A suspect is in custody following a robbery at Wine and Spirits Saturday.

Saturday morning, the suspect was able to steal $17,000 from the Wine and Spirits store at Academy and Red Lion roads. He fled in a green Chevy minivan toward Knights Road. Police caught and arrested the suspect, whom witnesses were able to identify.

From left: Elizabeth Kaspern, Tyrell Wilkins, Rose McMenamin, Steven Gregory, Carolyn Wright, Wayne Bishop, Dana Dobson, Kent Lufkin.

On Friday, Oct. 30,  3rd Federal Bank, which already has a branch at Woodhaven, unveiled its plans for a new branch in the same center at Woodhaven and Knights roads. There was a ceremonial groundbreaking attended by the bank’s board of directors, the building contractors, Mayor Michael Nutter and several members of his staff, and members of the community. Bank president and CEO Kent Lufkin spoke and announced Mayor Nutter, who also spoke before the two gentlemen did a ceremonial dirt dig and toss, twice, to accommodate the photographers. continue reading »

Photo courtesy of Action News.

An overnight drag race sent one person to the hospital early this morning.

One of the two cars involved in the race flipped over and hit a median in the eastbound lanes of Woodhaven Road near Knights Road. The driver is being treated for minor injuries, and police are looking for the driver of the second car, who kept driving after the crash.

Photo by Christopher Wink for NEastPhilly.com.

By Shannon McDonald

Frankford Health Care System announced its new name today: Aria Health. Officials say the name better reflects the system’s service to the Northeast and Bucks County.

The name change will be applied to all three of the system’s hosptials: Frankford Avenue and Wakeling Street, Frankford Avenue and Knights Road and Langhorn, Bucks Co.

My daughter’s dentist has three vehicles parked in his examining room. True, there is a wall of clear Plexiglas that separates the brightly colored ambulances from the rows of examining chairs, which all seem to be inhabited with young, cheerful technicians. I understand that the proprietor of this pediatric dental factory in Bustleton regularly takes one of the ambulances to local schools, promoting dental care.

Oh, and did I mention that they have neon? Bright neon signs adorn the entire room, sometimes advertising food products that, if eaten too much, could have an adverse effect on your teeth.

Before going any further, I want to reassure the dental community that this is not an anti-dentist story. Far from it – if my childhood dentist had anything like this place, I probably wouldn’t have avoided making an appointment for, oh, 15 years. Back then, the children went to the same dentist as their parents. Ours was an elderly gentleman with an office down the street from Our Lady of Calvary Church. He was a competent dentist – he fixed all four of my cavities – but he did not believe in any anesthesia or Novocain. continue reading »