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“Listen, young brother, you got to give yourself a chance at life.”
A North Philly public housing resident is taking on the City Council President
Sheila Armstrong filed paperwork to run for the District 5 seat.
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Temple promised the community a job training facility on North Broad. Three years later, it’s still not there.
Officials say they're "very close" to starting construction.