A fire in Frankford has fire and rescue crews from all over coming to help extinguish the blaze. A call from West Frankford Town Watch confirms 5107 Griscom Street is on fire — a block Mike Mawson of WFTW says has had several fires. continue reading »

A 50-year-old man was injured yesterday after a fire broke out in his Frankford home. Flames broke out around 3 p.m. in the house on the 4200-block of Griscom Street. continue reading »

Saturday – A 19-year-old man was hospitalized early Saturday evening after being shot by police in Frankford. Officers encountered the man on the 4900-block of Griscom Street around 7:30 p.m., and noticed a gun in his waistband.

After running to a vacant lot, the man pulled his gun, and was shot by the officers. He was taken to Jefferson Hospital after being hit once in the back. Police recovered the weapon.

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Here’s what happened around the Northeast this weekend, while most of us were out enjoying the beautiful weather:

Police are looking for a man who went missing from his home Friday. Chi Tang of the 6600-block of Akron Street was last seen around 11 a.m. Friday when he left his home to go to a dentist appointment in Chinatown. continue reading »

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.

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John Hightower, 24, of Frankford, was shot and killed in West Philadelphia Saturday night. The Griscom Street resident was shot in the face after being robbed of his phone, money and cigarettes.

Keep reading for updates in the Super Bowl shooting, an old rape case and more.

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Courtesy of the Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library

By Shannon McDonald

Frankford’s Grand Army of the Republic Museum and Library will host and open house this Sunday, as it does every first Sunday of the month.

This week will feature guest speaker Lesly Wood on the topic of  Women and the Civil War Medical Community.  Visitors can experience the Civil War and Victorian Era at the museum, where volunteers dress as Union soldiers. The open house runs from noon to 5 p.m. with a presentation at 1:30 p.m. The museum is located at 4278 Griscom Street, near Penn Street.

Thanks to the Frankford Gazette for the heads up.