Easter Eggs On Passyunk
MOM Jessica Fede, with baby Grace and son Clark, pose with Easter Bunny on Passyunk Avenue’s Easter Egg Hunt. Photo by Maria Merlino (Cont. page 11)
Vol. V No. 15 (Issue 184)
Hundreds Mark Cambodian New Year by Maria Merlino Guests at the Cambodian New Year Celebration filled the Sheet Metal Workers Hall to celebrate the offcial turn of the year. The Cambodian Association of Greater Philadelphia – a South Philadelphia-based non-profit group of social, health and education programs for Cambodian refugees – hosted the event. CAGP is the only organization of its kind, which specializes in providing bilingual programs and services to meet the combined social, economic, health and academic needs of Cambodians in Philadelphia, many of whom are survivors of the Cambodian genocide or descendants of survivors. The proceeds from the night’s affair benefitted CAGP’s Culture Program and the Capacity Building Project.
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Moyamensing Prison Site Gets Historic Marker Organizers Want To Use Your Memories Of Former County Jail At May 4 Ceremony
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by Rory G. McGlasson Do you know anybody who used to work at the Moyamensing Prison, back in the day? Anyone with fond memories of the prison are being encouraged to come forward with their personal stories. That’s because a local historian is looking for memories of the Moyamensing Prison or “New County” jail to some, so they can be used as part of a ceremony to install an official Pennsylvania historical marker on May 4. To the new generation of Moyamensing residents, 1400 S. 10th Street at the southwest intersection with Passyunk Avenue & Reed Streets, is where most buy their groceries at the ACME, or where people hang at the Fels Senior Center. (Cont. Page 2)
SENG Family: father D a v i d ; m o t h e r Monida Van Tha; sons, Monireach, Christopher and little Ananda; and daughter Panhata enjoy Cambodian New Year celebration.
April 14, 2011
Neumann-Goretti Baseball Star To Sign With North Carolina University A local high-school baseball star will sign up with the University of North Carolina tomorrow afternoon. SS. John Neumann & Maria Goretti senior Mike Zolk, a stand-out baseball player, will be signing his letter of intent to the University of North Carolina on at 2:30 p.m. today at the school.
MOYAMENSING PRISON, built 1832-1835 after designs of Thomas Ustick Walter at 10th & Reed Streets, will be officially given Penna. historic marker in May. In this 1840 depiction, horse-drawn wagon used to carry convicts, known as a “Black Maria,” travels in front of Gothic-style building. Two men watch carriage from near road and two others are visible close to a battlement tower. Prison, which operated under a system of solitary confinement, was demolished 1968. It is now home to ACME supermarket. If you have been injured on the DOCKS, PIERS, or SHIPS doing loading or repairing work. You need our free advice....We fight for your right to benefits and we never ask you to pay a fee.... We have successfully helped get money for thousands of injured workers over the last 30 years.
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