Fox Chase Town Watch's graffiti removal kit. Photo by Morgan Zalot.

We get frequent requests from readers to check out, report on or clean up graffiti around the Northeast.

A lot of these tips come in anonymously or through bogus email accounts, so we wanted to take a minute to address everyone on why you won’t often see graffiti reports on here.   continue reading »

One of the many bandit signs found regularly in Fox Chase.

There are a lot of bandit signs in Fox Chase, but there’s also Fox Chase Town Watch. A Fox Chase Town Watch member has taken it upon himself to help remove the neighborhood’s graffiti and bandit signs — the signs illegally posted on poles that advertise things like, “we buy houses.”

On Aug. 31, an accounting of signs collected since July 15 was taken to tally what their owners owe, since the City of Philadelphia charges $75 to $300 (based on how many offenses there have been) for the bandit signs.

Here’s the information the FCTW shared with us: continue reading »

The Planet Aid donation box at Bleigh and Oxford avenues was set on fire over the weekend. Photo courtesy of Fox Chase Town Watch.

Fox Chase Town Watch President Steve Phillips sent us the above photo of a donation box in the area that was set on fire — a common occurrence recently. The box is located in the Rite Aid parking lot at 7418-32 Oxford Ave. continue reading »

Photo courtesy of Action News.

Saniyya Ferguson and Dominique Winn arrived home to their new apartment on Saturday to find what they say are hurtful acts of vandalism, and some strange things missing. continue reading »

Jack and Betty Vogler are amused by the graffiti on their lawn. Photo courtesy of KYW.

Fox Chase residents Jack and Betty Vogler awoke yesterday to find graffiti on their lawn -and they have no intentions of cleaning it up. continue reading »

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The Fox Chase Homeowners Association and Town Watch groups held the first meeting of the season last night, and two main subjects were on everyone’s minds – the new train station and the growing graffiti problem.

Councilman Brian O’Neill addressed the attendees first, to acknowledge that the new train station will be completed two years ahead of schedule, and mentioned that he believes the station will be “a real good thing” for Fox Chase. continue reading »