Here’s a summary of the week’s Northeast news we didn’t cover. See others here.

Holy Family University is set to host an art exhibit, which will display the works of two Philadelphia-based psychotherapists. Reflections on Projections, Art and Love: Two Art Psychotherapists Art will feature original works of various mediums. The exhibit will run from Jan. 13 to Feb. 1 with an opening reception and discussion at 6 p.m. Jan. 19. The works will be on diplay in the John Perzel EducationTechnology Center.

Below, read about the five most wanted criminals in the Northeast and a radio station with a connection to Haiti. continue reading »

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Heated arguments broke out at last night’s East Torresdale Civic Association meeting, where residents and board members collided over a zoning issue, causing many of them to walk out vowing never to return.

A variance to allow twin homes to be built using outdated zoning policies set off a slew of sidebar conversations and angry tangents, despite a signed petition’s from the property owner’s neighbors. continue reading »

Police Inspector Tom Lippo addresses the Burholme Town Watch and Civic Association groups about the police radio system. Photo by Christopher Wink.

Last night’s meeting of the Burholme Town Watch and Burholme Civic Association touched on many neighborhood issues, but the dominant one, by far, was the discussion of the police radio process.

Police Inspector Tom Lippo, commander of the 911 system, led the discussion with help from Paul Andris, president of the Police Radio System Advisory Board and vice president of Burholme Town Watch. continue reading »

A recent wide-ranging poll of 1,600 city residents has brought to light a number of unsurprising cultural trends, many divided between neighborhoods.

The survey, commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Philadelphia Research Initiative and conducted by Abt SRBI Public Affairs, working with Rutgers Professor Cliff Zukin, found crime was the most-cited problem in Philadelphia, despite the city’s growing budget woes, but also showed some positive interest in Philadelphia by Philadelphians.

Still, the headlines were made by residents’ concerns on crime, which was shown in a number of ways:

• When asked in an open-ended question what factors they like least about living in Philadelphia, 45 percent of participants say crime or violence. Next comes dirty streets and trash — named by 8 percent.
• Of those who say they would move out of the city if they had the chance, 36 percent list crime as the number-one reason, followed by a preference for a suburban lifestyle (10 percent) and concern about their children’s schools (8 percent).
• Asked whether they feel safe outside in their neighborhoods at night, 37 percent say they do not — with 24 percent saying they feel “a little unsafe” and 13 percent “not safe at all.” [Source]

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By Shannon McDonald

CBS3.com has the latest on an arrest made in the theft from nuns at Holy Family University earlier this month.

Cosmo Marinelli has had more than 40 arrests in 30 years, six of which occurred in the NEast. He is accused of stealing money from nuns at Holy Family while they slept.

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By Shannon McDonald

Police are looking for 26-year-old Troy Townsend, who is believed to have shot a man in Frankford last week.

Townsend is wanted for shooting a 23-year-old man seven times in the stomach. The victim later carjacked and crashed the car of an 80-year-old man before being rushed to Frankford-Torresdale Hospital.

Click here for NEastPhilly.com’s initial report.

By Shannon McDonald

A man with a gunshot wound to the stomach carjacked an 80-year-old man in Frankford yesterday.

Around 3 p.m., a man in his early 20s was shot in the stomach at Frankford and Granite. He then pulled the elderly man out of his car at Pratt and Darrah and drove down the street before crashing into another vehicle.

The gunshot victim was taken to Frankford-Torresdale Hospital, and the elderly man was treated at Temple Hospital.

The Inquirer has a story about a Lawncrest man who was fatally shot by police. Police arrived at the man’s home on Lawndale Avenue in response to a call about domestic violence. One officer shot the man when he brought out a knife.

Sit tight, some of the NEastPhilly.com team members are in D.C. for the inauguration.  Check back for photos.

By Shannon McDonald

Police responded to a robbery yesterday at the Oxford Circle Pharmacy around 2:30 p.m.

Two gunmen went into the store demanding money and drugs, then opened fire. There were three employees and three customers in the store at the time. One employee was able to trigger the silent alarm, and another suffered a bullet graze to the head.

Everyone in the store was able to leave out the back door, and the two gunmen were arrested.

Police responded to a robbery with force on the 1400 block of Pratt Street  at 11:26 p.m. More than $50 in valuables was taken from the victim.