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Tacony is getting a new park. Work will start in the summer or fall on Lardner’s Point Park adjacent to the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge. As PlanPhilly reports, the fishing pier will be updated and tables, benches, restrooms, solar lighting and more will be added to the 4.5-acre space. continue reading »

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

Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility tested its siren yesterday. The three-second test was done for a maintenance crew to determine if work needs to be done. The siren will be used in the future to alert neighbors of emergencies. continue reading »

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

The Philadelphia Planning Commission is now working on the Philadelphia Pedestrian Bicycle, which aims to make commuting safer for walkers and cyclists. While you can take the survey now, planning for the Northeast won’t begin until 2012. continue reading »

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The Bustleton Podiatry Association was Mayor Nutter’s location to visit in his efforts to collect overdue taxes. Nutter stood outside the building and demanded that the owner pay an estimated $114,000 in back taxes and penalties. A tax-amnesty program that ended in June allowed for the city collected $40 million and an additional $20 million that went to the Philadelphia School District. Nutter now plans to go after all remaining businesses that still owe taxes. According to the Mayor’s office, the Bustleton Podiatry Association has not paid taxes since 1996. Nutter plans to use overdue taxes to support various city services, such as hiring new firefighter or police recruits, or paying the salaries of sanitation workers or library assistants.

Keep reading for news on an ex-Flyers goalie at the Torresdale-Frankford Country Club, a removal of IRS workers from the Northeast, and more. continue reading »

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The Safety Ambassador Program has returned to the Frankford Business Corridor as of yesterday. The program — part of the Frankford Special Services District — was a part of Frankford in the late 1990s and will allow for of uniformed personnel to patrol Frankford Avenue in order to increase commerce on the corridor.

Keep reading for news on a police couple who saved the day, the first ever doctoral program at Holy Family, and more. continue reading »

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Northeast Catholic High School held its final graduation ceremony yesterday. Including the class of 2010, there are 39,746 alumni with 30,728 of them still living. The school opened its doors in 1926.

Keep reading for news on the end of the Army Experience Center, a visit to a local hospital by May Nutter, and more. continue reading »

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Friends Hospital updated on its recovery-oriented inpatient psychiatric care unit last night. The unit at the Northwood facility opened in January. Its goal is for each patient to leave with a new, self-written life plan. The life plan will be different than normal in that it will incorporate continued therapy with each individual’s interests, support systems, hobbies, strengths, community connections, and aspirations. It focuses on positive psychology based on hopes and dreams, not just symptoms, medication, and counseling appointments.

Keep reading for news on program cuts from Mayor Nutter, an advanced math class and more. continue reading »

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New Jersey State Police detectives arrested 39-year-old Joseph Baer after he was spotted at an Atlantic City casino Tuesday morning. Baer is the man who robbed the PNC Bank on the 6800 block of Frankford Avenue on April 13.

Baer, also a suspect in the April 16 robbery of a TruMark Bank in Center City and the robbery of a Citizens Bank on Monday, is considered a serial robber and was previously convicted of bank robberies in 2004.

Keep reading for news on a Frankford High School teacher in a film, a quick string of 7-Eleven robberies and more. continue reading »

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The man who allegedly shot 22-year-old Rachel Marcelis has been arrested. Michael Elliot, 25, of the 6100-block of Hegerman Street, is the suspect in the shooting of Marcelis early Wednesday outside of Fat Pete’s Bar on the corner of Torresdale and Devereaux. He was showing off his gun when it allegedly went off, according to police.

Keep reading to learn how you can star in movie, and for more news briefs from around the Northeast. continue reading »

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William Hollaran was sentenced in 2004 to one to two year in prison, plus an addition three to six year for homicide after being found guilty in the Wissinoming hit-and-run accident that killed young Peter Roberto. Hollaran was supposed to serve his terms back to back, but was released early because of a clerical error. Peter’s parents are fighting to get the laws changed so that the minimum sentence is stricter, as reported when Dolores Roberto spoke to Senators Mike Stack, John C. Rafferty, and Larry Farnese at Nazareth Hospital on March 12.

Keep reading for news on a school stabbing and a ruling in the sex-for-tickets case. continue reading »