The Philly Flash girls 12 & under team brought home the championship title from the Midway Pony Qualifier Tournament.

The Philly Flash is a girls fastpitch softball organization located at the intersection of Thornton and Comly roads.

The girls 12 & under team traveled to Wilmington, Del. for the 2010 Midway Pony Qualifier Tournament this past weekend. After winning one game and losing two on Saturday and getting the 8th seed, The team went undefeated on Sunday’s single elimination games by wining four games against the 9th, 1st, 4th and 3rd seeds, and took home the championship. continue reading »

The Easter Bunny visited the 8th District Saturday, where more than 80 families shared lunch, posed for pictures and played games with Peter Cottontail on a beautiful spring day. The bunny presided over the Easter egg hunt, as well. The event was sponsored by the 8th PDAC.

Elsie Stevens lives in Holme Circle and is a member of the 8th PDAC. You can read all her contributions to NEast Philly here.

NEast Philly reader Jennifer Malazita posted this photo (dated March 26) to our Facebook page.

We couldn’t get confirmation as to what exactly is happening here at Thornton and Comly roads just outside of Normandy, but something tells us the Water Department was busy that day.

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.

The view at Kenny and Elnora roads in Parkwood, submitted by a NEast Philly reader.

While we’ve been updating you on school and city closings,  our 7,000+ Facebook fans have been busy taking photos and sharing their snow stories.

We asked our fans how they’re spending their snow days, where they like to sledding and whether their streets have been plowed. Here’s just some of the activity happening over on FB: continue reading »

Joe Glackin (far right) with his family (from left): Brendan, PJ, Daniel, Kathleen and wife Maryellen. Photo courtesy of Padraic Glackin.

As he had for the last 36 years, Joe Glackin finished dinner on Wednesday, Dec. 23 and headed out the door to work the evening shift at the local Acme.

The difference is, that night he walked out of Acme Markets as an employee for the last time.  While many were lounging on their sofas or propped in bed reading, Joe had been stocking shelves, greeting late night shoppers, working a register, stopping a thief and on occasion, calling 911 for a customer in medical distress. continue reading »

An early morning fire destroyed the Austin Manor apartments Sunday. Photo courtesy of a NEast Philly reader.

A reader sent in photos from Sunday morning’s fire at Austin Manor Apartments.

As NEast Philly reported yesterday, the five-alarm blaze took two hours for firefighters to control, and displaces several residents to a Red Cross temporary shelter at Northeast High School.

Three more photos below. continue reading »