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Parkwood resident Marge Philippi collects bandit signs from poles. Since 2006, she said at last night’s civic association meeting, she’s collected 8,000 of the illegal signs that say things like, we buy houses.

Fox Chase Town Watch does the same.

But do the two neighborhoods — a world away and a Boulevard apart — know about each others’ efforts? Could they work together.

The city hopes its new social network, Change By Us, can help bring residents from all over Philadelphia together by uniting them through similar issues and common causes. continue reading »

By Shannon McDonald

BREAKING: A man in his late 30s is dead after a motorcycle accident near Crestmont Farms.

Around 8:10 p.m., the driver crashed his bike into another vehicle at Knights and Red Lion roads. He was taken to Aria Health’s nearby Frankford-Torresdale branch, where he was pronounced dead.

No other injuries were reported, but the driver of the bike was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. His identity has not be released.