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Lawncrest Community Garden shared their album...

For Throw Back Thursday here are some pictures from our Tree Giveaway in 2015.

Get ready to #getnerdy! Next Tuesday, April 2...

Get ready to #getnerdy! Next Tuesday, April 24th, we’re hosting Science After School, in conjunction with the Philadelphia Science Festival. The event runs from 3:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. and will have fun, hands-on science-themed presentations from the Academy of Natural Sciences, Center for Aquatic Sciences at Adventure Aquarium, AnimaLearn, and the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. For more information and a calendar of events visit https://www.fi.edu/psf.

Philadelphia Science Festival
The Philadelphia Science Festival returns this spring to educate, inspire, and engage the region with the science and technology that surrounds our everyday world. Organized and led by The Franklin Institute, in collaboration with 200 of the region's premier science, cultural, and educational establishments, the 2018 Philadelphia Science Festival offers more than 80 events over nine days in communities all across the region.
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The Free Library system will be closed on Wed...

The Free Library system will be closed on Wednesday, April 18 for staff development. Normal hours will resume on Thursday, April 19.

Lawncrest Branch - Free Library of Philadelphia
Lawncrest Branch - Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 439 likes · 6 talking about this · 408 were here. A library outranks any other thing a community can do to benefit its people. -...
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Lawncrest Community Garden shared a link.

Philly's urban gardeners are under siege from gentrification. Here's what they're doing about it
A few years ago, Elmira Smith and her Kensington neighbors got tired of looking at the vacant lot on their block, an overgrown tangle of weeds and trash, and decided to take action. So, they did what good neighbors do.
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The next meeting of the Lawncrest Community A...

The next meeting of the Lawncrest Community Association is Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 at 7:00PM at St. William’s Social Hall. Doors open at 6:30PM.

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We had a good work day Saturday. We moved the...

We had a good work day Saturday. We moved the sign forward. (It was getting crowded by the bush) Cleared the flower beds and started work on the new plots for free vegetables.

Our next workday is this Saturday, April 7th ...

Our next workday is this Saturday, April 7th at 10:00 AM. If you would like to have a plot this year, there are still some available. Come and join us.

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You can vote for a Philadelphia Parks project...

You can vote for a Philadelphia Parks project to receive $20,000. Choices include the Pennypack Environmental Center, Carousel House and wheelchair accessible trails.

NRPA Meet Me at the Park 2018
Vote for your favorite park project in 1 of 15 designated cities and/or nominate your city to receive a $20,000 park grant, made possible by Disney and NRPA! For rules and details go to www.nrpa.org/disneymeetmeatthepark. No pur nec. 18+. Ends 4/30.
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Spring has sprung!

Spring has sprung!

This sounds interesting.

This sounds interesting.

Planting the Seeds of a Food Forest in Philadelphia
With its myriad public gardens and 40,000-plus vacant lots, many of which have been transformed into community farms, Philadelphia is already a hub for community gardening. Philly also has a shortage of supermarkets in low income neighborhoods, which has made the city an incubator for novel ideas on getting healthy food into people's hands, cheap or even free.
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Commercial Robbery 7201 Castor Ave DC 18 02 012096

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Commercial Robbery 7201 Castor Ave DC 18 02 012096
On March 10, 2018, at 8:30 pm, an unknown male white male entered Walgreen's located at 7201 Castor Avenue, approached the counter, and asked for 2 packs of Newport cigarettes. When the employee placed the cigarettes in the bag, the suspect stated he was armed with a handgun and to place the money from the cash register inside the bag.
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