Sq Ft BRT#888053741 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Richard A. Stevens C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 02690 $503,526.00 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-383 6844 Ogontz Ave 10th wd. 5382 Sq Ft BRT#102009800 IMPROVEMENTS: DET W/D GAR 2 STY MAS㤱㤱 Jacinta M. Stanfield C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 00472 $181,359.45 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-384 4503 Tampa St 19120 42nd wd. 1168 Sq Ft BRT#421576600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Cross Keys Investments, LLC C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00055 $90,650.68 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-385 3361 Belgrade St 45th wd. 918 Sq Ft BRT#451324400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Bernard J. Rys, Deceased C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00500 $106,808.45 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-386 5355 Yocum St 51st wd. 1433 Sq Ft BRT#512093000 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Dorrence Adams C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03531 $77,627.77 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-387 5530 W Jefferson St 19131 4th wd. ROW CONV/APT 2 STY MASON; 1162 Sq Ft BRT#041271500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph A. Williams C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00785 $103,506.53 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-388 4151 Whiting Rd 19154 66th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MAS㤱㤱; 1296 Sq Ft BRT#662596900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Eileen A. Kelly and Frank A. Kelly C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00738 $119,735.29 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-389 2148 Magee Ave 19149 54th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1246 Sq Ft BRT#541134700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Aloysius Benjamin and Jaytay Nukah C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02394 $109,040.46 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-390 11618 Kelvin Ave 19116 58th wd. DET W/B GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1205 Sq Ft BRT#582554800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Ciara Erb (a minor), Known Surviving Heir of Charlene R. Erb c/o Lisa M. Carpino; Daeman Disanto (a minor), Known Surviving Heir of Charlene Erb c/o Stephanie
Disanto; Christopher Erb, Known Surviving Heir of Charlene R. Erb; Douglas Erb, Known Surviving Heir of Charlene Erb; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Charlene R. Erb C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 00518 $248,505.82 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-391 1951 E Monmouth St 19134 25th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1500 Sq Ft BRT#252131300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Doreen Duldulao, Known Surviving Heir of John Sanseverino, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Jennifer Sanseverino, Known Surviving Heir of John Sanseverino, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Linda Lindner, Known Surviving Heir of John Sanseverino, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Kim Sanseverino, Known Surviving Heir of John Sanseverino, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Eleanor M. Sanseverino, Known Surviving Heir of John Sanseverino, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Teresa McEnaney, Known Surviving Heir of John Sanseverino, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Eleanor Coulson, Known Surviving Heir of John Sanseverino, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Nancy Mazurek, Known Suriving Heir of John Sanseverino, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; All Unknown Surviving Heirs of John Sanseverino, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00838 $88,431.56 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-392 7112 Keystone St 19135 65th wd. 1800 Sq Ft BRT#651302800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carnell Jefferson, Personal Representative of the Estate of Carl Jefferson a/k/a Carl A. Jefferson; Carolyn A. Thornton, Known Heir of Carl Jefferson a/k/a Carl A. Jefferson; Estate of Carl Jefferson a/k/a Carl A. Jefferson; United States of America, Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Carl Jefferson a/k/a Carl A. Jefferson C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04661 $51,170.46 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-393 8603 Bustleton Ave 19152 56th wd. 3957 Sq Ft OPA#562392400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or
Under Steven R. Listwa C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 00353 $165,248.14 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-394 7646 Thouron Ave 19150 10th wd. 1453 Sq Ft BRT#102498600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Rhonda Hamler Fox, Known Heir of Faye S. Hamler; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Faye S. Hamler C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00940 $106,820.09 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-395 815 E Madison St 19134 33rd wd. 1197 Sq Ft OPA#33-1073900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of Donald H. Wimmer C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 00426 $47,251.44 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1705-396 4628 Newhall St 19144 13th wd. 2500 Sq Ft OPA#133105200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Neha K. Mistry C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02017 $95,249.38 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1705-397 2873 Stamford St 19152 57th wd. 3076 Sq Ft OPA#571020500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Fred Makadon a/k/a Fred Makaden (deceased); Cathay Makaden a/k/a Cathay Makadon (deceased); Unknown Heirs and/or Administrator for the Estate of Fred Makadon a/k/a Fred Makaden C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02334 $116,792.70 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1705-398 1201 S Clarion St 19147 2nd wd. 952 Sq Ft OPA#021615800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Virginia E. Vespa a/k/a Virginia E. Tavani; Philip V. Vespa, Jr. a/k/a Philip V. Vespa C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 01195 $101,080.75 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1705-399 4298 Parkside Ave 19104 6th wd. 2016 Sq Ft OPA#062227700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Victor Bailey C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 3315 $80,651.28 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-400 5821 Ditman St assessed as 5821-23 Ditman St 19135 41st wd. 7000 Sq Ft OPA#41-12261-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Bradley C.P. May
Term, 2015 No. 00935 $101,683.60 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-401 1447 E Montgomery Ave 19125 18th wd. 1512 Sq Ft OPA#181174600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY David J. Kwisz C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 01972 $211,568.87 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-402 1710 Arlington St 191213320 32nd wd. 1479 Sq Ft OPA#321143801 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Spirangelos Antipas C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 03594 $399,885.74 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-403 155 E Washington Ln 19144-2010 59th wd. (formerly 22nd wd.) 2310 Sq Ft OPA#592147700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Montess Trapp; Taimika Trapp a/k/a Tamika Trapp a/k/a Tamika R. Hall-Trapp C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01614 $193,721.35 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-404 1349 71st Ave a/k/a 1349 W 71st Ave 19126-1723 61st wd. 1856 Sq Ft OPA#611449400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gara Lassiter C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 03001 $147,815.30 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-405 7909 Buist Ave 191531205 40th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#405755905 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gregory Mack, in His Capacity as Heir of Tharissa Mack, Deceased; Tharissa Mack, in Her Capacity as Heir of Tharissa Mack, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Tharissa Mack, Deceased C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 04383 $31,562.48 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-406 4311 Elsinore St 191244305 33rd wd. 720 Sq Ft OPA#332222200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Asghar Khan C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 00900 $107,294.40 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-407 5132 N 11th St 191412843 49th wd. 1700 Sq Ft OPA#493067600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wayne G. Butler C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 03224 $123,845.24 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-408 3729 N Park Ave 191403716 43rd wd. 1350 Sq Ft
OPA#432380800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michelle Spain C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00354 $58,505.71 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-409 3151 Edgemont St 19134 25th wd. 955 Sq Ft BRT#25-12284-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Estate of Rudolph B. Michetti; Kelly A. Irwin, as Known Heir and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Rudolph B. Michetti; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Rudolph B. Michetti C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 02453 $149,042.80 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-410 225 E Ellet St 19119 22nd wd. 2658 Sq Ft BRT#22-2136800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mia Perry; Todd Perry C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 03371 $195,388.86 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-411 8850 Bradford St 19115 56th wd. 4111 Sq Ft OPA#562451600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sheldon S. Ramcharitar and Rena Ramcharitar C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 04071 $141,223.40 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-412 521 Rosalie St 35th wd. 900 Sq Ft BRT#352035700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Nikiya Jenkins a/k/a Nikiya S. Jenkins and Jabar Tyler C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 02182 $137,267.94 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-413 1900 Lott St 58th wd. 7410 Sq Ft BRT#581044900 IMPROVEMENTS: DET W/D GAR 1 STY MASONRY Adel Etreih C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02781 $382,744.90 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-414 4549 Teesdale St 41st wd. 1456 Sq Ft BRT#412107400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Kevin Thomas a/k/a Kevin Sean Thomas C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01145 $107,674.32 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-415 1815 S 17th St 48th wd. 1088 Sq Ft BRT#481220600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Wannetta Williams C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 03539 $45,728.52 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1705-416 5200 N 8th St 19120 49th wd. 2011 Sq Ft OPA#492132500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia Sobers C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 04100 $88,435.69 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-417 4441 Thompson St 45th wd. 1299.06 Sq
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Ft BRT#453233600; PRCL#80N18-98 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Theresa A. Minch, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of James P. Minch C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01974 $61,189.90 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1705-418 4514 Bermuda St 23rd wd. 1190 Sq Ft BRT#231051300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Brian Juzwiak C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01294 $101,358.37 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-419 7351 Buist Ave 19153 40th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#404282600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward Mauser C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 00436 $59,355.91 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-420 4708 Higbee St 19135 41st wd. 2500 Sq Ft BRT#411-130600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Brian Zolk; Sylvia Zolk C.P. September Term, 2013 No. 04083 $157,379.02 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-421 2016 W Boston St 19132 16th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1222 Sq Ft BRT#162266900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sharon T. McPherson, Administratrix of the Estate of Lester McPherson, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 01172 $50,866.37 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-422 4100 Hellerman St 19135 55th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1680 Sq Ft BRT#552103900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Mary McNichol C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 02765 $142,602.64 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-423 940 Brill St 19124 35th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1030 Sq Ft BRT#351178400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Murad Peygumbari and Yelena Ponirovskaya C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 03014 $61,042.51 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-424 2507 S Cleveland St 19145 26th wd. SEMI DET 2STY MASONRY; 1728 Sq Ft BRT#262102400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Daria M. Viola a/k/a Daria Viola a/k/a Daria M. Toritto C.P. October Term, 2010 No. 00101 $250,986.49 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-425 4046 N 12th St 19140 43rd wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY;
1440 Sq Ft BRT#433165700 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Della Thompson C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 02570 $35,031.61 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-426 2546 N Marston St 191323536 28th wd. 1260 Sq Ft OPA#281090800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William Major and Elila I. Major C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00989 $43,157.09 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-427 1522 S 31st St 19146 36th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1020 Sq Ft BRT#364436200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Equity Holding Corporation, A Non-Profit California Corporation, as Trustee of the South Philly Children Trust No. 10033149, Dated 03/25/2010; Brian E. Kumahor and Marshell Jones Kumahor C.P. July Term, 2013 No. 02833 $81,762.37 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-428 11730 Denman Rd 191543616 66th wd. 1288 Sq Ft OPA#662241700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Douglas J. Campbell; Linda M. Campbell C.P. October Term, 2013 No. 01595 $92,957.18 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-429 1801 73rd Ave 19126 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1366 Sq Ft BRT#101348900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Bernice Nash C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 02808 $121,478.20 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-430 5835 N Park Ave 191413102 49th wd. 1280 Sq Ft OPA#493229900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald Wilbur Smith C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 01543 $112,058.22 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-431 5446 Walnut St 191394033 60th wd. 2130 Sq Ft OPA#603032000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeffrey T. Delago; Pamela L. Delago C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 00383 $31,323.16 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-432 3459 N Water St 191341639 7th wd. 980 Sq Ft OPA#073047900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Igor Mirgorodsky; Irina Mirgorodsky C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 03541 $43,476.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-433 3937 Elsinore St 19124
33rd wd. 1024 Sq Ft OPA#332218100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronyell Gindraw C.P. December Term, 2007 No. 00334 $168,408.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-434 2149 S 19th St 48th wd. 824 Sq Ft BRT#481283800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Sreymum Sok C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00473 $98,264.30 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1705-435 4517 Carlisle St 13th wd. 1599 Sq Ft BRT#132017400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Arnold Campanella, Jr. and Shirley Betha C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01073 $88,571.70 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1705-436 1929 E Wensley St 19134 45th wd. 1095 Sq Ft BRT#452061000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Cross Keys Investment, LLC C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01136 $76,663.30 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-437 3343 Morning Glory Rd 19154 12th wd. 2160 Sq Ft BRT#663043400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Eugene Bukh and Natalaie Bukh C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 00650 $184,989.31 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-438 5901 Colgate St 19120 1148 Sq Ft OPA#352275200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edgardo J. Reyes a/k/a Edgardo Reyes C.P. February Term, 2014 No. 01077 $110,796.22 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-439 7729 Dorcas St 19111 56th wd. 3703 Sq Ft OPA#561120300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leon Jones, Jr. a/k/a Leon Jones C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 02113 $66,920.88 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-440 2827 W Girard Ave 29th wd. 1800 Sq Ft BRT#871539150 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW W-OFF/STR 3 STORY MASONRY Al Alston C.P. August Term, 2010 No. 02835 $252,377.11 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-441 1839 N 33rd St 19121 32nd wd. 1847 Sq Ft BRT#32-33406-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Esther E. Arnette, as Legatee and Trustee of the Faulkner Living Trust C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02672 $176,347.96 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C.; Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire;
Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire; Tyler J. Wilk, Esq. 1705-442 611 Rosalie St 19120 35th wd. 1224 Sq Ft OPA#352041600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Jeannette Dancy C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 01437 $52,081.73 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-443 1824 Pennington Rd 34th wd. 2296 Sq Ft BRT#343332700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Jacqueline F. Fennal and Jeanine Fennal C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 02238 $202,385.85 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-444 431 E Wyoming Ave 42nd wd. 1577 Sq Ft BRT#871564170 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW W/ OFF STR 2 STY MASON Adel Etreih and Raid Albarkawi C.P. August Term, 2013 No. 01821 $155,799.64 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-445 2030 W Cambria 11th wd. 1325 Sq Ft BRT#111044800 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Marina Spektor C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 00750 $50,628.24 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-446 4138 W Girard Ave 6th wd. 1697 Sq Ft BRT#062169300 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW CONV/APT 3 STY MASON Douglas Hart C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 02720 $112,833.88 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-447 1929 Colonial St 50th wd. 1183 Sq Ft BRT#102351900 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Bianca L. Kendrick C.P. October Term, 2014 No. 00836 $117,621.52 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-448 6833 N Broad St 50th wd. 2055 Sq Ft BRT#611209100 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW CONV/APT 2 STY FRAME Barrington Hylton C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02386 $70,300.21 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-449 5456 Chestnut St 45th wd. 1940 Sq Ft BRT#603017305 IMPROVEMENTS: APT 2-4 UNITS 2 STY MASON Stephen J. Hill a/k/a Stephen Hill C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 00728 $155,542.19 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-450 6223 Montague St 55th wd. 1620 Sq Ft BRT#552298700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/ GAR 2 STY MASONRY Rebecca McKernan C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 00034 $36,394.80 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-451 5343 Wingohocking Terr 22nd wd. 2214 Sq Ft BRT#122188500 IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 3 STY STONE Christina Morton C.P.
September Term, 2014 No. 02707 $135,112.34 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-452 5331 Florence Ave 19143 51st wd. 1276 Sq Ft OPA#511145200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Issa Alioune Ba C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01962 $78,403.84 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-453 2549 W Willard St 19129 38th wd. 811 Sq Ft OPA#381368400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael A. Lowe C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 02398 $37,769.37 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-454 189 W Thelma St 19140 42nd wd. 798 Sq Ft OPA#422046700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Yanice Rodriguez-Diaz C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02539 $58,659.03 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-455 5615 Arlington St 19131 52nd wd. 1712 Sq Ft OPA#522066200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dana Lockett and Karl Smith C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02121 $143,696.55 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-456 1623 E Duval St 19138-1105 10th wd. (formerly 50th wd.) 1440 Sq Ft OPA#102293500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ryan R. Miller C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01836 $90,426.56 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-457 952-54 E Johnson St 19138 22nd wd. 1204 Sq Ft OPA#221011700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gloria Barton C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 03268 $275,595.17 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-458 5715 Nassau St 52nd wd. Situate on the N side of Nassau St at the distance of 108.225 ft Westward from the W side of 57th St in the 52nd ward of the City of Philadelphia; Containing in front or breadth on the said Nassau St 15.25 ft and extending of that width in length or depth Northward between parallel lines at right angles to the said Nassau St 93.25 ft to the center of a certain 15 ft wide driveway. BRT#043258500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Hajar A. Muhammad C.P. July Term, 2014 No. 02151 $85,984.43 Richard J. Nalbandian, III 1705-459 3062 N 23rd St 191321401 11th wd. 1792 Sq Ft OPA#871516410 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elsayed Mahrous; Touria Yadri Elkaeid, in Her
Capacity as Administratrix and Heir of the Estate of Aly Elsayed Elkaeid; Mohammed Elkaeid, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Aly Elsayed Elkaeid; Sayed Elkaeid, in His Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Aly Elsayed Elkaeid; Nora Elkaeid, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Aly Elsayed Elkaeid; Nadia Elkaeid, in Her Capacity as Heir of the Estate of Aly Elsayed Elkaeid; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Aly Elsayed Elkaeid, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2014 No. 00248 $118,656.20 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-460 7470 Brockton Rd 191512910 34th wd. 1368 Sq Ft OPA#343146348 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Dana L. Jorden; Clifford D. Jorden, Jr. C.P. January Term, 2011 No. 00762 $103,198.93 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-461 7455 Ruskin Rd 191512925 34th wd. 1152 Sq Ft OPA#343166900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia McCoy-Thiam C.P. May Term, 2010 No. 04265 $152,371.77 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-462 2513 S 69th St 19142 40th wd. 1272 Sq Ft BRT#40-6125300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Edward Mauser C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 03313 $57,707.11 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-463 2661 Elbridge St 19149 62nd wd. 1898 Sq Ft OPA#621302400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Paul D. Breyer C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 03640 $140,673.95 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-464 2811 Aramingo Ave 191344203 25th wd. 1110 Sq Ft OPA#251450000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brahein K. Bruce a/k/a Brahein Bruce; Lisa Bruce C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00736 $72,500.88 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-465 4018 Parrish St 19146 6th wd. (formerly part of the 24th wd.) 1530 Sq Ft OPA#062049400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kerry Green-Williams C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00519 $82,068.71 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-466 6918 Forrest Ave 19138 10th wd. 1146 Sq Ft OPA#102516800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Tanya M.
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Newman C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01462 $105,705.78 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-467 857 Brooklyn St 24th wd. Beginning Point: Situate on the E side of Brooklyn St, at the distance of 184 ft 4 in Northward from the N side of Parrish St OPA#062298500 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Cedric T. Dudley and Lashawn Brown C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 02991 $63,838.13 Patrick J. Wesner 1705-468 5313 Greene St 19144 12th wd. 1488 Sq Ft OPA#124102100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michelle Khan a/k/a Michelle Rodney-Khan C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01667 $159,184.00 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-469 6605 Martins Mill Rd 19111 35th wd. 2899 Sq Ft OPA#353304500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Elizabeth Vera and Fernando L. Vera, Jr. C.P. December Term, 2013 No. 03446 $215,432.82 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-470 6853 Oxford Ave 19111 53rd wd. 2623 Sq Ft OPA#532373300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Novley Bell-Williams a/k/a Novley McKenzie and Floyd Gordon C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01106 $219,534.36 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-471 4132 Orchard St 19124 23rd wd. 1504 Sq Ft OPA#232247900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Chanda J. Berrios and Stephen Penhollow C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 03776 $85,447.96 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-472 1238 S 22nd St 191464236 36th wd. 1896 Sq Ft OPA#361326500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Farina Sheikh C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01510 $61,757.45 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-473 7150 N 20th St 19138 10th wd. 1440 Sq Ft OPA#101163700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Genelle Walton C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 01270 $131,209.21 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-474 642 Rector St 191281733 21st wd. 1320 Sq Ft OPA#213140900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mike Opiela; Dana Opiela C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 00780 $187,276.25 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP
1705-475 1835 E Moyamensing Ave 19148 1st wd. 816 Sq Ft OPA#011214800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Denise M. Wilson C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 00407 $204,668.43 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-476 7244 Elwood St 19142 40th wd. 1312 Sq Ft OPA#404234500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward Mauser C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 01038 $79,552.88 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-477 5602 Pine St 19143-1322 60th wd. 1664 Sq Ft OPA#604099200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Breanna Campbell C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 00274 $80,502.56 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-478 4969 W Stiles St 19131 44th wd. 756 Sq Ft OPA#442107100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cenia Elder C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01409 $32,286.84 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-479 517 N 52nd St 19131 44th wd. 1493 Sq Ft OPA#442272600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Valerie Jackson a/k/a Valerie J. Jackson C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 01268 $77,232.58 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-480 111 Weaver St 19119 22nd wd. 1035 Sq Ft OPA#223027800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Stephen Clark, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Harriet Clark, Deceased; William E. Clark, Jr., Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Harriet Clark, Deceased C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00010 $90,618.52 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-481 4211 Greenmount Rd 19154 66th wd. 1712 Sq Ft OPA#662459600 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Regina Cummings C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01415 $93,826.31 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1705-482 631 S Bambrey St a/k/a 631 Bambrey St 19146 30th wd. 840 Sq Ft OPA#302155600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Arthur Gibbs, Solely in His Capacity as Heir of Jeanne K. Gibbs, Deceased C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03654 $320,114.28 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-483 108 E Washington Ln 19144 59th wd. 3061 Sq Ft OPA#592136200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Quincy Lyons
C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 03562 $97,450.17 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-484 6444 Clearview St 19119 22nd wd. 1125 Sq Ft OPA#221269800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Romunda Oliphant C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03550 $98,928.75 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-485 154 E Pomona St 19144 59th wd. 1927 Sq Ft OPA#592154100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Naeemah Patterson C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02485 $136,009.89 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1705-486 5367 Morris St 19144 12th wd. 956 Sq Ft OPA#124139200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Keith Bennett C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 04443 $95,045.19 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-487 3459 Jasper St 19134 45th wd. 1145 Sq Ft OPA#452365100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Alexis Velazquez a/k/a Alexis Velazquez Rodriguez C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01358 $112,982.11 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1705-488 3844 N Bouvier St 19140 13th wd. 1240 Sq Ft OPA#131241400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Loretta Thompson C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01694 $50,764.90 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1705-489 8662 Rugby St 19150 50th wd. 1546 Sq Ft OPA#502091800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Paul Washington C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 00810 $147,465.92 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1705-490 901 Penn St #R402 19123 5th wd. 1489 Sq Ft OPA#888062004 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Harmeet Singh; Harbir Singh C.P. July Term, 2010 No. 00739 $491,155.58 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1705-491 208 McClellan St a/k/a 208 Mc Clellan St 19148 1st wd. 1222 Sq Ft OPA#011152100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Janice Taylor a/k/a Janice L. Taylor C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01824 $123,144.70 Justin F. Kobeski, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski LLC 1705-492 8805 Rising Sun Ave 19115 7568 Sq Ft (Land Area)
OPA#632292486 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Thomas Buoncristiano and Krystyna Buoncristiano C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 00933 $236,259.77 Michael J. Shavel, Esquire 1705-493 514 Arthur St 19111 2350 Sq Ft (Land Area); 1344 Sq Ft (Improvement Area) OPA#631339800 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael O’Malley a/k/a Michael Omalley C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01317 $192,096.38 Michael J. Shavel, Esquire 1705-494 8130 Lister St 19152-3108 64th wd. (formerly 35th wd.) 1025 Sq Ft OPA#641085200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY William Szweda C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 02656 $163,018.25 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-495 5311 Castor Ave 191241022 23rd wd. 2280 Sq Ft OPA#234195000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ronald E. Ellis a/k/a Ronald Ellis; Deanna D. Alexander a/k/a Deanna Alexander C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 01228 $366,408.90 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-496 6651 Erdrick St 191352601 55th wd. 1360 Sq Ft OPA#552277900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Scott Wendel; Elizabeth P. Wendel a/k/a Elizabeth P. Detkiewicz C.P. November Term, 2009 No. 03981 $98,242.41 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-497 7104 N Broad St 191261726 10th wd. 1496 Sq Ft OPA#101005800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ping Cao; Edward Cao C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 03267 $122,960.46 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-498 3232 Emerald St 19134 45th wd. 1263 Sq Ft OPA#452333600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Pennington 189 Management, LLC C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 03282 $83,877.24 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-499 4926 Lawrence St 19120 42nd wd. 4000 Sq Ft OPA#422486400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Luis A. Bonilla C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 02378 $124,040.00 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-500 1221 Dufor St 191483513 39th wd. 784 Sq Ft OPA#394302800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Charles M. Capra C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 01529 $116,862.26 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-501 854 N 21st St 191301431 15th wd. 1200 Sq Ft OPA#151128700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward J. Furlong, Jr. a/k/a Edward J. Furlong C.P. August Term, 2009 No. 03149 $85,363.87 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-502 224 E Comly St a/k/a 224 Comly St 19120-1105 35th wd. 1238 Sq Ft OPA#352138000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Eric Hutson C.P. June Term, 2015 No. 01629 $145,361.59 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-503 627 W Olney Ave 19120-2219 61st wd. (formerly 42nd wd.) 1782 Sq Ft OPA#612009400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Walter A. Roye C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 01802 $32,008.66 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-504 431 Cross St 1st wd. BRT#011284500 Haneef Nelson a/k/a Haneef S. Nelson a/k/a Haneef Sakin Nelson a/k/a Haikeem Nelson; 431 Land Trust C.P. March Term, 2014 No. 03577 $79,165.85 Richard J. Nalbandian 1705-505 718 Moore St 1st wd. BRT#012144600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Anthony Nguyen f/k/a Tam V. Nguyen C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 01968 $160,911.66 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1705-506 4313 Ludlow St 19104 27th wd. 1204 Sq Ft BRT#17S14-122 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Bashisha Sherrod C.P. January Term, 2007 No. 01374 $68,697.74 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-507 540 E Penn St 19144 12th wd. 1127 Sq Ft OPA#121142300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Samuel E. Rymer C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04177 $101,874.17 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-508 4146 Ridge Ave 19129 Town/ rowhouse of approximately 1769 Sq Ft; Lot size: 1134 Sq Ft BRT#38-2251600 Subject To Mortgage None other than the mortgage foreclosed by the Plaintiff, Branch Banking and Trust Company IMPROVEMENTS: TOWN/ ROWHOUSE Gail J. Johnson C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 000156 $116,921.92 plus continuing interest and costs Christine L. Barba; Ballard Spahr, LLP
1705-509 5431 Addison St BRT#603110000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Everett Carvalho and Lizzie Carvalho C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01617 $92,565.77 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1705-510 8762 Jackson St 19136 65th wd. 1795 Sq Ft OPA#652254900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Daniel C. Karp C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 01435 $166,791.89 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-511 823 Lombard St 19147 5th wd. 900 Sq Ft OPA#053050345 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Paul H. Durante C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 00448 $243,398.80 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-512 1609 W Erie Ave BRT#131058100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Janelle Blount C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03243 $103,363.87 Powers, Kirn & Associates, LLC 1705-513 1238 Unruh Ave 53rd wd. 1744 Sq Ft BRT#532061100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Angela K. Clement C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02487 $145,168.16 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1705-514 6925 Lindbergh Blvd 19142 40th wd. 3015 Sq Ft OPA#406558100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ralph C. Savage and Venuis A. Savage a/k/a Venius A. Savage C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04603 $135,391.57 Richard M. Squire & Associates, LLC 1705-515 4027 Higbee St 41st wd. 1010 Sq Ft OPA#62-22042-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carlos Perez, subject to 1/2 interest of Edwin Rosa C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 02005 $44,931.02 Pressman & Doyle, LLC 1705-516 5830-32 Pentridge St 19143 3rd wd. 3375 Sq Ft BRT#034065010 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Lisa Dunbar Graham Schwalenberger, solely as Heir of the Estate of George Leon Dunbar; Lailah Leonte Dunbar, solely as Heir of the Estate of George Leon Dunbar; Veronica Marie Dunbar, solely as Heir of the Estate of George Leon Dunbar; George Leon Dunbar, Jr., solely as Heir of the Estate of George Leon Dunbar; Unknown Heirs, Executors and Devisees of the Estate of George Leon Dunbar C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01242 $71,711.58 Stern & Eisenberg PC
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1705-517 2219 Solly Ave 56th wd. 3064 Sq Ft BRT#562080000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Frances Massey C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 00387 $46,824.62 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1705-518 2639 S 64th St 19142 40th wd. 1101 Sq Ft BRT#402135000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph J. King, III, Known Heir of Joseph King a/k/a Joseph J. King, Jr. a/k/a Joseph James King, Jr.; Sean P. King, Known Heir of Joseph King a/k/a Joseph J. King, Jr. a/k/a Joseph James King, Jr.; Sherri Perkins a/k/a Sherri A. King a/k/a Sherri Ann King, Individually and as a Known Heir of Joseph King a/k/a Joseph J. King, Jr. a/k/a Joseph James King, Jr.; Suzanne C. King, Known Heir of Jospeh King a/k/a Joseph J. King, Jr. a/k/a Joseph James King, Jr.; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Joseph King a/k/a Joseph J. King, Jr. a/k/a Joseph James King, Jr. C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01565 $60,145.26 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-519 709 S Mole St 19146 30th wd. 1395 Sq Ft BRT#301286400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Eugene Brown C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 02419 $196,335.60 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-520 2903 Elbridge St 19149 55th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1200 Sq Ft BRT#551026200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Carol L. Hummer C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 03401 $98,024.85 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-521 1432 Nedro Ave 19141 17th wd. ROW CONV/APT 2 STY MASON; 1638 Sq Ft BRT#171152200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Zachary Burwell, Administrator of the Estate of Lottie Turner C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01373 $107,048.83 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-522 109 E Walnut Park Dr 19120 61st wd. 1904 Sq Ft BRT#611375500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE William S. Phillips C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00079 $151,689.63 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-523 2626 S 17th St 19145 26th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 1188 Sq Ft BRT#262009400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Alfredo R. Florio C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 03151 $50,520.07
McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-524 2012 Wilmont St 19124 23rd wd. 915 Sq Ft BRT#232130400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL REAL ESTATE Joanna E. Vinson C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 04049 $81,324.07 Stern & Eisenberg PC 1705-525 6451 Ditman St 19135 41st wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1200 Sq Ft BRT#411238900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Aleksandr Savitskiy; Lyudmila Savitskaya C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 01741 $101,703.40 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-526 8525 Bustleton Ave 19152 56th wd. S/D W/B GAR 1 STY MASONRY; 1087 Sq Ft BRT#562389300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Galina Gendina C.P. May Term, 2012 No. 02153 $186,873.43 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-527 419 Cobbs Creek Pkwy 19143 46th wd. 1360 Sq Ft BRT#032253100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Michele Borum C.P. May Term, 2011 No. 00371 $70,771.65 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-528 6044 E Roosevelt Blvd 19149 54th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1552 Sq Ft BRT#541305300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Marie E. Beauvais C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 01505 $150,098.77 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-529 1011 Lorraine St 19116 58th wd. 1652 Sq Ft OPA#582213000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kristen Sanchez; Michael J. Sanchez C.P. August Term, 2012 No. 02337 $267,570.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-530 2945 Brighton St 19149 55th wd. 1930 Sq Ft OPA#551364300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY John Brown C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 01483 $154,669.55 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-531 124 Pelham Rd 19119 22nd wd. DET 2.5 STY STONE; 5100 Sq Ft BRT#223095500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Abenaa Timazee C.P. February Term, 2012 No. 03848 $506,652.58 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-532 6636 N 17th St 19126 10th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1352 Sq Ft BRT#101050900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stanley Bowman,
Jr. C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02821 $60,723.37 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-533 501 E Haines St 191441214 59th wd. 2223 Sq Ft OPA#592008000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sarah Reid-Wright C.P. August Term, 2015 No. 00570 $89,798.73 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-534 3438 N 6th St a/k/a 3438 N Sixth St 19140 43rd wd. (formerly part of the 33rd wd.) 1260 Sq Ft OPA#431111300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Sarai Liriano C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 01627 $16,517.48 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-535 5258 Pennway St 19124 23rd wd. (formerly part of the 35th wd.) 1568 Sq Ft OPA#233105100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Daniel Alicea C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 00755 $168,728.13 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-536 2418 S Mole St 19145 26th wd. ROW 2 STY MASONRY; 960 Sq Ft BRT#261222100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gina Angelucci, Known Surviving Heir of Audrey Angelucci; Audrey Angelucci, Known Surviving Heir of Audrey Angelucci; Carl Angelucci, Known Surviving Heir of Audrey Angelucci; Brian Angelucci, Known Surviving Heir of Audrey Angelucci; Eric Angelucci, Known Surviving Heir of Audrey Angelucci; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Audrey Angelucci C.P. December Term, 2015 No. 01697 $70,347.21 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-537 9850 Montour St 19115 58th wd. 3600 Sq Ft OPA#581366000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maksim Kozlov a/k/a Maksim Belov C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02579 $215,051.78 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-538 5846 Cedar Ave 191431934 3rd wd. 1314 Sq Ft OPA#032141600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Oliver A. Francis C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 00536 $132,777.71 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-539 3657 Old York Rd 19140 43rd wd. 1688 Sq Ft OPA#432160100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Veronica Ward C.P. December Term, 2012 No. 02289 $150,947.97 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-540 915 Woodbrook Ln 191503217 50th wd. 1912 Sq Ft OPA#502519300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL
PROPERTY Muriel Horne a/k/a Muriel Houston C.P. July Term, 2016 No. 00909 $109,054.55 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-541 2703 Orthodox St 19137 45th wd. 1170 Sq Ft OPA#453072300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Richard J. Moszczynski; Patricia Moszczynski C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 01076 $108,213.34 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-542 205 Furley St 19120 61st wd. 761 Sq Ft OPA#612059300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Carmela R. Saunders C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 03581 $104,969.51 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-543 4314 E Howell St 19135 62nd wd. 2500 Sq Ft OPA#622176300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Kevin P. McGee C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03073 $75,339.22 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-544 2608 S 65th St 19142 40th wd. 1463 Sq Ft OPA#406002200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Grace Omo-Ogun C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01194 $75,110.04 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-545 1100 S Front St 19147 1020 Sq Ft OPA#871026350 a/k/a OPA#872026350 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW W/OFF STR 3 STY MASON MJD Properties, LLC C.P. October Term, 2016 No. 4192 $315,311.53 plus interest through the date of the sheriff ’s sale, plus costs William J. Levant, Esquire 1705-546 12407 Sweet Briar Rd 19154 66th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1360 Sq Ft BRT#663171300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Regina L. DiRenzo C.P. October Term, 2015 No. 02060 $120,626.55 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-547 1904 E Allegheny Ave 19134 25th wd. 975 Sq Ft OPA#252305500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Angel J. AyalaAponte C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 01955 $41,006.22 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-548 8522 Michener Ave 19150 50th wd. 1535 Sq Ft OPA#501139500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Michael Young C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 03148 $187,869.89 KML Law Group, P.C. 1705-549 4006 J St 33rd wd. BRT#332229200 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY Anthony Dantoni and Tracey Dantoni
C.P. May Term, 2015 No. 00494 $185,154.54 Richard J. Nalbandian 1705-550 2528 S Edgewood St 191423505 40th wd. 1120 Sq Ft OPA#402039100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mohamed S. Tounkara C.P. July Term, 2015 No. 03266 $31,064.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-551 5109 F St 19124 35th wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1276 Sq Ft BRT#351339200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph Thomas S. Ragen, Known Surviving Heir of Elizabeth Nagen, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Catherine Ragen, Known Surviving Heir of Elizabeth Ragen, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Patricia A. Johnston, Known Surviving Heir of Elizabeth Ragen, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Michael Ragen, Known Surviving Heir of Elizabeth Ragen, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Mark Ragen, Known Surviving Heir of Elizabeth Ragen, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Jennifer Ragen, Known Surviving Heir of Elizabeth Ragen, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Lisa Corley, Known Surviving Heir of Elizabeth Ragen, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Marie C. Corley a/k/a Marie Corley a/k/a Marie C. Pyle a/k/a Marie C. CorleyPyle; Known Surviving Heir of Elizabeth Ragen, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner; Unknown Surviving Heirs of Elizabeth Ragen, Deceased Mortgagor and Real Owner C.P. August Term, 2014 No. 00357 $124,760.78 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-552 602 Leverington St a/k/a 602 Leverington Ave 191282606 21st wd. 2580 Sq Ft OPA#213281200 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ignacio Munoz C.P. September Term, 2014 No. 03970 $265,366.67 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-553 1010 Arch St Unit 205 19107 5th wd. 696 Sq Ft OPA#888110212 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Bea Loyd C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 00325 $179,006.38 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1705-554 5929 Woodcrest Ave 19131 52nd wd. ROW B/GAR 2 STY MASONRY; 1540 Sq Ft BRT#522163300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Johnnie Barr, Jr. and Geraldine Barr C.P. January Term, 2015 No.
01445 $157,370.53 McCabe, Weisberg, & Conway, P.C. 1705-555 1626 N 25th St 32nd wd. 1752 Sq Ft OPA#324085700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Cynthia V. Hall C.P. March Term, 2016 No. 01742 $78,999.02 plus interest in the amount of $4472.26 from 06/07/16 Samantha J. Koopman, Esquire 1705-556 1806 S 19th St 48th wd. 1056 Sq Ft BRT#481284400 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Elmer Smith and Vivian Smith C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 03368 $117,500.56 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-557 2135 Walnut St, Unit 203 8th wd. BRT#888082485 IMPROVEMENTS: RES CONDO 5 STY MASONRY John J. Barry and John W. Luff C.P. May Term, 2014 No. 01505 $178,262.31 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-558 115-117 N 3rd St 19106 4th wd. 14828 Sq Ft improved area OPA#881007210 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: MULTIFAMILY DWELLING Olde North Third, LP, et al C.P. September Term, 2010 No. 022283 $2,549,773.50 plus interest from 9/8/2010 to 2/8/17 at 6% per annum Michael P. Donohue, Esquire 1705-559 1144 S 18th St 36th wd. 961 Sq Ft BRT#361140700 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Norma Gray and Ricardo Gray C.P. December Term, 2014 No. 01134 $281,060.62 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-560 4806 N 5th St 49th wd. 2060 Sq Ft BRT#491156900 IMPROVEMENTS: S/D CONV APT 2 STY MASON Jorge Fagundes C.P. February Term, 2015 No. 02061 $119,349.37 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-561 582 Carver St 19120 35th wd. 1065 Sq Ft OPA#351235300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Wanda A. Andrews C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 01362 $61,335.56 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1705-562 5245 Hawthorne St 19124 62nd wd. 1524 Sq Ft BRT#622261500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Juan M. Hernandez C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 00796 $86,899.26 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C.; Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire; Tyler J. Wilk, Esq. 1705-563 443 Tree St 19148 39th wd. 1072 Sq Ft OPA#392128400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Unknown
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Heirs and/or Administrators of the Estate of Francis N. Ethredge C.P. June Term, 2014 No. 02874 $85,246.79 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1705-564 6944 Grosbeak Pl 19142 40th wd. 2516 Sq Ft BRT#406589400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Edwin A. Cameron C.P. August Term, 2016 No. 04231 $155,424.77 Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, P.C.; Martha E. Von Rosenstiel, Esquire; Heather Riloff, Esquire; Jeniece D. Davis, Esquire; Tyler J. Wilk, Esq. 1705-565 6405 Marsden St 19135 41st wd. 1444 Sq Ft OPA#411271200 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Maria Roman C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02908 $92,907.61 Meredith H. Wooters, Esquire; Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC 1705-566 12305 Rambler Rd 58th wd. On Southeasterly side of Rambler Rd; Front: 19’11-3/8” Depth: 90’4-3/8” IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Gary F. Hagan a/k/a Gary Hagan C.P. April Term, 2015 No. 01715 $253,451.49 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1705-567 5717 Pemberton St 46th wd. On Northerly side of Pemberton St; Front: 15’ Depth: 60’7-3/4” OPA#463062500 IMPROVEMENTS: SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE Sean T. Jackson, Sr. and Patrice Jackson C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01311 $73,892.30 Stephen M. Hladik, Esq. 1705-568 1614 N 55th St 19131 4th wd. 2443 Sq Ft OPA#041316400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Glenis Wade C.P. November Term, 2016 No. 02446 $59,946.04 plus interest in the amount of $1263.81 Samantha J. Koopman, Esquire 1705-569 1204 Fillmore St 19124 23rd wd. 1280 Sq Ft OPA#234109300 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Ianette Santiago C.P. March Term, 2015 No. 02105 $193,234.20 plus interest in the amount of $7730.47 Samantha J. Koopman, Esquire 1705-570 1616 N 55th St 19131 4th wd. 2443 Sq Ft OPA#041316400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Glenis Wade C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 00448 $20,151.91 plus interest in the amount of $302.82 Samantha J. Koopman, Esquire 1705-571 1437 N 61st St 34th wd. On the Easterly side of 61st St (60 ft wide) at the distance of
345 ft, 10-3/4 in Northwestwardly from the Northwesterly side of Master St (60 ft wide) IMPROVEMENTS: SEMI/DET 2 STY MASONRY Linder General Contracting LLC C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01397 $51,829.14 Patrick J. Wesner 1705-572 1231 N Conestoga St 19131 52nd wd. 1779 Sq Ft BRT#041137800 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Gerald T. Brooks C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 02726 $41,569.63 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-573 2109 Stenton Ave 19138 10th wd. 1283 Sq Ft BRT#102337500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Billie J. Whitley, Individually and as Known Heir of Haywood E. Whitley, Sr.; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Haywood E. Whitley, Sr. C.P. September Term, 2011 No. 01228 $110,304.22 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-574 5108 Springfield Ave 191434206 51st wd. 2576 Sq Ft OPA#511266000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Edward Hunter; Maryann Cummings, Individually and in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Geneva Johnson; Kathy Johnson, in Her Capacity as Adinistrator Cta and Devisee of the Estate of Geneva Johnson; Susan Coney, in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Geneva Johnson; James Johnson, in His Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Geneva Johnson; Ruby Parker, in Her Capacity as Devisee of the Estate of Geneva Johnson C.P. September Term, 2012 No. 03030 $232,543.39 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-575 2809 S Iseminger St 191484932 39th wd. 1368 Sq Ft OPA#395329700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Julian Dipietro, in Her Capacity as Heir of Gino Dipietro a/k/a Gino Joseph Dipietro, Deceased; Gino Dipietro, in His Capacity as Heir of Gino Dipietro a/k/a Gino Joseph Dipietro, Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title or Interest From or Under Gino Dipietro, Deceased. C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 02284 $177,972.07 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-576 2403 Duncan St 19124 23rd wd. 2250 Sq Ft OPA#231013000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph Lawless
C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 03941 $197,850.62 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-577 9257 Old Newtown Rd 19115 56th wd. 2561 Sq Ft BRT#562443480 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Genetta Gutman C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00156 $130,123.44 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-578 5801 Sylvester St 19149 62nd wd. 2012 Sq Ft OPA#621376000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Donald A. De Grandis and Michael J. Martin, by his attorney in fact, Ellen S. Tidman C.P. October Term, 2010 No. 001039 $90,695.26 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-579 2131 W Passyunk Ave 191453414 48th wd. 1500 Sq Ft OPA#482131000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Nasser Albarouki C.P. November Term, 2014 No. 01014 $172,452.50 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-580 2622 Federal St 19146-3829 36th wd. OPA#362028600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Leonard Crawford C.P. June Term, 2013 No. 01871 $211,507.05 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-581 938 N Lawrence St 191231438 5th wd. 1490 Sq Ft OPA#057125900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Mark J. Bogan C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 01639 $328,230.38 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-582 117 E Hortter St 191192207 22nd wd. 1118 Sq Ft OPA#221179000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Beverly Thomison-Sadia C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 02862 $76,494.75 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-583 593 E Carver St a/k/a 593 Carver St 191201711 35th wd. 984 Sq Ft OPA#351249500 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Timothy Clark; Christopher Clark C.P. January Term, 2015 No. 02227 $38,148.44 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-584 1840 73rd Ave 191261513 10th wd. 1280 Sq Ft OPA#101343100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Baxter Estates, LLC C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 04172 $93,817.00 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-585 546 S Salford St 3rd wd. 909 Sq Ft BRT#032213900
IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING William B. Pratt C.P. May Term, 2016 No. 00619 $62,481.67 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1705-586 2709 S Alder St 191484908 39th wd. 958 Sq Ft BRT#395260500 Subject to Mortgage IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Joseph Micali; Lisa Micali C.P. November Term, 2015 No. 01261 $170,135.97 Udren Law Offices, P.C. 1705-587 1918 Wilder St 19146 36th wd. 854 Sq Ft OPA#363034900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Joseph C. Dibabbo, Sr. C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 03317 $191,435.50 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-588 3532 Drumore Dr 19154 66th wd. 1625 Sq Ft OPA#66-22608-00 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Colleen M. Goida and Michael J. Goida a/k/a Michael Goida C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 02352 $143,658.25 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-589 9351 Neil Rd, #A 19115 56th wd. 1107 Sq Ft OPA#888560885 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Brian Roakes and Kristy Hopkins C.P. September Term, 2016 No. 00134 $137,606.39 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-590 6633 N Fairhill St 19126 61st wd. 1339 Sq Ft OPA#611115100 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Patricia A. Tucker C.P. February Term, 2016 No. 01675 $113,650.61 Shapiro & DeNardo, LLC 1705-591 7200 Eastwood St 54th wd. 2119 Sq Ft BRT#542412400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Xue Zhong Gao and Hulbin Zhang C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 00503 $108,870.84 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1705-592 1921 S Croskey St 48th wd. 765 Sq Ft BRT#482208700 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Stephen M. Perry and Mae Perry C.P. July Term, 2012 No. 01114 $12,643.83 Law Office of Gregory Javardian, LLC 1705-593 5913 Ellsworth St 191433017 3rd wd. 1516 Sq Ft OPA#033133600 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Chantille A. Jackson C.P. March Term, 2012 No. 00012 $92,326.32 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-594 4410 Greenmount Rd 191543709 66th wd. 1528 Sq Ft OPA#662458900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Robert F. Laing,
Jr. a/k/a Robert Laing C.P. September Term, 2015 No. 01184 $211,729.35 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-595 618 E Woodlawn St Unit B a/k/a 618 E Woodlawn St 19144-1346 12th wd. 1620 Sq Ft OPA#122084000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Clarence Cooper C.P. December Term, 2016 No. 01672 $93,072.16 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-596 2225 Gaul St 19125-2933 31st wd. 1638 Sq Ft OPA#312067400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Timothy Milligan; Maura Milligan C.P. November Term, 2013 No. 00513 $239,021.40 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-597 7735 Cedar Brook Ave a/k/a 7735 Cedarbrook Ave 191501401 50th wd. 1128 Sq Ft OPA#501256900 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY Gregory A. Pickett, in His Capacity as Heir of Henry Pickett, Jr., Deceased; Unknown Heirs, Successors, Assigns, and All Persons, Firms, or Associations Claiming Right, Title, or Interest From or Under Henry Pickett, Jr., Deceased C.P. January Term, 2016 No. 02701 $111,087.25 Phelan Hallinan Diamond & Jones, LLP 1705-598 3375 Edgemont St 45th wd. 2475 Sq Ft (land); 1920 (improvements) OPA#451210400 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Jozef Walski & Iwona Walski (h/w) C.P. April Term, 2013 No. 04570 $11,200.00 Timothy P. Creech, Esq. 1705-599 11-15 N 2nd St #401 5th wd. BRT#888050518 IMPROVEMENTS: RES CONDO 5 STY MASONRY Christopher S. Wilson C.P. June Term, 2016 No. 01662 $83,452.77 Milstead & Associates, LLC 1705-600 2033 S Alden St 19143 40th wd. Improvement Area: 1109 Sq Ft; Land Area: 795 Sq Ft PRCL#401014801 IMPROVEMENTS: ROW 2 STY MASONRY Marie Watts C.P. April Term, 2016 No. 00276 $58,390.39 Brett L. Messinger and Ryan A. Gower 1705-601 423 W Ellet St 19119 22nd wd. 3724 Sq Ft BRT#223157000 IMPROVEMENTS: RESIDENTIAL DWELLING Estate of John R. Swingler, Jr.; Jessie Swingler, Personal Representative of the Estate of John R. Swingler, Jr.; Malik Swingler, Known Heir of John R. Swingler, Jr.; Raheem Swingler, Known Heir of John R. Swingler, Jr.; Sheni Swingler, Known Heir of John R. Swingler, Jr.; Unknown
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A Toast to Women’s History By HughE Dillon March was Women’s History Month, and a group of remarkable women gathered to celebrate, mingle, and enjoy some wine and light bites, generously provided by Lynn Buono and Feast Your Eyes Catering. A panel of “Women in Wine” discussed shattering the glass ceiling to become industry leaders in a male-dominated field.
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Sean Singletary A Mentor After Pro Basketball By Jeremy Treatman
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Lowry trying to slow him down. Like Lowry, Singletary made it to the NBA, playing one season each with the Phoenix Suns and the Charlotte Bobcats. Professionally, he also played one year in Spain and two more in Belgium, following a star-studded career at the University of Virginia, which culminated with his number 44 being retired. “I was very blessed with my career and getting an opportunity to play in the NBA and Europe. I really learned a lot about cultures and the world and the country. I had a great time.” However, along the way, Singletary changed his life’s focus and didn’t make his life 24/7 about basketball. A nagging hip injury suffered in his sophomore season at Virginia, coupled with shoulder and knee problems, forced Singletary to retire from pro ball at just 29 and motivated his new focus as a mentor to aspiring athletes with his company Fundamental Factory. Singletary hopes to soon land a job in the NBA offices, educating players on nutrition and wellness. In the meantime, he has been conducting popular and successful clinics in Philadelphia and Virginia, mentoring boys and girls in basketball, wellness, listening, learning and overall education. “I kind of take a holistic approach to my teachings to kids,” he said. “I never thought
when I was growing up that I would find my love of helping kids. I was just focused on my own career. My injuries, and watching my parents suffer through cancer (his dad survived a major illness due to the disease, but his mother succumbed to breast cancer), opened my eyes to letting people know basketball is not just basketball. I think that is what separates me from other guys [who may have played professionally] and now run camps. My teachings are a three pronged diet as in ‘auditory consumption’-what we hear, ‘visual consumption’-what we see and ‘manual consumption’-food. I teach people through oratory and listening skills, too. I am getting a lot of satisfaction on seeing young people I work with improve not only on the court, but in the class
room and making good decisions with their bodies. If there is one piece of advice I can give to former professional athletes, it’s that you have to take care of your body. A life is a long time. You have more than half your life left after you are done playing and making money. It is important what you put in your body. It is important how you train. It is important how you live your life. It is important what you eat. For me, I have three young kids. I also educated myself with a lot of reading on these topics because I want to be the best father I can for my three young kids.” Singletary said he has seen the game changing with social media giving young players more attention in today’s world than maybe they should be Continued on page 2
DONTA SCOTT’S ROLE CHANGE He played power forward on the nation’s fifth ranked team this season, but, with star guards David Beatty (South Carolina) and Daron Russell (Rhode Island), Donta Scott’s role as a sophomore, for Andre Noble’s Imhotep Charter team, was to rebound and be a rim protector. “I really was the only big guy on the team who had this defined role this year,” he said on April 2, at the Philly Pride AAU Media Day. “Next year, I’m going to have a bigger role. I am going to need to score more and provide leadership to our young core. We could be better than this year eventually, but losing those two and Koby Thomas will be huge losses.” Scott said that Imhotep’s fortunes changed after losing to Neumann-Goretti in December. The team never lost again (though it forfeited a game after an incident in a game with Constitution), winning league, city, and state titles. Along the way, it snapped Montverde’s (Fla.) 55-home-game winning streak. “I didn’t really think all that was going to happen,” he said. “I think we got more serious and learned from the heartbreak of the Neumann game. Everyone got on board. Andre Noble won’t play you if you are not present physically or mentally. He can get on you and yell, most people don’t know that. But he is a great leader. He pushes us to be great.” And why does everybody in the city want to play for Imhotep? “It’s simply that we are winners,” he said. “Everybody wants to win. That’s what we do here. The football guys play hard and practice hard, and we work hard, too. We are well coached and have a lot of young talent. There were guys on the team this year who are just chomping at the bit to get in games and make an impact. We have a lot of battles in practice and they can be competitive, but also fun. It’s a family here. I never expected all this success and national acclaim we got this year. It shows what hard work and accepting your roles can get you as a team.”
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Gender-bending rock musical hits Philly By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Groundbreaking rock musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” returns to Philadelphia April 18-23 at the Forrest Theater. Adapted from a book written by John Cameron Mitchell and featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Trask, the show breaks the fourth wall as it tells the story of the fictional titular rock band fronted by transgender East German singer Hedwig Robinson. The band follows successful rock star Tommy Gnosis and his tour around the country, playing dive bars and other seedy venues next door to his massive rock concerts. The musical quickly became a cultural phenomenon after it debuted in 1998, with Mitchell starring as Hedwig in the show’s Off-Broadway run and the subsequent 2001 film based on the production. “Hedwig” has gone on to numerous international productions, and the titular role has been performed on Broadway by high-profile stars like Neil Patrick Harris, Michael C. Hall and Taye Diggs. Tony Award-winning Scottish actor Euan Morton plays Hedwig in the current national
touring production. He said he wasn’t too familiar with the show but knew of its reputations among theatergoers. “I had never actually seen it until I was cast,” he explained. “I knew everybody else was a big fan of the show and it was really something special.” Morton quickly found out that fans of Hedwig can be a dedicated and passionate lot. “We have people that are following the tour,” he said. “And this is not a tour that is going from one state to another that is right next to it: We’re going from Texas to North Carolina to Philadelphia and Boston. And people are following. We’ve had people who have seen the show up to 85 times. We certainly have garnered our fair share of stalwart fans.” This isn’t the first time Morton has played an electrifying gender-bending rock singer on stage; he previously took on the role of Boy George in the West End musical “Taboo.” Morton said that while there are surface similarities between Boy George and Hedwig, the two are completely different. “They’re not from the same world,” he said. “The similarities between the two are what it does for the audience. When you put on the Boy George make-up, the Boy George costume and the Boy George wig, people see Boy George and
so they believe you. It’s the same with Hedwig. They see that person. So it’s actually far easier to embody roles like George and Hedwig because the audience is doing the work for you. But music-wise, show-wise and character-wise, they’re completely different.” Morton said that he, like most actors cast in the role of Hedwig, was encouraged to go with the spirit and the flow of the character instead of putting his own personality into the role. “John [Cameron Mitchell] was pretty insistent that we let Hedwig be who she is without anyone getting in the way and try interpreting the role,” he said. “For me, she kind of takes over. It’s one of the better things that I’ve
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what draws them to the show. She just captures the world in which many people would love to live.” People also seem to strongly connect with the character of Yitzhak, Hedwig’s long-suffering assistant, husband and back-up singer. “Yitzhak elicits the same response from the audience,” Morton said. “He’s the other side of the coin. He’s a man who used to have passion and a dream but gave it up to be with this girl and puts up with her abuse, but also works really hard. He’s really the rock, the thing on which her show is built. Hannah [Corneau] plays the role so beautifully. She brings her own brand of humor to it.” Morton said touring with “Hedwig” feels like the being on the road with a rock band because every night is basically a high-energy rock concert, as well as a musical. “It’s wild and amazing,” he said. “It’s a very meta-world when you are on tour. We are moving every week following Tommy around the country like she is. It’s this whole other meta-rock-show world going on. I’m really lucky to be playing Hedwig on the tour. It’s fascinating to take this
show out into the country. This is probably the most challenging thing that I’ve done because it has all the physical and technical aspects of being the one person doing the running and singing and the dancing and the costumes for an hour and 45 minutes. Of course, there is an amazing band behind us; it’s the same band that played for Neil Patrick Harris’ entire run. And you’re telling an emotional tale that can really take it out of you. It’s challenging and you really have to look out for yourself.” And he has to do all of this in stacked platform boots. But for Morton, the learning curve was mercifully short. “It didn’t take long because of [Boy] George,” he said. “I had done that before. It’s not easy dancing in them, I’ll tell you that much. My knees are still killing me. They do have an effect on the body. Getting them on and tottering around was fine. But after three-and-a-half months of it, they do wear on the body.” n Broadway Philadelphia presents “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” April 18-23 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 250 S. Broad St. For more information or tickets, call 215-790-5800 or visit http://hedwigbroadway. com/.
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Out comedian, author to school New Hope with jokes By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Out comedian Eddie Sarfaty is an insightfully funny writer and entertainer, having appeared on “The Today Show,” Logo’s “Wisecrack” and “The Joy Behar Show,” to name a few. But Sarfaty, who sometimes refers to himself as “ChuckleF**cker,” can also teach you how to be funny on stage, if you are so inclined. Besides being a successful comedian and author, Sarfaty is on the faculty of The Theatre Lab in Washington, D.C., and New York University, where he teaches courses in stand-up and comedy writing. And really, who wouldn’t want to learn the finer points of humor from “Professor ChuckleF**cker”? Sarfaty said he never envisioned himself as a comedy instructor but some people who caught his show had other ideas. “The writing and the teaching sort of came out of stand-up,” he said. “I was doing a show in Provincetown one summer and some guys approached me who run The Theatre Lab in Washington, D.C., and said it would be great to offer a stand-up workshop. I’m in D.C. all the time because I have family there. So that’s how that started and it’s just taken off.” His book, “Mental: Funny in the Head,” came about through a comic friend of his, Bob Smith. “[Smith] referred someone to me to write an essay for a book they were putting together. It ended up getting well-received and led to a book deal,” Sarfaty explained. “So I came to all of those later than standup, which has been great. It is hard to manage all three but you take your work where you can get it.” Sarfaty said he was somewhat nervous to teach at first, but he hit his stride and soon started learning a lot about himself, both as a teacher and a performer. “I started to freak out a little bit thinking,
Who am I to tell anyone what to do?” he said. “Then a friend of mine said, ‘Well, Eddie, you know more than people who don’t know anything.’ And yes, there were things that I’ve been learning as you do it. Because the people you work with, it’s not like teaching math all the time where it’s the same thing. You’re getting people who have different ideas and different levels of ability. So I’m always learning and I’ve learned a lot of stuff where I actually end up thinking, Oh, maybe I should use that kind of approach to my material. Talking to people about how to approach writing a joke and having to articulate that made me realize how much I do know. So that was really helpful.” Lately, Sarfaty has started to push his writing into new territory, as he is currently in the middle of writing a novel — which has nothing to do with comedy. “It’s the first thing I’ve written that is fiction and not comedic,” he said. “I discovered that I’m really good at that kind of stuff too. It’s fun to make up a whole book out of your head. I’m about halfway through the book. It’s such a big undertaking. My first book was 10 essays, but trying to make a book that’s 250 pages and cohesive, sometimes I feel like I bit off more that I can chew. But then I think if you can do stand-up comedy, I can do this.” But the stage is where it all began for Sarfaty, and he will be coming to New Hope April 22 to make people laugh about his own experiences, and maybe offer some rants about current events. “I’m inspired to talk about Trump but I haven’t figure out how to make my jokes anything but furiously angry,” he said. “So I’m trying to figure it out. With some audiences, that can work, but the anger can overwhelm the joke and I don’t want to do that.” n Eddie Sarfaty performs 7:30 p.m. April 22 at The
Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope. For more information or tickets, call 888-596-1027 or visit http://www.keeplaughing.com/.
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DECLARACIÓN DE INFORMACIÓN SOBRE EL ACCESO AL PROCESO DE ELECCIONES PARA LAS PERSONAS CON DISCAPACIDADES EN LA CIUDAD DE FILADELFIA
MUNICIPAL PRIMARIA Y ELECCION ESPECIAL - MARTES 16 DE MAYO DE 2017
De acuerdo con el Título II de la Ley de Americanos con Discapacidades de 1990 y la Ley de Accesibilidad de Votante para los Ancianos y los Discapacitados de 1984, la Ciudad de Filadelfia no discrimina a la gente con discapacidades al suministrar acceso para el proceso de elecciones.
Según estas leyes federales, se requiere que la Ciudad de Filadelfia asegure que su proceso de elecciones en conjunto sea accesible a la gente con discapacidades en todas las elecciones. Esto significa que los sitios de votación serán accesibles a los discapacitados de tal manera que haya locaciones accesibles disponibles dentro de cada distrito electoral.
Los Comisionados de la Ciudad designan y enumeran la accesibilidad de los lugares de votación en grados variables. Los sitios de votación que cumplen en su totalidad con los criterios federales y estatales son designados con una "F" que indica que es un edificio totalmente accesible, y con una "H" que indica que hay estacionamiento para discapacitados.
Si un logar de votación no cumple en su totalidad con estos criterios federales y estatales, pero provee accesibilidad relativa con una pequeña ayuda en la entrada, entonces ese logar será designado con una "B" que indica que tiene una accesibilidad substancial.
Si no hay disponible un lugar totalmente accesible, que cumpla con todos los criterios federales y estatales (designados como “FH”), como sitio de votación en su División de elección, la accesibilidad para votar será proporcionada mediante el uso de una Boleta Alternativa de acuerdo con las directrices expedidas por el Secretario del Estado.
Si usted es un votante registrado, que es discapacitado o tiene 65 años de edad o más, y no se le ha asignado un lugar de votación que haya sido designado como “FH”, entonces cumple con los requisitos para votar mediante una Boleta Alternativa.
SÓLO LOS CENTROS DE VOTACIÓN DE LOS DISTRITOS Y LAS DIVISIONES ELECTORALES QUE SE MENCIONAN A CONTINUACIÓN SE HAN DESIGNADO COMO “FH” O TOTALMENTE ACCESIBLES. SI USTED ES UN VOTANTE REGISTRADO EN CUALQUIER DISTRITO ELECTORAL DE FILADELPHIA, SALVO EN AQUELLOS QUE SE ENUMERAN A CONTINUACIÓN, Y ES DISCAPACITADO O MAYOR DE 65 AÑOS, CUMPLE CON LOS REQUISITOS PARA VOTAR DESDE SU HOGAR MEDIANTE UNA BOLETA ALTERNATIVA O EN LA SALA 142 DEL AYUNTAMIENTO EL DÍA DE LA ELECCIÓN MEDIANTE UNA BOLETA ALTERNATIVA DE EMERGENCIA: ESTE AVISO ESTA SUJECTA A CAMBIOS. PARA OBTENER INFORMACION ACTUALIZADA IR A WWW.PHILADELPHIAVOTES.COM
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Division Electoral
Domicilio
Centro de votacion
Distrito Electoral
Division Electoral
Domicilio
Centro de votacion
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6212 Walnut St. 4400 Fairmount Ave. 4035 Parrish St. 40th and Parkside Ave. 4700 Parkside Ave. 167 W Allegheny Ave 200 E Somerset St. 1800 Lombard St.
Care Pavilion Angela Court Nursing Home Sarah Allen Senior Housing School of the Future Discovery Charter School Villas Del Caribe Somerset Villas Penn Medicine
37 38 38 39 41 42 44 48
9 1 19 10,19 13,14 1 8 7,22
2862 Germantown Ave. 3226 McMichael St. 4349 Ridge Ave. 501 Jackson St Magee & Keystone Sts. 4501 G. St. 4901 Chestnut ST. 2600 Moore St.
Warnock Village Abbottsford Homes Falls Ridge Apts. Com Ctr Jackson Place Fire Engine # 38 City Sign Shop West Phila. High School St. John Neuman Place
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25
2 Franklin Town Blvd
The Water Mark
49
3,20
1300 W Godfrey Ave.
Community College of Phila.
8
27
2400 Chestnut St. Bldg
52
11, 12
2600 Belmont Ave.
Inglis House Founders Hall
4, 5
52
22, 23, 24
1717 N 54TH St
Wynnefield Place
9
12
7301 Germantown Ave.
Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting Hse.
52
9
2400 Chestnut St. 17th South of Spring Garden
Lutheran Theological Seminary
56
22
2101 Strahle St.
Samuel Tabas House
13
6,7,8
4340 Germantown Ave
Nicetown Court
58
5, 21
13500 Philmont Ave.
Calvary Chapel
14
5
1100 Fairmount Ave.
Gladys Jacobs Apts.
58
9,13,17
608 Welsh Rd.
14 19
8 2,3,4
1100 Poplar St. 3rd and Ontario St.
Street Community Center Marin Munoz School
19 44
1619 Grant Ave 9896 Bustleton Ave.
19
6,7
2800 N American St.
Congreso Edu & Training Center
58 58
St. Thomas Syro Malabar Church Randi’s Restaurant Paul’s Run
59
20
633 W Rittenhouse St.
Rittenhouse Hill Apts
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11
2400 N. Howard St.
Hunter School
60
2,8,12,23
4901 Chestnut St.
West Phila. High School
20
4
1600 N 8th St
Gray Manor
60
4,6
5429 Chestnut St.
Holmes Senior Apts.
22
3
6400 Greene St.
Cliveden Convales Center
63
11,23
8550 Verree Rd.
Villages Pine Valley Clubhouse
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2
4400 Baltimore Ave.
H.M.S. School
63 64 64
21
8,9,10,13,14 15,16
608 Welsh Rd.
3201 Ryan Ave. 8301 Roosevelt Blvd.
St. Thomas Syro Malabar Church Lincoln High School Deer Meadows
Lawncrest Recreation Center
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2, 7
10980 Norcom Rd.
Norcom Community Center
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27 30
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35
10,11,25
35
15,16,17,22
20 E Mermaid Lane
1450 S 50TH St. 1800 Lombard St. Rising Sun Ave. & Comly St. Langdon & Sanger St
Community College
Reba Brown Senior Apts. Penn Medicine
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3900 City Ave.
Presidential City Apts
New Fels High School
Es posible obtener una Boleta Alternativa para cualquier elección, a través de una petición por adelantado de una Solicitud de Boleta Alternativa. En Filadelfia se puede pedir una Boleta Alternativa en la solicitud corriente de Boleta para Votar en Ausencia, señalando la casilla de “Discapacitado, 65 años de edad o mayor y a quien se le ha asignado un lugar de votación inaccesible”. Las solicitudes se pueden obtener en la Junta de Elecciones del Condado en Sala 142, del Ayuntamiento o llamando al teléfono (215) 686-3469 VOICE, o por TTY/TDD (Teletipo/Aparato de Telecomunicación para Sordos) a través del AT&T Relay System. Los usuarios de TDD pueden utilizar este servicio llamando al 1-800-654-5984 e informándole al asistente de comunicaciones que desean hablar con la Oficina de Elecciones de Pensilvania en el (717) 787-5280. Las Solicitudes de Boleta Alternativa deben enviarse por correo a la Junta de Elecciones del Condado a más tardar siete días antes de la elección.
Las Boletas Alternativas deben devolverse a la Junta de Elecciones del Condado a más tardar al momento del cierre de las urnas,a las 8:00 p.m. del Día de Elecciones.
Además, los electores registrados con discapacidades pueden pedir una Solicitud de Boleta Alternativa de Emergencia y depositar la boleta personalmente en la Junta de Elecciones del Condado, en sala 142, del Ayuntamiento, hasta el momento del cierre de elecciones durante el Día de Elecciones. Ademas, la Ciudad proporcionará materiales de inscripción en letras grandes en cada instalación de inscripción, y suministrará las instrucciones en letras grandes sobre cómo votar en cada sitio de votación.
Si tiene alguna pregunta sobre sus derechos o sobre las obligaciones de la Ciudad según estas leyes, o si necesita ayuda para determinar si su lugar de votación cumple en su totalidad con los criterios federales y estatales, comuníquese con la Oficina de Cumplimiento con la Accesibilidad, o la Junta de Elecciones del Condado.
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INFORMATION STATEMENT ON ACCESS TO THE ELECTION PROCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA
Municipal Primary and Special Election May 16, 2017
In accordance with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and the Voter Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984, the City of Philadelphia does not discriminate against people with disabilities in providing access to its election process. According to these federal laws, the City of Philadelphia is required to ensure that its election process as a whole is accessible to people with disabilities in all elections. This means that polling places shall be accessible to people with disabilities to the extent that accessible locations are available within each election district. The City Commissioners designates and lists polling place accessibility in varying degrees. Polling places that fully meet all federal and state criteria are designated with an “F” for fully accessible building and an “H” for handicapped parking. If a polling place location does not fully meet these federal and state criteria but provides relative accessibility with minor assistance in entry then that location will be designated with a “B” for substantial accessibility.
If a fully accessible location, that meets all federal and state criteria (designated as “FH”), is not available for a polling place in your election Division, voting accessibility will be provided through the use of an Alternative Ballot in accordance with directives issued by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. If you are a registered voter who is disabled or age 65 or older and who is not assigned to a polling place that has been designated as “FH”, you are qualified to vote using an Alternative Ballot.
ONLY THE FOLLOWING WARDS AND DIVISIONS POLLING PLACES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS “FH” OR FULLY ACCESSIBLE. IF YOU ARE A REGISTERED VOTER IN ANY ELECTION DISTRICT IN PHILADELPHIA, EXCEPT FOR THOSE LISTED BELOW, AND YOU ARE DISABLED OR AGE 65 OR OLDER YOU ARE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE FROM HOME USING AN ALTERNATIVE BALLOT OR AT CITY HALL ROOM 142 ON ELECTION DAY USING AN EMERGENCY ALTERNATIVE BALLOT: THIS LIST IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. REFER TO THE WEBSITE BELOW FOR UP TO DATE INFORMATION www.philadelphiavotes.com
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6212 Walnut St.
Care Pavilion
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9
2862 Germantown Ave.
Warnock Village
6
2
4400 Fairmount Ave.
Angela Court Nursing Home
38
1
3226 McMichael St.
Abbottsford Homes
6
9,11
4035 Parrish St.
Sarah Allen Senior Housing
38
19
4349 Ridge Ave.
Falls Ridge Apts. Com Ctr
6
15
40th & Parkside Ave.
School of the Future
39
10,19
501 Jackson St
Jackson Place
6
17
4700 Parkside Ave.
Discovery Charter School
41
13,14
Magee & Keystone Sts.
Fire Engine # 38
7
5
167 W Allegheny Ave
Villas Del Caribe
42
1
4501 G. St.
City Sign Shop
7 8
13,17 3,4
200 E Somerset St. 1800 Lombard St.
Somerset Villas Penn Medicine
44 48
8 7,22
4901 Chestnut St. 2600 Moore St.
West Phila. High School St. John Neuman Place
8
25
2 Franklin Town Blvd
The Water Mark
49
3,20
1300 W Godfrey Ave.
Community College of Phila.
2400 Chestnut St.
2400 Chestnut St. Bldg
52
3
3900 City Ave.
Presidential City Apts
Community College
52
11, 12
2600 Belmont Ave.
Inglis House Founders Hall
8
27
8
30
17th South of Spring Garden
9
4, 5
20 E Mermaid Lane
Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting Hse.
52
22, 23, 24
1717 N 54TH St
Wynnefield Place
9
12
7301 Germantown Ave.
Lutheran Theological Seminary
56
22
2101 Strahle St.
Samuel Tabas House
13
6,7,8
4340 Germantown Ave
Nicetown Court
58
5, 21
13500 Philmont Ave.
Calvary Chapel
14
5
1100 Fairmount Ave.
Gladys Jacobs Apts.
58
9,13,17
608 Welsh Rd.
St. Thomas Syro Malabar Church
14 19
8 2,3,4
1100 Poplar St. 3rd and Ontario St.
Street Community Center Marin Munoz School
19 44
1619 Grant Ave 9896 Bustleton Ave.
Randi’s Restaurant Paul’s Run
19
6,7
2800 N American St.
Congreso Edu & Training Center
58 58 59
20
633 W Rittenhouse St.
Rittenhouse Hill Apts
19
11
2400 N. Howard St.
Hunter School
60
2,8,12,23
4901 Chestnut St.
West Phila. High School
20
4
1600 N 8th St
Gray Manor
60
4,6
5429 Chestnut St.
Holmes Senior Apts.
22
3
6400 Greene St.
Cliveden Convales Center
63
11,23
8550 Verree Rd.
Villages Pine Valley Clubhouse
27
2
4400 Baltimore Ave.
H.M.S. School
63
21
608 Welsh Rd.
St. Thomas Syro Malabar Church
27
17
1450 S 50TH St.
Reba Brown Senior Apts.
64
8,9,10,13, 14
3201 Ryan Ave.
Lincoln High School
30
7
64
15,16
8301 Roosevelt Blvd.
Deer Meadows
10,11,25
Rising Sun Ave. & Comly St.
Penn Medicine
35
1800 Lombard St.
Lawncrest Recreation Center
66
2, 7
10980 Norcom Rd.
Norcom Community Center
35
15,16,17, 22
Langdon & Sanger St
New Fels High School
An Alternative Ballot may be obtained for any election, upon your advance request on an Alternative Ballot Application. In Philadelphia an application for an Alternative Ballot can be made on the regular Absentee Ballot Application by checking the box for “Handicapped or 65 years or older and who is assigned to an inaccessible polling place”. The applications may be obtained at the County Board of Elections in Room 142, City Hall or by contacting (215) 686-3469 VOICE, or TTY/TDD through the AT&T Relay System. TDD users may utilize this service by calling 1-800-654-5984 and telling the communications assistant they want to speak to the Pennsylvania Bureau of Elections at (717) 787-5280. Alternative Ballot Applications by mail must be submitted to the County Board of Elections no later than 7 days before the election.
Alternative Ballots must be returned to the County Board of Elections no later than the close of the polls, at 8:00 P.M. on Election Day.
Additionally, registered electors with disabilities may apply for an Emergency Alternative Ballot Application and cast their ballot in person at the County Board of Elections, in Room 142, City Hall, up to the close of the polls on Election Day. In addition, the City shall provide registration materials in large print at each registration facility, and voting instructions in large print at each polling place.
Should you have any questions about your rights, or the City’s obligations under these laws, or if you need assistance in determining if your polling place fully meets federal and state criteria, please contact the Accessibility Compliance Office, or the County Board of Elections. City Commissioner's Office City Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19107
County Board of Elections City Hall, Room 142 Philadelphia, PA 19107 215-686-3469 / 215-686-3943
Accessibility Compliance Office 1401 JFK Blvd, MSB 10th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19102 – 1677
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Kathy Pacheco, aka Kitty Devereaux: ‘Bear’ing it all “To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.” — Simone de Beauvoir Well, this week’s portrait is determined to help women gain back that confidence. Kathy Pacheco, aka Kitty Devereaux, is the co-producer and host of Sister Bear, a body-positive burlesque show for women. A spinoff of the popular Bearlesque shows, Sister Bear focuses on plus-size women and self-love. Sister Bear is a fun-packed show with “a little extra hubba, hubba.” You can catch the show every first Sunday of the month at Toasted Walnut. PGN: Tell me a little about yourself. KP: I’m originally from Bethlehem, Pa. I just moved to Philadelphia this weekend, but I’ve been performing in Philly since 2015. PGN: Bethlehem is in Amish country, correct? KP: No! Everybody says that and I don’t know why. Amish country is out near Lancaster; we are in a different direction. It’s near Allentown, about an hour out of Philly. Bethlehem is smaller than Allentown but it’s not like there are cornfields or anything like that. It’s so weird that any time I say that I’m from Bethlehem, people automatically think it’s Amish country. PGN: Ha. Maybe because the name is very Biblical-sounding, it seems like it should be part of the Amish territory. KP: Yeah, it sounds Pennsylvania Dutch and people associate that with the Amish. But I actually never saw an Amish person until I was in my 20s and went to visit Lancaster. PGN: Are you an only child or do you have siblings? KP: Well, that’s a complicated question. I have a brother who’s a year younger than me — he’s a full brother — and I have a lot of step- and half-brothers and sisters. All together I think there are nine or 10 of us. I’m Puerto Rican so I come from a large family, lots of nieces and nephews and cousins! PGN: That must make for fun holidays. KP: It does, fun and rowdy ones for sure! PGN: What’s a best holiday memory? KP: I’m really nostalgic so I enjoyed them all. I’d probably have to go back to when I was young in the early ’90s to find a favorite. I lived with my grandparents; they were my legal guardians and raised me. So I was like an only child because I was the only one raised in their house. All my other siblings were with either my mother or father. [Laughs] I was the first born too,
so my grandparents gave me all the toys. I got way more than the other kids did. I was a big doll fan so any holiday when I got a Barbie was a good time for me. PGN: Really? I was fairly femme, but my lesbian giveaway was that I never liked dolls! KP: Not me, I just loved them. I remember one Christmas my cousin, who was like an older sister to me, revamped her Barbie house with a cool interior and new furniture and gave it to me. It was a handme-down but it was really nice because she took the time to personalize it for me. I enjoy presents with a personal touch. PGN: You were raised by your grandparents. What brought that about? KP: My parents divorced when I was young. My father was in the military at the time so he was gone a lot and my mother was deemed unfit so my grandparents were given legal custody of my brother and me. My brother had some ADD difficulties so when my father came out of the Army, he took custody of my brother. I stayed with my grandparents. But I saw my father frequently and spent summers with him. I didn’t see my mother until I was 12. PGN: Tell me a cool story about your grandparents. KP: Oh, there are so many. Well, my grandmother ran the house, as many grandmothers do, and my grandfather worked. He was born and raised in Puerto Rico and had a really thick accent, and now he has Parkinson’s so it’s even harder to understand what he’s saying. My grandmother is Irish. She married my grandfather when I was 3 so she’s not my biological grandmother, but I was raised by her. We didn’t go on a lot of vacations but when we did it was interesting. They didn’t like to drive far because they were older. Driving to Ocean City, N.J., was our first big trip. I was about 14 and it was one of those car rides that was just horrific. They had no idea where they were going and back then there was no GPS. I mostly remember my grandmother in the passenger seat with a huge map yelling at my grandfather. I was in the backseat crying; I think I had my period and was afraid we were going to be lost forever somewhere in Jersey. When we got there, the hotel room where we were supposed to stay didn’t have our reservation so we had to find another hotel. It was like one of those National Lampoon “Vacation” movies. PGN: What kind of extracurricular things where you involved with at school? KP: I think my first woman crush, or maybe I just wanted to be her, was Rita Moreno. I saw her in “West Side Story” when I was 5 or 6 and she was my vision
of the perfect Puerto Rican woman. I was in plays all four years of high school. I played piano when I was very young. I went to Catholic school and that was horrible, but yeah mostly theater, art and music, I definitely loved all that stuff. I drew a lot and used to cut my Barbies’ hair. For a while I wanted to be a fashion designer. I was definitely a girly girl. PGN: Did you go to college? KP: I got as far as registering but then decided it wasn’t for me. PGN: What was your first big job out of high school? KP: T-Mobile. I was their customer-service rep for about six to seven years. But I went a little crazy after high school. I was very sheltered and coddled by my grandparents. I couldn’t go out or to a lot of parties and things. Partly because they were Catholic and also because they were older and kind of felt like I was their only child so they placed a lot of restrictions
on me. So when I turned 18, I went wild a little bit. I got pregnant and had a child, so for a long time my focus was solely on work and my son. I didn’t really have time for much else or to focus on myself. Then a very good friend of mine suddenly died at 30 and I had a revelation. I realized that time doesn’t wait for you and it was time to start doing things for myself, to practice a little love and self-care. His passing was my inspiration to get off my ass and do something with myself.
PGN: Where did you start? KP: I think I worked with almost every theater company in the Lehigh Valley area. [Laughs] There are only about three or four. I even took theater classes at Walnut Street Theatre. Then in 2011 I got involved in a serious relationship that I was in until 2015. When that ended abruptly, I was in a big slump of depression and that’s when I decided to try out for the Faux Drag Wars competition. I wouldn’t have been able to do it with my former partner. I first tried roller derby for a while, but I wasn’t tough enough for that! But the drag really clicked and I’ve been performing ever since. PGN: What was your first performance or character? KP: I was the Bride of Frankenstein and performed to a Nicki Minaj song. There were several mentors and they each chose a contestant to work with; I didn’t know anyone in the drag scene in Philadelphia so I was the last one picked. It was down to me and one other person and people in the audience started chanting “Allentown!” That was cool, so I got picked by Mr. Fahrenheit, who is my drag mother. It was a wonderful pairing and from there I met Josh Schonewolf, who is co-producing the Sister Bear event with me. PGN: Was your ex your first female partner? KP: I’d had a lot of relationships before that with women but it was my first serious one. My father is an ex-military man and he loves me but he’s very strict and has always been very particular about certain things, so I always had it in my head that it would be problematic. I didn’t want to say anything until I was in a serious relationship, though since puberty it was very obvious to me that I looked at girls more than boys. I knew my grandparents wouldn’t care because I had an aunt who is lesbian and they were accepting of her, but my dad was a different story; partly because of him being strict and partly because when my stepmother left him after they broke up, she got involved with a female partner and came out as lesbian and he was very bitter about it. In that bitter stage, I remember him talking negatively about lesbians, the way bitter men do, so I was very leery of coming out to him. When I finally told him, I cried but his first words were, “I already knew, I was PAGE 34
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Local out pianist brings Lennie Tristano’s music back to life By A.D. Amorosi PGN Contributor “Who knows what’s next musically? Lennie didn’t. And, neither do I.” It’s 2:30 a.m., and Philadelphia pianist Andy Kahn is talking about fellow jazz pianist Lennie Tristano, whose improvisational melodies and arrangements, though deeply and rivetingly complex (atonal at times), focused on beauty and freedom. From the simplicity of a love song such as “I Surrender Dear” (with lyrics such as “I may seem proud, I may act gay, It’s just a pose, I’m not that way”) to albums such as 1962’s strange, stirring “The New Tristano,” the late pianist-composer is a portrait in risk and unique display. Looking at the life and career of Kahn — essayed in these pages over a decade ago in connection with his partner Bruce H. Cahan, their design studio, Karen Young (Kahn co-wrote the disco smash “Hot Shot” for her) and The DCA — Philly’s own pianist is no less unique. Kahn will host an evening of solo piano, duets with saxophonist Larry McKenna and trios with bassist Nick Krolak and drummer Bruce Klauber dedicated to Tristano April 21 at Chris’ Jazz Café. “My first influence was Oscar Peterson, when I was 14,” Kahn explained. “For me, it was only Oscar. Still, Klauber insisted I expand my horizons and listen to other jazz pianists. I wouldn’t accede to this ’til one fateful night.” Kahn traveled to New York City to hear Bill Evans. Five feet from the adventurous pianist perched at the Steinway on the stage at the Top of The Village Gate, Kahn was mesmerized. This led to a new diet of pianists: Bud Powell, Thelonious Monk, Art Tatum then Tristano. “That threw me off the bridge: chordal and melodic lines I’d never heard before — not just new runs, but concepts that seemed to belie the harmonic structure of a given standard tune, yet was always still there somehow, running in the background,” Kahn said. “Lennie’s approach to playing turned my head around, and I began a lifelong, continuing exploration into how he began substituting chord changes with further-substituted chords. His contrapuntal figures — with each hand seemingly delivering a different time signature, yet somehow interacting with the other, even though they might appear to be in opposition — remain mysteries of Lennie’s that I continue to try to unravel.” “Unfurling” is how one might best describe Kahn’s magnificent life. An Overbrook Park native who, by age 9, became a professional actor, Kahn was an inaugural member of the Southwark Repertory Theater Group, formed at Theater of the Living Arts in 1964, under the not-yet-internationally famed director André Gregory. He got his first piano job at The Saloon at age 15.
“My father used to drive me in on Mondays and Tuesdays, drive back to Penn Valley to take a snooze, then back to South Philadelphia to pick me up at 11 p.m.,” he recalled. In 1970, Kahn built and started Queen Village Recording Studios, formed The All-Star Jazz Trio in 1972 with drummer Klauber, did the rounds of Philly’s piano-bar scene (Borgia Cafe, H.A. Winston) then made an international success of himself and his studio “with disco on the upswing,” producing and co-writing Young’s “Hot Shot” in 1978. “I politely turn down requests to perform the song as Karen is no longer with us,” Kahn noted. Also no longer among Kahn’s living and loved is acclaimed DJ Kurt Borusiewicz, who “could thoroughly entrance throngs of bodies that packed his dance floor nightly at the DCA” and who became his “Hot Shot” co-writer. “In Kurt, I discovered a musical partner who understood dance music like no one else I’d known.” Buoyed by success and working with RSO (the label famed for “Saturday Night Fever”), Kahn made a date with a “charming, handsome fellow,” ANDY KAHN Bruce H. Cahan, in 1979 and never left. “After 36 years together, which began that fateful night in March 1979, continued uninterrupted,” the pair married after all U.S. states legalized marriage equality. “So, the first, and only, gay wedding ever held at Dante & Luigi’s with 20 of our closest friends, colleagues, relatives and presided over by Judge Lynne Abraham, occurred November 2015.” Along with Cahan, Kahn shares his time with Klauber, bassist Bruce Kaminsky (the whole of the All-Star Jazz Trio, whose members “experience mental telepathy”) at Square on Square every Wednesday night. On the occasions that intuitive vocalist Peggy King comes to sing with the AllStars, the number of three minds thinking alike expands to four. “Peggy swings us, rather than the other way around,” Klauber said. “No one has ever inspired us like Peggy,” Kahn added. Then there’s Tristano, a player strongly in favor of allowing “melody” to dictate the direction of “harmony” — a practice that vastly differs from the universally accepted methods. “Lennie’s introduction of ‘free-jazz’ improvisation introduced new territory, emanating from ‘melodic’ interpretation and creativity, based on where the melody seemed to want to go — not upon scales, tonal or modal — in its construction … melody that found its own course, traveled an original path, one without constraint.” That sounds a lot like Andy Kahn. n Andy Kahn and Larry McKenna perform a tribute to Lenny Tristano at 8 and 10 p.m. April 21 at Chris’ Jazz Café, 1421 Sansom St. For more information or tickets, visit http://www.chrisjazzcafe.com/events/15842.
Theater & Arts American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring watercolor painting’s remarkable rise in the United States between 1860-1925 through May 14, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Billy Crystal The comedic actor performs April 14-15 at Kimmel’s Verizon Hall, 260 S. Broad St.; 215790-5847. Bruce Nauman: Contrapposto Studies, I through VII Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition of new works that continue the artist’s exploration of video, sound and performance through April 16, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Hand to God Philadelphia Theatre Company presents the Tony Award-nominated Broadway comedy about a puppet who presents a shockingly sinister agenda through April 30 at Suzanne Roberts Theatre, 480 S. Broad St.; 215985-0420. Hedwig & The Angry Inch Broadway Philadelphia presents the rock opera about a transgender rock singer April 18-23 at Kimmel’s Academy of Music, 250 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5800.
CLICK YOUR HEELS TOGETHER: Out singer-songwriter, choreographer and “American Idol” alum Todrick Hall is hitting the road to promote his “Straight Outta Oz” album and is whirling through town 8 p.m. April 17 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St. For more information or tickets, call 215-625-3681.
The Importance Of Being Earnest Walnut Street Theatre presents the classic Oscar Wilde play through April 30, 825 Walnut St.; 215-574-3550. Jerry’s Girls Walnut Street Theatre presents Broadway’s electrifying tribute to all-American master of song Jerry Herman through July 2 at Independence Studio on 3, 825 Walnut St.; 215574-3550. Jessamyn Stanley The acclaimed yoga teacher and author of “Every Body Yoga: Let Go of Fear. Get On the Mat. Love Your Body” hosts a reading 7:30 p.m. April 18 at Central Library,
1901 Vine St.; 215-567-4341. Lino Tagliapietra: Painting in Glass Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition showcasing the artist’s complex glass vessels through July 16, 26th Street and the Parkway; 215-7638100. Michael Che The comedian seen on “Saturday Night Live” performs April 20-22 at the Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215-606-6555. Person of the Crowd: The Contemporary Art of Flânerie The Barnes Foundation presents an exhibition of works by 40 international artists making provocative spectacles of them-
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Outta Town Wizard of Oz The classic fantasy film is screened 2:30 p.m. April 15 at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228.
‘WIDOW’ MAKERS: Mixing gothic/industrial rhythms with the showmanship of a cabaret hard-rock group, In This Moment comes to town on its “Half God Half Devil Tour” in support of its album “Black Widow,” with Motionless in White and Avatar opening what promises to be a load of over-the-top visual spectacles, 6:30 p.m. April 18 at The Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St. For more information or tickets, call 800-745-3000.
selves through May 22, 2025 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-278-7000. PHILADANCO The acclaimed Philadelphia dance company performs through April 15 at Perelman Theater, 300 S. Broad St.; 215-790-5847. Phulkari: The Embroidered Textiles of Punjab Philadelphia Museum of Art presents an exhibition exploring the beauty and cultural significance of phulkari, ornately embroidered textiles from Punjab, a region straddling Pakistan and India, through July 9,
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Tony Rock The comedian seen on “Apollo Live” performs April 14-15 at the Punch Line Philly, 33 E. Laurel St.; 215606-6555.
Broadway Sings The concert series honors the music of Beyoncé and Bruno Mars 8 p.m. April 14 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400.
You For Me For You InterAct Theater Company presents the fantastical humor-filled play about North Korean sisters racing across time and space to be together again through April 16 at The Drake Proscenium Theatre, 302 S. Hicks St.; 215-5688079.
The Decemberists The indie-rock band performs 8 p.m. April 14 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St.; 215-6253681.
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Betty Who The Australian pop/dance artists perform 6:30 p.m. April 17 at Union Transfer, 1026 Spring Garden St.; 215-232-2100. An ANNA Evening with Holly Near The iconic singer-songwriter performs with the Anna Crusis Choir 7:30 p.m. April 21 at Lutheran Church of the Holy
Communion, 2111 Sansom St.; 215567-3668. PJ Harvey The alt-rock singer performs 8 p.m. April 21 at The Fillmore Philadelphia, 29 E. Allen St.; 215-6253681.
Nightlife Sharon Needles The drag star seen on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” performs 8 p.m. April 14 at Kung Fu Necktie, 1250 N. Front St.; 215-291-4919. Phantom of the Paradise Brian De Palma’s 1974 musical-satire-horror-comedy is screened, with DJ Robert Drake spinning before and after, 8 p.m. April 15 at World Cafe Live, 3025 Walnut St.; 215-222-1400. Bearracuda Philly The bear dance party hits town 9
Judy and Liza Together Again! Rick Skye is rejoining Tommy Femia to portray Judy Garland and Liza Minnelli 7:30 p.m. April 15 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888596-1027. La Voix’s Red Hot Globe Trot The “Britain’s Got Talent” finalist performs a onewoman show 7:30 p.m. April 21 at The Rrazz Room, 385 W. Bridge St., New Hope; 888596-1027. Aimee Mann The singer-songwriter performs at 8 p.m. April 21 at Keswick Theatre, 291 N. Keswick Ave., Glenside; 215-572-7650. Ben Folds The pianist and singer performs 9 p.m. April 21 at the Borgata Hotel, Casino & Spa Music Box, 1 Borgata Way, Atlantic City, N.J.; 609-317-1000. Spice World The campy, pop-comedy film starring the Spice Girls is screened 9:45 p.m. April 21 at the Colonial Theatre, 227 Bridge St., Phoenixville; 610917-1228. n
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Acclaimed singer and activist to perform with Anna Crusis By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Singer-songwriter, activist and icon of the peace and justice movement Holly Near is coming to Philadelphia to perform with the Anna Crusis Women’s Choir next week. Near has been campaigning for and singing about peace and social change for more than 40 years and is widely admired throughout artistic and activist circles. Near said for the upcoming show she will perform solo and with the choir, which is an experience she enjoys. “I will do a 45-minute set alone, and then they will do a set of their material, some of which is by me, and we’ll end the program with four or five of my songs and we’ll do them together,” she explained. “It’s wonderfully fun to sing with them. The experience of standing in front of a chorus is pretty juicy. You’re standing there looking out at the audience and behind you is this wave of massive energy coming towards you. I’ve performed for years with gay and lesbian and women’s choruses. The feeling is like being lifted up from behind and, from a vocal point of view, it’s quite extraordinary.” With 40 years of activism to her credit, Near has seen society change, both for better and worse, immensely. That evolution has left her with an extraordinary perspective on the many movements she has championed. “Twenty years ago I was younger, so I had a shorter vision, which I think is required,” she said of how her view of activism has evolved. “When we’re younger, if we thought with a longer vision, we wouldn’t have the courage to do what was required in the moment. So in the 1970s I was completely focused on trying to integrate various social-change movements — in particular the anti-war movement, the women’s movement and the gay and lesbian movement. I wanted to bring all of those things together and realize that we are not separate; most of us are multiple things. I had a vision we could achieve that in its total. What
happed was we achieved that in part. We did participate in ending the war in Vietnam. We did get greater gay rights. So there are lots of things people did that actually happen. Did I imagine that our whole system would be so insulted by someone who has no civility whatsoever? No, I did not imagine that. What I see now is a new generation hooking up cross-culturally in a very sophisticated way, better than we could have done in the 1970s. It’s cross-age. It’s cross-class. It’s cross-gender and identities of all sorts. [Trump] has insulted everybody
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so completely that it is a point of unification to become part of the resistance, and that is very exciting.” Even though most will agree we’re living in some dark times socially, Near said people have told her that her work, such as her collaboration with Anna Crusis, is a beacon of light and hope. “Part of what Anna Crusis and I are hoping is that we can not only perform and entertain people with everybody sitting there, but rather engage the audience in finding their own voices,” she said. “In the last few months, people seem so happy to sing together. Someone said to me at the last concert I did, ‘If I can come and do this once a week, I think I might make it through this crisis.’ It’s very healing and empowering to sing together. Just getting out of the house and away from Facebook and looking around and realizing you are not alone is a very healing thing. We as caring people have to come out to each other and say, ‘We are not alone or isolated.’” n Anna Crusis Women’s Choir performs a concert featuring Holly Near 7:30 p.m. April 21 at Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion, 2110 Chestnut St. For more information, visit http:// annacrusis.org or www.hollynear.com.
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just waiting for you to tell me.” [Laughs] Then my first thought was, Wait, how did you come to that conclusion? Based on my girliness, how could you have known? But I guess he saw something. PGN: What is it they say in poker, you had a tell? KP: I guess so. But it was good timing. He told me that had I come out a few years earlier, he might have disowned me, but he changed his mind because one of his sisters came out to their mother. When she did, their mother disowned her. He remembered thinking, How can our mother do this? That’s her child. He was very sympathetic towards his sister and it changed his mind about how he should think about the situation. So when I came out to him, he was ready for it. PGN: Three things you’re loving right now? KP: I am loving my life right now. I am loving my new partner right now. And I am loving performing right now. PGN: Tell me something about your son. When was the last time he made you belly laugh? KP: My son is very tall, completely the opposite of me. He’s almost 5-foot-8 and very skinny; he takes after my grandfather and my brother. The other day, he had this big red sweatshirt and managed to get both his arm and his leg into each of the sleeve of the sweater and covered his head with the hood. I could hear him in the hallway cracking himself up, and I was like, “What are you doing?” He comes waddling into the kitchen with his arms and legs in the sweater and just nonchalantly says, “Hey, Mom … ” and keeps walking into the living room like it was no big deal. I could hear him in there dying of laughter to himself. PGN: He sounds like a character. KP: Yes, he doesn’t want to be a performer but he’s very sociable. His teacher said he’s the class clown and is good at keeping people entertained. He’s naturally theatrical and funny. PGN: What’s your favorite theater moment that you’ve seen? KP: It wasn’t in a show but it was about a show. My favorite play is “In the Heights.” I enjoy anything that shows Latinos in a positive light. When Lin-Manuel Miranda won the Tony Award, he gave his thank-you speech in a rap and at the end of it he pulled out the Puerto Rican flag. It was awesome. PGN: Your biggest mishap onstage? KP: I fall all the time, all … the … time. So much that I’m not even embarrassed anymore. I’m down, I’m up, I’ve broken an ankle, I’m just always falling. PGN: Tell me about the show that you’re doing at Toasted Walnut. KP: Sister Bear. I competed for “Miss Everything” and the producer, Josh, approached me about doing Bearlesque. At
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the time, I was only doing bio drag queen stuff. I said, “OK, I’ll try it but I’m not going to take off my clothes. Maybe I’ll do one reveal, but that’s it.” He said it was fine with him and my first show I wore a bodysuit underneath my clothes and just did a small reveal. [Laughs] The more I do it, the more clothes come off! I remember saying, “I’m not going to do pasties” and now I perform in full pasties. My butt was out in the last show so … PGN: That’s funny. KP: Yes, so after doing Bearlesque for a while, I approached Josh about doing a show with women, for women and he agreed to co-produce it at Toasted Walnut. I just really wanted to do something about body positivity. It’s odd, I have people coming up and telling me that I inspire them or that because of seeing me on stage they feel empowered and feel like they might be able to do it. Which is what I want to have happen — to let people, especially plus-sized women, know what they’re capable of doing. This is a show where everyone comes together to celebrate their bodies and their womanhood and who they are. I believe everyone should feel comfortable in their own skin. I was always comfortable with my body and being naked at home but not exactly out in public. I’m building so much confidence — I can’t lie, I’m not completely there yet; I still get nervous but it’s so freeing — I want other women to feel that same confidence and exuberance. There’s no reason why you shouldn’t be able to wear a bikini, “F” everybody who says you can’t wear that because you’re 300 pounds. I want to say, “Hey, I have stretch marks, a big butt, a hanging stomach and I’m still up here doing my thing and you can too.” PGN: What did it feel like the first time you went from that fear to feeling empowered? KP: The Bearlesque crowd really empowers you. The first time I went up I was very scared, I was shaking and I wasn’t even taking off my clothes! But Pussy von Weiner has been doing Bearlesque for a long time and she’s up there taking off her clothes and not giving a shit, just doing her thing, which helped give me confidence. That and two drinks! And it was great, I performed to TLC’s “Red Light Special” and the crowd really responded well. PGN: What should people expect? KP: A bunch of talented, badass women who love their bodies and aren’t afraid to show it. Some acts are on the lighter side, some sensual, some classic burlesque — whatever the women want to do. We’ll also have one boy in each show. The artists we have will really blow your minds! n Sister Bear will be held the first Sunday of each month at Toasted Walnut, 1316 Walnut St. Doors open at 9 p.m. and the show starts at 10. For more information, visit https://www.facebook.com/ bearlesquephilly/ or https://www.facebook.com/ KittyDevereauxBurlesque/. To suggest a community member for Family Portrait, email portraits05@aol.com.
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Puyero has the right stuffings By Larry Nichols larry@epgn.com Anybody who hangs around South Street in Queen Village knows that, from a culinary standpoint, it’s hard to find something relatively quick and reasonably priced that isn’t in some way, shape or form related to cheese-steaks, pizza, wings or bar food. Which is why we are happy to see something like Puyero, 524 S. Fourth St., open up shop. Bright, colorful and casual, Puyero specializes in Venezuelan street food with a menu focused mainly on arepas — a ground maize patty with a soft inside that is filled with various stuffings — and patacones, a sandwich made from plantains. The arepas menu has the most variety, with fillings ranging from black beans and smoked salmon to shredded beef, pork or chicken. The pabellon arepa ($9) is a good place to start, with shredded beef, black beans, plantains and white cheese. The flavors and textures are inviting and somewhat familiar to American palettes.
For something more exotic and adventurous, try the patacon pisao ($8.50) — almost bursting at the seams with shredded chicken, ham, white cheese, gouda, cabbage, ketchup, green mayo and mustard, sandwiched between two generous slabs of fried plantains. It’s delightfully complex, with the crunchiness of the plantains and cabbage playing off the meatiness of the ham and chicken and the swirls of the numerous condiments. (You might want to keep a lot of napkins handy because it’s hard to keep everything contained.) The patacon has similar qualities to a Cuban sandwich, but enough authentic Venezuelan ingredients to make it vibrant and new. Speaking of tastes and textures you see all the time, the yuca fries ($4) are the denser, starchier Venezuelan counterpart to gigantic French fries, which go well with a kick of chipotle ketchup. The tequenos ($4.50), deep-fried dough wrapped around white cheese, is sure to become
If you go Puyero 524 S. Fourth St. 267-928-4584 www.puyeroflavor.com Sun., Tue.-Thu.: 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat.: 11:30 a.m.-11 p.m.
a house favorite, as it marries the buttery goodness of a croissant with the warm, cheesy comfort of a mozzarella stick. The refreshments ($3) also walk the line between familiar and exotic. The cilantro lemonade was the kind of drink summer days were made for. The sugar water plays like a strong iced tea on the tongue. Mix the two together and nothing else will satisfy your thirst quite the same way. Puyero is a little piece of South America that is a welcome sight near South Street. Give it a try. n PUYERO’S PATACON PISAO
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Religion/Spirituality Arch Street United Methodist Church Services 8:30 and 11 a.m. at 55 N. Broad St.; youth/adult Sunday school at 9:30 a.m.; 5:30 p.m. prayer service; 215-568-6250. Calvary United Methodist Church Reconciling, welcoming and affirming church holds services 11 a.m. Sundays at 801 S. 48th St.; 215-7241702. Chestnut Hill United Methodist Church Services 11 a.m. and Spirit at Play, an arts-based Sunday school for children, 9:30 a.m. at 8812 Germantown Ave.; 215-242-9321. Church of the Crucifixion Inclusive Episcopal community holds services 10 a.m. Sundays and 6 p.m. Fridays at 620 S. Eighth St.; 215922-1128. Church of the Holy Trinity Inclusive church holds services 8:30 and 11 a.m. Sundays at 1904 Walnut St.; 215-567-1267. Congregation Rodeph Shalom Shabbat services every Friday at 6 p.m. and Saturday at 10:45 a.m. at 615 N. Broad St. ; 215-627-6747. Dignity Philadelphia Holds Mass 7 p.m. Sundays at 330 S. 13th St.; 215-5462093, dignityphila@aol.com. Evangelicals Concerned Lesbian and gay Christian counseling; 215-860-7445. First Baptist Church Welcoming and affirming church holds prayer services 10:30 a.m. Sundays and community worship 11:30 a.m. at 123 S. 17th St.; 215-563-3853. First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia A liberal, welcoming and diverse congregation that affirms the dignity of all. Sunday services at 10 a.m., 2125 Chestnut St.; 215-563-3980, www.firstuu-philly.org. The First United Methodist Church of Germantown A sexual-minority-affirming congregation holds services at 10 a.m., summer services 11 a.m., Sundays, with lunch to follow, at 6001 Germantown Ave.; 215-4383077, www.fumcog.org. Grace Epiphany Church A welcoming and diverse Episcopal congregation in Mt. Airy with services 9:30 a.m. Sundays at 224 E. Gowen Ave.; 215-248-2950, www.grace-epi.org. Holy Communion Lutheran Church ELCA Reconciling in Christ congregation worships 9 a.m. Sundays at 2111 Sansom St. and 11 a.m. at 2110 Chestnut St. in the main sanctuary; 215-567-3668, www. lc-hc.org. Living Water United Church of Christ An open and affirming congregation that meets for worship 11 a.m. on Sundays at 6250 Loretto Ave.; 267388-6081, www.lwucc.org. Kol Tzedek Reconstructionist synagogue committed to creating a diverse and inclusive community meets at Calvary Center, 801 S. 48th St.; 215-764-6364, www.kol-tzedek. org.
Whosoever Metropolitan Community Church of Philadelphia Services 11 a.m. Sundays at the University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, 3637 Chestnut St.; 215-2942020, www.mccphiladelphia.com. Old First Reformed Church
Open and affirming United Church worships at 11 a.m., summer services at 10 a.m, at 151 N. Fourth St.; 215922-4566, www.oldfirstucc.org.
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Community Bulletin Board Community centers
■ The Attic Youth Center 255 S. 16th St.; 215-545-4331, atticyouthcenter.org. For LGBT and questioning youth and their friends and allies. Groups meet and activities are held 4-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday and 4-8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday. Case management, HIV testing and smoking cessation are available Monday-Friday.
Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral Progressive and affirming congregation holds services 10 a.m. Sundays with Holy Eucharist at 3723 Chestnut St.; 215-386-0234, www.philadelphiacathedral.org.
■ Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Center at the University of Pennsylvania 3907 Spruce St., 215-898-5044, center@dolphin. upenn.edu. Regular hours: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. MondayThursday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday; noon-6 p.m. Saturday; noon-8 p.m. Sunday. Summer hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. ■ Rainbow Room: Bucks County’s LGBTQ and Al-
Rainbow Buddhist Meditation Group Open and welcoming meeting 3-4:30 p.m. Sundays at William Way; 267-939-2705, pmquay1@yahoo.com.
■ Action Wellness: 215-981-0088
Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting worships 11 a.m. Sundays at 1515 Cherry St.; 215-241-7000, cpmm@afsc. org. St. Luke and The Epiphany Church Open and welcoming church holds fall liturgy 9 and 11 a.m. Sundays, summer sevices 10 a.m., at 330 S. 13th St.; 215-732-1918, stlukeandtheepiphany.org. St. Mary’s Church Diverse and inclusive Episcopal church celebrates the Eucharist 11 a.m. Sundays at 3916 Locust Walk; 215386-3916; www.stmarysatpenn.org. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church Welcoming and diverse congregation with numerous outreach and fellowship groups holds services at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday at Third and Pine streets; 215-9255968; www.stpetersphila.org. Tabernacle United Church Open and affirming congregation holds services 10 a.m. Sundays at 3700 Chestnut St.; 215-386-4100, tabunited. org. Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church Sunday worship with nursery care, 10:30 a.m. and fourth Thursday of the month contemporary worship with Communion at 7 p.m. at 2212 Spruce St.; 215-732-2515, trinityphiladelphia.org. Unitarian Society of Germantown Welcoming congregation holds services 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 6511 Lincoln Drive; 215-844-1157, www. usguu.org. Unitarian Universalist Church of the Restoration Welcoming congregation holds services 11 a.m. Sundays at 6900 Stenton Ave.; 215-247-2561, www.uurestoration. us. Unity Fellowship Church of Philadelphia Diverse, affirming LGBT congregation holds services 2 p.m. Sundays at 55 N. Broad St.; 215-240-6106. University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation Welcoming congregation holds services 10:30 a.m. Sundays at 3637 Chestnut St. preceded by “Adult Forum: Sundays” at 9:30 a.m.; 215-387-2885, www.uniphila. org.
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■ William Way Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center 1315 Spruce St.; 215-732-2220, www.waygay.org. Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays Peer counseling: 6-9 p.m. Monday-Friday Library: noon-9 p.m. Monday-Friday, noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Volunteers: New Orientation, first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 p.m.
Key numbers
■ AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania: 215-587-9377
n The COLOURS Organization Inc.: 215-496-0330
■ AIDS Law Project of Southern New Jersey: 856-933-9500 ext. 221
■ Equality Pennsylvania: 215731-1447; www.equalitypa.org
■ AIDS Library: 215-985-4851 ■ ACLU of Pennsylvania: 215592-1513 ■ AIDS Treatment Fact line: 800662-6080 ■ Barbara Gittings Gay and Lesbian Collection at the Independence Branch of the Philadelphia Free Library: 215-685-1633
lies Youth Center Salem UCC Education Building, 181 E. Court St., Doylestown; 215-957-7981 ext. 9065, rainbowroom@ppbucks.org. Activities held 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays.
■ Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations: 215-686-4670 ■ Philadelphia Police Department liaison — Deputy Commissioner Kevin Bethel: 215-6863318
■ Equality Forum: 215-732-3378
■ Philadelphia Police Liaison Committee: 215-760-3686 (Rick Lombardo); ppd.lgbt@gmail.com
■ LGBT Peer Counseling Services: 215-732-TALK
■ Philly Pride Presents: 215875-9288
■ Mazzoni Center: 215-563-0652; Legal Services: 215-563-0657, 866-LGBT-LAW; Family & Community Medicine: 215-563-0658 ■ Office of LGBT Affairs — Director Amber Hikes: 215-686-0330; amber.hikes@phila.gov
■ SPARC — Statewide Pennsylvania Rights Coalition: 717-9209537 ■ Transgender Health Action Coalition: 215-732-1207 (staffed 3-6 p.m. Wednesdays and 6-9 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays)
■ Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (Philadelphia): 215-572-1833
Health
Anonymous, free, confidential HIV testing Spanish/English counselors offer testing 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday at Congreso de Latinos Unidos, 216 W. Somerset St.; 215-763-8870. ActionAIDS Provides a range of programs for people affected by HIV/ AIDS, including case management, prevention, testing and education services at 1216 Arch St.; 215-981-0088, www. actionaids.org. GALAEI: A Queer Latin@ Social Justice Organization Free, anonymous HIV testing from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday at 1207 Chestnut St., fifth floor; noon-6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Washington West Project, 1201 Locust St.; 215-851-1822 or 866-222-3871, www.galaei.org. Spanish/English HIV treatment Free HIV/AIDS diagnosis and treatment for Philadelphia residents are available from 9 a.m.-noon Mondays (walk-in) and 5-8 p.m. Thursdays (by appointment) at Health Center No. 2, 1720 S. Broad St.; 215685-1821. HIV health insurance help Access to free medications and confidential HIV testing 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays at 13 S. MacDade Blvd., Suite
■ Gay and Lesbian Lawyers of Philadelphia Board meetings at 6:30 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month at 100 S. Broad St., Suite 1810; free referral service at 215-6279090, www.galloplaw.org. ■ Independence Business Alliance Greater Philadelphia’s LGBT Chamber of Commerce, providing networking, business development, marketing, educational and advocacy opportunities for LGBT and LGBT-friendly busi-
108, Collingdale; Medical Office Building, 722 Church Lane, Yeadon; and 630 S. 60th St.; 610-586-9077. Mazzoni Center LGBTQ counseling and behavioral health services, HIV/ AIDS care and services, case management and support groups; 21 S. 12th St., eighth floor; 215-563-0652, www. mazzonicenter.org. Mazzoni Center Family & Community Medicine Comprehensive primary health care, preventive health services, gynecology, sexual-health services and chronic-disease management, including comprehensive HIV care, as well as youth drop-in (ages 14-24) 5-7p.m. Wednesdays; 809 Locust St.; 215-563-0658. Philadelphia FIGHT Comprehensive AIDS service organization providing primary care, consumer education, advocacy and research on potential treatments and vaccines; 1233 Locust St.; 215985-4448; www.fight.org. Washington West Project of Mazzoni Center Free, rapid HIV testing. Walk-ins welcome 9 a.m.-9 pm. Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday; 1201 Locust St.; 215-985-9206.
Professional groups nesses and professionals; 215557-0190, www.IndependenceBusinessAlliance.com. ■ National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Philadelphia chapter of NLGJA, open to professionals and students, meets for social and networking events; www.nlgja.org/ philly; philly@nlgja.org.
■ Philadelphia Gay Tourism Caucus Regional organization dedicated to promoting LGBT tourism to the Greater Philadelphia region, meetings every other month on the fourth Thursday (January, March, May, July, September and the third Thursday in November), open to the public; 215-8402039, www.philadelphiagaytourism.com.
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