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CeaseFire PA offers toolkit for Philly students in National School Walkout
"We're seeing students take this all upon themselves."
The year in resistance: 5 times Philly fought the status quo in 2017
Resistance began after the presidential election, and it hasn't stopped since.
Parking ticket forgiveness, the worst date ever and other Philly parking news
'Whenever I get into a tight parking spot I wish someone was recording so all my haters could see my skills.'
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Fight off the PPA with your phone and check out this week’s best Philly parking tweets
The meterUP app is back. Sort of.
Philly’s Homeless Memorial Day honors those who died in 2017
More than 250 names will be read during this candlelight vigil for Homeless Memorial Day. Philly is one 150 U.S. cities that memorializes people who are homeless or formerly homeless who died in the last year.
Where: Thomas Paine Plaza at 1401 JFK Blvd. 19102
When: December 21, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.
How much: Free