Dianne Hoffmann News Today

Philadelphia distributed another $3.1 million from the opioid settlement funds to community groups. Grants of $20,000 or $100,000 were given to 16 organizations in the North Philly, 13 in Kensington and 14 citywide.

When chef Dionicio Jiménez opens the doors of Cantina La Martina on Philadelphia’s Kensington Avenue, his day begins by cleaning up trash and human feces from the sidewalk or disposing of the occasional mattress where people have been sleeping around his restaurant. He and his wife, co-owner Mariangeli Alicea Saez,