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One Scoop or Two?

Posted by Peak Johnson on Apr 7, 2009 in The Vanguard

It’s a sunny morning on the corner of 23rd and Berks; kids are hurrying off to school trying desperately not to arrive late so that they will not be scolded by their teacher or miss walking with their friends, for some this is the highlight of their day. Others, however, arise the same morning perplexed [...]

 
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A Milestone for T.M. Pierce

Posted by Peak Johnson on Apr 2, 2009 in Philly News, The Vanguard

Apologies for posting this article a little late, I’ve been swamped with work, and try to post my articles that appear in the Vanguard when the actual paper comes out. I received a lot of good feedback on this small article from the folks at T.M. Pierce Elementary School, all I can say is that [...]

 
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The man of the hour: Mr. Wade Jackson:From the NPM/PJ Archive

Posted by Peak Johnson on Mar 8, 2009 in The North Philly Metropolis

The very first article I did on Mr. Wade. The Man of the Hour: Mr. Wade Jackson By Peak Johnson   It seems that everyone that I meet is more interesting than the next or has contributed to this community in some way, Ms. Shelli Pennick Howard, Ms. Denise Wade, Mr. Nasir, and Officer Gee. [...]

 
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A Few Words from Mr. Wade Jackson:From the NPM/PJ Archive

Posted by Peak Johnson on Mar 5, 2009 in The North Philly Metropolis

Surprisingly enough, the article that I wrote about Mr. Wade  in the last Vanguard, actually was well received by the public. I am always please  to help an individual such as Mr. Wade to get his opinion and concerns out. As he requested, here is the second article I wrote about Mr. Wade in the North [...]

 
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Understanding The Police :From the NPM/PJ Archives

Posted by Peak Johnson on Feb 28, 2009 in Philly News, The North Philly Metropolis

                        On February 27, 2009, in a heated conversation about the issue of police deaths versus civilian deaths, the term “…punk ass cop” was mentioned in reference to the death of Officer Pawlowski. The young man who said this has a right to upset, [...]

 
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The Future Change: From The NPM/PJ Archives

Posted by Peak Johnson on Feb 28, 2009 in The North Philly Metropolis, peak and politics

                      The idea of reposting some of my most highlighted articles that appeared in the North Philly Metropolis came to me when visiting the innovative thinker, Damon C. Williams website. I didn’t think I was able to this at first, but after fooling around with Quark [...]

 
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Mr. Jackson

Posted by Peak Johnson on Jan 29, 2009 in Philly News, The Vanguard

   Not too long ago, two months ago to be exact, our dear Mayor of Philadelphia attempted to close down certain libraries throughout our city in order to save money. However, not everyone felt that he was doing the right thing even though he believed it to be the only choice he could make at [...]

 
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Peak and the Vanguard

Posted by Peak Johnson on Jan 8, 2009 in The Vanguard

During the summer I had been eagerly waiting to join the Student Vanguard (Community College of Philadelphia’s newspaper). This was a chance to try something new for a change and perhapes have my writing read by a wider audience. The articles that were taken from the North Philly Metropolis I decided to send over or [...]

 
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The end of an erra

Posted by Peak Johnson on Jan 8, 2009 in The North Philly Metropolis

I should have posted this a while ago and I have been meaning to, just had to find the correct way of saying certain things, and since Damon C. Williams who I met last summer has recently departed from the Philadelphia Daily News I thought now would be the perfect time to post this. Who [...]

 
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Words of change from Mr. Wade Jackson

Posted by Peak Johnson on Dec 3, 2008 in Philly News, The Vanguard

Mr. Wade and I first met when I was writer/editor for the North Philly Metropolis teen newspaper. Mr. Wade had come to my office in the summer of 2006 wanting his views and concerns about the city of Philadelphia heard. I agreed to interview Mr. Wade for what soon became a series of articles appearing [...]

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