We know, we know — St. Patty’s Day was yesterday. But we figured, why not spread the fun out over a couple days?
NEast Philly reader and Mayfair resident Donny Smith sent us his photos from last weekend’s Shamrock Shuttle, and there are some good ones! See if you can spot you, your group or something stupid you saw someone doing.
Enjoy the slideshow, and send us your photos.
There was a ringer in our midst.
More than 40 people packed the second floor bar of the Grey Lodge on Frankford Avenue between Wissinoming and Mayfair Wednesday night for Northeast Philadelphia-themed Quizzo.
As we told you and then popular entertainment blog uwishunu reminded you, it was our first meetup, a chance to meet and interact with our readers and a partnership with the famed Northeast pub. It went swimmingly.
Surveillance photos from two bank robberies, provided by the FBI and courtesy of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
UPDATE (Feb. 24) — The suspect has been identified as 39-year-old Donald Brown. Brown has multiple tattoos on his arms and chest, and spends a lot of time around Kensington Avenue near Somerset Street.
The FBI is searching for a bank robber, whom they believe is responsible for robberies in Mayfair and Bucks County.
The suspect robbed the Wachovia branch at 6420 Frankford Ave. Saturday morning just before 9:30. He passed a note to the teller, and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. He did the same yesterday morning around 10:30 a.m. at a Wachovia branch in Feasterville. continue reading »
Eric Doyle of Mark My Flesh tattoo shop on Frankford Avenue perfects a tattoo, which reads "Kendrell" with a heart, on Jasmine White's wrist.
Fernando Torres has more than an aesthetic reason for wanting to improve the look of his Frankford tattoo parlor.
“Cars hit the building a few times,” Torres, who also owns a women’s boutique next door to the parlor, said. “I want to get a steel structure in front to protect it.”
Torres opened Mark My Flesh, his tattoo shop, and Dream Girl’s Fashion, his boutique, about two years ago. On Jan. 21, he was one of six local business owners who participated in a Design Day program sponsored by the Frankford Community Development Corporation’s Main Street Initiative and the Community Design Collaborative. continue reading »
Here’s a summary of the week’s Northeast news we didn’t cover. See others here.
Steven Smink, 47, owner of Pike Lanes Family Fun Center in Deerfield Township, N.J., was arrested at his home on the 9100-block of Veree Road for burning down competing bowling alley Loyle Lanes Bowling Center. Smink, along with Felix Antonio Manzano Jr., 21, and a 17-year-old, both of the 8000-block of Frankford Avenue, was charged with arson for hire, aggravated arson and conspiracy to commit arson. If convicted, they face up 20 years in state prison, according to officials.
Continue reading for a discovered fugitive, possible FiOS in Frankford and more. continue reading »
Police and FBI are searching for a man who robbed a Pennypack bank at gunpoint yesterday afternoon.
A man entered the First Republic Bank at 8764 Frankford Ave. shortly after 3 p.m. and pointed a gun at one of the tellers. He made off with an undisclosed amount of cash.
View photos of the suspect below.
A satellite image of the Margeret-Orthodox station, which sits above Frankford Avenue in Frankford. Image from Google Maps.
The details of an estimated $25 million, three-year rehabilitation of the Margaret-Orthodox elevated-train SEPTA station began to emerge last night at the first community meeting held by the project management team.
The project, which focuses on bringing the second-to-last eastbound stop into American’s with Disabilities Act compliance, isn’t scheduled to begin until early 2011 and remains in the design phase. The funding for the project has not yet been secured.
“SEPTA means business, but we care about what the community wants and we want to hear from you,” Mauricio Silva, the project manager in charge of engineering, maintenance and construction, said last night inside the meeting room of Frankford Group Ministries, a 20-foot ceiling topped with stained glass keeping a watchful eye.
Photo courtesy of Action News.
A 15th District police car was involved in a minor accident early yesterday morning.
The officer driving the car slammed into another vehicle around 1 a.m. Monday on the 6400-block of Frankford Avenue near Levick Street.
No serious injuries were reported.
With a flick of a switch at last Sunday's holiday ceremony, Santa lit the newly trimmed tree gracing the intersection of Frankford and Cottman.
It’s not a big tree. It’s certainly not as big a tree as you might expect for its intended purpose–to be seen by anyone walking or driving around the intersection of Frankford and Cottman avenues; but it’s not a Charlie Brown Christmas tree, either.
On Sunday Nov. 22, around dusk, folks from Mayfair Business Association and members of the community — young and old alike — strung lights and affixed ornaments on the community’s holiday tree. Santa arrived after darkness had embraced the assembled audience; he flicked a switch, and the tree lit up, a bright star atop, and the people cheered. continue reading »
Noted American Revolution historian Dr. Robert Selig highlighted an event last night at the Historical Society of Frankford celebrating this year's designation of the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route a National Historic Trail.
Ralph D. Nelson almost forgot his tri-cornered hat.
But just before he took the podium, the long, tall, graying Delaware-based historian placed the 18th-century-style cap on his head.
For years, Nelson has been among dozens of Revolutionary War buffs calling for greater acclaim for a 685-mile route along the East Coast that many say helped lead the colonies from fledgling collective to global superpower. See a map here.
Back in March, Nelson got his wish when President Obama signed into law a public management act that made the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route — nicknamed W3R — a National Historic Trail.
Tuesday night was just gravy.
More than 60 attended an event held last night at the Historical Society of Frankford on Orthodox Street, just blocks from where the W3R trail winds through Northeast Philadelphia, by way of Frankford Avenue. The night was highlighted by a short lecture from noted American Revolution historian Dr. Robert Selig.
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