Lynette HazeltonWhat I DoI am a Philadelphia native with a long history reporting on issues that impact Philadelphia’s diverse communities. (267) 788-6360To survive decades of disasters, Nicetown developed its tight-knit cultureHighway construction, the crack cocaine epidemic, and gentrifying efforts threatened to destroy a community that soldiers on despite the odds.Lynette Hazelton April 21, 2025Link copied to clipboardWoman found dead in South Philadelphia rowhouse fireAssistant Fire Chief Charles Walker noted that the home did not have any smoke detectors and encouraged Philly residents to call 311 to get them for free.Lynette Hazelton Feb. 23, 2025Link copied to clipboardEscalating demand and diminished supply has spiked PUC concern about the future ability of state’s electric grid Data centers, bitcoin operations, and electric vehicles are driving up demand for electricity as extreme weather conditions strain the power grid even further.Lynette Hazelton Jan. 27, 2025Link copied to clipboardComing out can be isolating. This woman created Sip City Mixer, ‘a traveling queer bar,’ to bring LGBTQ and non-binary folks together.Sip City Mixer has grown in popularity and added more events and subgroups to its inclusive community.Lynette Hazelton Dec. 20, 2024Link copied to clipboardPhiladelphia’s 105th Thanksgiving Day parade left folks wet but delighted The rain and wind had nothing on the nation's oldest Turkey Day parade, which brought in its usual cheer to mark the start of the holiday season.Lynette Hazelton Nov. 28, 2024Link copied to clipboardA niece’s quest to remember a forgotten hero from a forgotten warMarianne Bustin has been on a quest to discover info about Joseph Daly, her uncle who spent the Korean War as a POW.Lynette Hazelton Nov. 11, 2024Link copied to clipboardThose affected by Holmesburg Prison experiments are still seeking justice, 50 years later Discussions at the University of Pennsylvania and St. Joseph's University will share stories from victims of the Holmesburg Prison experiments and their families.Lynette Hazelton Oct. 22, 2024Link copied to clipboardThe Philly area’s oldest umpire is 82 and spends his days calling strikes and asking sports history questions Since he was a child, Cherry Hill resident Richard Glazer has loved baseball. Now at 82, he spends about six months a year as an umpire and the rest of the year running his own sports trivia company.Lynette Hazelton March 26, 2025Link copied to clipboardThese men know what it takes to stay out of prison. Now they are helping others do the same.A group of men, who have dubbed themselves The Brotherhood, decided the best way to help others caught up in jail is to bail them out and support them with a second chance.Lynette Hazelton Feb. 14, 2025Link copied to clipboardA year after a destructive blaze, Overbrook Presbyterian Church is rebuilding its sanctuary and members’ hopeOverbrook Presbyterian Church (OPC) held a vigil to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the fire that left the church in ruins and also to showcase reconstruction progress.Lynette Hazelton Jan. 17, 2025Link copied to clipboardCaregiving is isolating — especially for men. Here’s how one man hopes to build a brotherhood around it.Praise Is The Cure, a faith-based breast cancer awareness program for Black women, also reaches out to the men who have been thrust into caregiver roles.Lynette Hazelton Dec. 11, 2024Link copied to clipboardThis year’s Great Family Gathering fed over 6,000 people — and the need continues to grow The Great Family Gathering, sponsored by the Church of Christian Compassion for the past two decades, fed over 6,000 people throughout Philadelphia at its latest annual feast.Lynette Hazelton Nov. 27, 2024Link copied to clipboardRestorative justice group demands reparations from Penn for Holmesburg Prison medical experimentsAdrianne Jones-Alston, founder of the Jones Foundation, said reparations is one of the demands for survivors and their decendents of the Holmesburg Prison medical experiments from 1951 to 1974.Lynette Hazelton Oct. 29, 2024Link copied to clipboardA brief history of the Holmesburg Prison experimentsA timeline of the medical experiments at Holmesburg prison and the after effects on the inmates who participated.Lynette Hazelton Oct. 22, 2024Link copied to clipboardB-Dawk flies again. Former Eagles player offers scholarships and experiences to single-parent families.Creating transformational moments for single-parent families is the the purpose of former Philadelphia Eagles Brian Dawkins’ grant program.Lynette Hazelton March 24, 2025Link copied to clipboardFinding a drink of water becomes a major winter problem for the unshelteredPublic water fountains are often shut off in the winter, leaving the unhoused at greater risk of dehydration.Lynette Hazelton Feb. 1, 2025Link copied to clipboardHer son committed murder and ruined lives. Now she’s won an award for helping families rebuild theirs.Virginia Hammond is the Pennsylvania Prison Society's volunteer of the year.Lynette Hazelton Jan. 10, 2025Link copied to clipboardExcelencia in Business Awards celebrate the resilience and success of Philadelphia’s Hispanic-owned businessesThe annual Excelencia in Business Awards celebrate Hispanic entrepreneurs for their innovation, resilience, and for giving back to their communities.Lynette Hazelton Dec. 4, 2024Link copied to clipboardThe new head of Philly’s Project HOME brings a lived experience of housing insecurity The agency’s new CEO, Donna Bullock, talked with The Inquirer about her own experiences with childhood housing insecurity.Lynette Hazelton Nov. 20, 2024Link copied to clipboardCanvassers hit West Philly with stories of loved ones to spur Democratic voter turnout An army of deep canvassing volunteers for Changing the Conversation hit West Philly with a love story to spur infrequent Democratic voters to turnout.Lynette Hazelton Oct. 28, 2024Link copied to clipboardSee more stories
To survive decades of disasters, Nicetown developed its tight-knit cultureHighway construction, the crack cocaine epidemic, and gentrifying efforts threatened to destroy a community that soldiers on despite the odds.Lynette Hazelton April 21, 2025Link copied to clipboard
To survive decades of disasters, Nicetown developed its tight-knit cultureHighway construction, the crack cocaine epidemic, and gentrifying efforts threatened to destroy a community that soldiers on despite the odds.Lynette Hazelton April 21, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Woman found dead in South Philadelphia rowhouse fireAssistant Fire Chief Charles Walker noted that the home did not have any smoke detectors and encouraged Philly residents to call 311 to get them for free.Lynette Hazelton Feb. 23, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Woman found dead in South Philadelphia rowhouse fireAssistant Fire Chief Charles Walker noted that the home did not have any smoke detectors and encouraged Philly residents to call 311 to get them for free.Lynette Hazelton Feb. 23, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Escalating demand and diminished supply has spiked PUC concern about the future ability of state’s electric grid Data centers, bitcoin operations, and electric vehicles are driving up demand for electricity as extreme weather conditions strain the power grid even further.Lynette Hazelton Jan. 27, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Escalating demand and diminished supply has spiked PUC concern about the future ability of state’s electric grid Data centers, bitcoin operations, and electric vehicles are driving up demand for electricity as extreme weather conditions strain the power grid even further.Lynette Hazelton Jan. 27, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Coming out can be isolating. This woman created Sip City Mixer, ‘a traveling queer bar,’ to bring LGBTQ and non-binary folks together.Sip City Mixer has grown in popularity and added more events and subgroups to its inclusive community.Lynette Hazelton Dec. 20, 2024Link copied to clipboard
Coming out can be isolating. This woman created Sip City Mixer, ‘a traveling queer bar,’ to bring LGBTQ and non-binary folks together.Sip City Mixer has grown in popularity and added more events and subgroups to its inclusive community.Lynette Hazelton Dec. 20, 2024Link copied to clipboard
Philadelphia’s 105th Thanksgiving Day parade left folks wet but delighted The rain and wind had nothing on the nation's oldest Turkey Day parade, which brought in its usual cheer to mark the start of the holiday season.Lynette Hazelton Nov. 28, 2024Link copied to clipboard
Philadelphia’s 105th Thanksgiving Day parade left folks wet but delighted The rain and wind had nothing on the nation's oldest Turkey Day parade, which brought in its usual cheer to mark the start of the holiday season.Lynette Hazelton Nov. 28, 2024Link copied to clipboard
A niece’s quest to remember a forgotten hero from a forgotten warMarianne Bustin has been on a quest to discover info about Joseph Daly, her uncle who spent the Korean War as a POW.Lynette Hazelton Nov. 11, 2024Link copied to clipboard
A niece’s quest to remember a forgotten hero from a forgotten warMarianne Bustin has been on a quest to discover info about Joseph Daly, her uncle who spent the Korean War as a POW.Lynette Hazelton Nov. 11, 2024Link copied to clipboard
Those affected by Holmesburg Prison experiments are still seeking justice, 50 years later Discussions at the University of Pennsylvania and St. Joseph's University will share stories from victims of the Holmesburg Prison experiments and their families.Lynette Hazelton Oct. 22, 2024Link copied to clipboard
Those affected by Holmesburg Prison experiments are still seeking justice, 50 years later Discussions at the University of Pennsylvania and St. Joseph's University will share stories from victims of the Holmesburg Prison experiments and their families.Lynette Hazelton Oct. 22, 2024Link copied to clipboard
The Philly area’s oldest umpire is 82 and spends his days calling strikes and asking sports history questions Since he was a child, Cherry Hill resident Richard Glazer has loved baseball. Now at 82, he spends about six months a year as an umpire and the rest of the year running his own sports trivia company.Lynette Hazelton March 26, 2025Link copied to clipboard
The Philly area’s oldest umpire is 82 and spends his days calling strikes and asking sports history questions Since he was a child, Cherry Hill resident Richard Glazer has loved baseball. Now at 82, he spends about six months a year as an umpire and the rest of the year running his own sports trivia company.Lynette Hazelton March 26, 2025Link copied to clipboard
These men know what it takes to stay out of prison. Now they are helping others do the same.A group of men, who have dubbed themselves The Brotherhood, decided the best way to help others caught up in jail is to bail them out and support them with a second chance.Lynette Hazelton Feb. 14, 2025Link copied to clipboard
These men know what it takes to stay out of prison. Now they are helping others do the same.A group of men, who have dubbed themselves The Brotherhood, decided the best way to help others caught up in jail is to bail them out and support them with a second chance.Lynette Hazelton Feb. 14, 2025Link copied to clipboard
A year after a destructive blaze, Overbrook Presbyterian Church is rebuilding its sanctuary and members’ hopeOverbrook Presbyterian Church (OPC) held a vigil to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the fire that left the church in ruins and also to showcase reconstruction progress.Lynette Hazelton Jan. 17, 2025Link copied to clipboard
A year after a destructive blaze, Overbrook Presbyterian Church is rebuilding its sanctuary and members’ hopeOverbrook Presbyterian Church (OPC) held a vigil to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the fire that left the church in ruins and also to showcase reconstruction progress.Lynette Hazelton Jan. 17, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Caregiving is isolating — especially for men. Here’s how one man hopes to build a brotherhood around it.Praise Is The Cure, a faith-based breast cancer awareness program for Black women, also reaches out to the men who have been thrust into caregiver roles.Lynette Hazelton Dec. 11, 2024Link copied to clipboard
Caregiving is isolating — especially for men. Here’s how one man hopes to build a brotherhood around it.Praise Is The Cure, a faith-based breast cancer awareness program for Black women, also reaches out to the men who have been thrust into caregiver roles.Lynette Hazelton Dec. 11, 2024Link copied to clipboard
This year’s Great Family Gathering fed over 6,000 people — and the need continues to grow The Great Family Gathering, sponsored by the Church of Christian Compassion for the past two decades, fed over 6,000 people throughout Philadelphia at its latest annual feast.Lynette Hazelton Nov. 27, 2024Link copied to clipboard
This year’s Great Family Gathering fed over 6,000 people — and the need continues to grow The Great Family Gathering, sponsored by the Church of Christian Compassion for the past two decades, fed over 6,000 people throughout Philadelphia at its latest annual feast.Lynette Hazelton Nov. 27, 2024Link copied to clipboard
Restorative justice group demands reparations from Penn for Holmesburg Prison medical experimentsAdrianne Jones-Alston, founder of the Jones Foundation, said reparations is one of the demands for survivors and their decendents of the Holmesburg Prison medical experiments from 1951 to 1974.Lynette Hazelton Oct. 29, 2024Link copied to clipboard
Restorative justice group demands reparations from Penn for Holmesburg Prison medical experimentsAdrianne Jones-Alston, founder of the Jones Foundation, said reparations is one of the demands for survivors and their decendents of the Holmesburg Prison medical experiments from 1951 to 1974.Lynette Hazelton Oct. 29, 2024Link copied to clipboard
A brief history of the Holmesburg Prison experimentsA timeline of the medical experiments at Holmesburg prison and the after effects on the inmates who participated.Lynette Hazelton Oct. 22, 2024Link copied to clipboard
A brief history of the Holmesburg Prison experimentsA timeline of the medical experiments at Holmesburg prison and the after effects on the inmates who participated.Lynette Hazelton Oct. 22, 2024Link copied to clipboard
B-Dawk flies again. Former Eagles player offers scholarships and experiences to single-parent families.Creating transformational moments for single-parent families is the the purpose of former Philadelphia Eagles Brian Dawkins’ grant program.Lynette Hazelton March 24, 2025Link copied to clipboard
B-Dawk flies again. Former Eagles player offers scholarships and experiences to single-parent families.Creating transformational moments for single-parent families is the the purpose of former Philadelphia Eagles Brian Dawkins’ grant program.Lynette Hazelton March 24, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Finding a drink of water becomes a major winter problem for the unshelteredPublic water fountains are often shut off in the winter, leaving the unhoused at greater risk of dehydration.Lynette Hazelton Feb. 1, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Finding a drink of water becomes a major winter problem for the unshelteredPublic water fountains are often shut off in the winter, leaving the unhoused at greater risk of dehydration.Lynette Hazelton Feb. 1, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Her son committed murder and ruined lives. Now she’s won an award for helping families rebuild theirs.Virginia Hammond is the Pennsylvania Prison Society's volunteer of the year.Lynette Hazelton Jan. 10, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Her son committed murder and ruined lives. Now she’s won an award for helping families rebuild theirs.Virginia Hammond is the Pennsylvania Prison Society's volunteer of the year.Lynette Hazelton Jan. 10, 2025Link copied to clipboard
Excelencia in Business Awards celebrate the resilience and success of Philadelphia’s Hispanic-owned businessesThe annual Excelencia in Business Awards celebrate Hispanic entrepreneurs for their innovation, resilience, and for giving back to their communities.Lynette Hazelton Dec. 4, 2024Link copied to clipboard
Excelencia in Business Awards celebrate the resilience and success of Philadelphia’s Hispanic-owned businessesThe annual Excelencia in Business Awards celebrate Hispanic entrepreneurs for their innovation, resilience, and for giving back to their communities.Lynette Hazelton Dec. 4, 2024Link copied to clipboard
The new head of Philly’s Project HOME brings a lived experience of housing insecurity The agency’s new CEO, Donna Bullock, talked with The Inquirer about her own experiences with childhood housing insecurity.Lynette Hazelton Nov. 20, 2024Link copied to clipboard
The new head of Philly’s Project HOME brings a lived experience of housing insecurity The agency’s new CEO, Donna Bullock, talked with The Inquirer about her own experiences with childhood housing insecurity.Lynette Hazelton Nov. 20, 2024Link copied to clipboard
Canvassers hit West Philly with stories of loved ones to spur Democratic voter turnout An army of deep canvassing volunteers for Changing the Conversation hit West Philly with a love story to spur infrequent Democratic voters to turnout.Lynette Hazelton Oct. 28, 2024Link copied to clipboard
Canvassers hit West Philly with stories of loved ones to spur Democratic voter turnout An army of deep canvassing volunteers for Changing the Conversation hit West Philly with a love story to spur infrequent Democratic voters to turnout.Lynette Hazelton Oct. 28, 2024Link copied to clipboard