The Frankford Special Services District held a public meeting last Monday, Feb. 1, which included board member elections, and neighborhood discussions about Welfare to Work, public trashcans ongoing plans for area businesses.
Let us preface this by saying how great NEast Philly’s relationship with MURL is. For the past two semesters, we’ve had a total of six students from Temple University’s Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab working with us, exploring the region, and helping us cover the Northeast.
And while we love the idea of sending student journalists out to unfamiliar neighborhoods, this is the second time said students have included Fairhill in the Northeast. (Other infractions have included Fishtown and Port Richmond). continue reading »
There is a ton of stuff happening every week in the Northeast. From family events to health seminars, senior gatherings to neighborhood meetings, you’d have to quit your day job to keep up with it all. Every week, NEast Philly will highlight some of the upcoming events in the region. For the full list, you’ll have to check our Calendar.
Snow day!
The School District of Philadelphia and Archdiocese of Philadelphia have announced that all city schools will be closed tomorrow, Monday, Feb, 8 due to snow. After school activities and yellow bus services are also canceled, but administrators will report to work two hours late.
You can check the School District and Archdiocese Web sites throughout the day tomorrow for updates, or stick with NEast Philly for the latest.
State Rep. Tony Payton at the February Frankford Civic meeting.
It has become something of a tradition at Frankford Civic Association meetings in the past year.
The first 15 or 20 minutes of the meetings, held in a conference room on the second floor of the old Frankford Hospital, are devoted to typical zoning issues, event announcements and new community concerns. Then something changes.
The meeting becomes more of a conversation and the topic is always the same: recovery homes.
True to form, it happened again Thursday night. Only three or four residents were in attendance, outnumbered by media and legislative aides and almost doubled by the association’s executive board, but the conversation was no less lively.
Here’s a summary of the week’s Northeast news we didn’t cover. See others here.
On Tuesday, the Philadelphia City Council held a hearing to learn more information on the death of 63-year-old Joaquin Rivera, who died last November in the E.R. waiting room of Aria Health-Frankford. Rivera, having been told to wait, sat and died over an hour later. A few minutes after, camera caught three men robbing him. In turn, the hospital is defending its handling of the situation.
Continue reading for an update on a 2007 murder/robbery, news on Chile students at Holy Family, and more. continue reading »
Police are investigating a stabbing that left one man dead and others injured yesterday afternoon.
Authorities were called to Evergreen apartments on the 2300-block of Woodward Street around 2 p.m. Thursday, where a man in his 50s had been stabbed. The man died at the scene, while the other victims were taken to Aria Health Torresdale for treatment of their wounds. According to reports, the other men involved are employees at the apartment complex. continue reading »
At the intersection of Cottman and Frankford avenues, high atop the street pole is a well-defined white police box that records daily activity.
Originally put up for safety reasons during the Phillies’ World Series before-and-after parties, the surveillance camera was used to aid the police in monitoring any suspicious or harmful conduct that the fans might have tried during the games.
To warn participants that they are being filmed, a constant, flashing blue strobe light pulses just above the white box.
Surprising news came to many Mayfair residents after the baseball season ended and they were told at their town watch meeting that the camera wasn’t coming down. This fact angered more than a few members. continue reading »
Some say the best part of waking up is coffee, but how about a muffin to fill the stomachs of those those on the run?
If you are looking for a quick, easy breakfast pick-me-up, or a simple snack for the afternoon munchies, this Merry Muffin recipe is for you. It only takes about 20-25 minutes to prepare and cook and can make 12 regular sized muffins or 24 mini muffins.
Two Northeast residents owe the Philadelphia Parking nearly $35,000 from a combined 300+ tickets.
The Parking Authority released its list of Top 25 Ticket Scofflaws, and two NEasters fall in the top 10. We’ve decided not to publish their names, as their home addresses are public, but the two unrelated offenders hail from Lawncrest and Mayfair, and owe the PPA a combined total of $34,325.
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