LOWER MERION The Lower Merion Historical Society is hosting an opportunity for the public to learn about the history of slavery in the Philadelphia region. Lower Merion Historical Society Intern Colin McCrossan will hold a virtual presentation and discussion on Tuesday, Feb. 20, from 7 to 8 p.m. A Zoom link will be emailed […]
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Icepack | March 11-18
You want to know why I know that this is the first truly “nice” (and I mean weather, not any brand of overt civility) week in Philly, beyond local newscasters saluting the warmth and the sunshine repeatedly?
Because I came into this week hammered over the head, NOT with reports of local, COVID-concerned teachers frightened of their sticky, disease-ridden classrooms (I have visions of mask-less students swarming Purell wipes-toting instructors like the black & white, 1968 version of “Night of the Living Dead”); and NOT the still under-reported word that Philly’s Rite Aids supposedly doled out 21 Philly vaccine doses to Caucasian folk for every single shot it gave to a Black person (Rite Aid being the alternative to CVS’ endlessly long receipts); and NOT Mayor Sweater Vest’s Galaxy Quest-like Transit Plan: A Vision for 2045 for SEPTA or his self-generated survey for the locals to partake in his April budget proposals to Philly City Council for 2022