An accident involving a trash truck during morning rush hour yesterday left one person seriously injured.

Around 6:15 a.m., a trash truck and a car were involved in an accident in the inner northbound lanes of Roosevelt Boulevard and Red Lion Road. continue reading »

Bill Dobbins of Northeast Tree Tenders cares for a tree the group previously planted, Image courtesy of Rikard Lama for Metro.

This article ran in Wednesday’s Metro as part of our partnership with the daily newspaper.

If you’re in the Northeast the Saturday before Thanksgiving, you’re likely to find about 60 people walking the streets. Carrying eight-foot trees.

Northeast Tree Tenders organizes volunteers twice a year for plantings, during which time they plant 50 to 60 trees throughout the region that they go back and prune throughout the year.

What started in 2008 as a high school project for Hasan Malik is quickly growing to a full-fledged business.

“First it was 23 trees, and the next four [plantings] after that were 50 to 70,” Malik said of Tree Tenders’ beginnings. continue reading »

Families gather to watch a viewing of Disney's "Up" at Seven Mile Road Church's free Community Party. Photo supplied by Seven Mile Road Church.

From Seven Mile Road Church:

Residents of the Bustleton neighborhood made the most of a beautiful summer evening by attending the second annual Community Night hosted by Seven Mile Road Church

Attendees sprawled out across the front lawn of the church. Children took turns jumping inside a large house-shaped moonbounce. Others giggled as they had their faces painted with butterflies and baseballs. Some of the adults played volleyball, while others tossed around a football or a frisbee. Everyone was treated to music and food while meeting new friends from the neighborhood. continue reading »

Three men have been arrested in connection with overnight robberies at three Wawas in the area.

Around 1:15 this morning, a man with a gun entered the Wawa at Rhawn Street and Roosevelt Boulevard in Rhawnhurst demanding money. Just minutes later, the Castor Gardens Wawa on the 6400-block of Bustleton Avenue by a man who took off in a car with four other people. continue reading »

A pedestrian was hit by a vehicle Sunday night while walking near Oxford Circle and Roosevelt Boulevard.

The 32-year-old man was struck around 9:30 p.m. at the Boulevard and Oxford Avenue, and was taken to Einstein Medical Center in critical condition. continue reading »

Saturday – The FBI is searching for Omar Roane, a prisoner who broke free Friday afternoon in Mayfair. Roane and two other prisoners in a police van broke out the back door around 2:30 p.m. Friday when the vehicle was stopped at Cottman and Frankford avenues.

Police apprehended the two other suspects, but Roane, 22, is still on the loose. His rap sheet includes the 2009 murder of a 17-year-old, for which Roane has a Sept. 1 court date. The van was on its way to Holmesburg’s Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility when Roane and the others escaped. continue reading »

I think a lot about how drastic the difference seems to be between people from the Northeast and those from New Jersey in how they identify themselves.

Obviously, a lot of this has to do with the sheer difference in size between Philadelphia and most towns in New Jersey. People from the Northeast often distinguish themselves based on neighborhoods (or parishes, especially those who live in areas that are prominently Catholic; however, that is another column for another time), a point that can easily be proven by looking at the sidebar of this website. continue reading »

The area of Pennypack Park where two men's raft overturned in the creek.

One of two men who went rafting in Pennypack Creek yesterday is missing.

According to a report by the Daily News, the men’s raft overturned just before 7 p.m. in the water off of Winchester Avenue and Roosevelt Boulevard. A witness riding his bike in the area saw the men go under water and called police, but only one of the rafters made it out of the water. continue reading »

Saturday: Northwood residents called police Saturday night when they spotted a suspicious van around Haworth and Rutland streets. Inside the van was a child, who’d been lured there by a registered sex offender. Robert Alvarez, a 44-year-old New York resident, was arrested and charged with sexual assault. continue reading »

Image courtesy of Fox29.

A watermain burst early yesterday, shutting down portions of Roosevelt Boulevard near Southampton Road.

The break, about eight inches, occurred around 6:45 a.m. in the outside  and inside northbound lanes.

The lanes were reopened in time for the afternoon commute, but this marks the fourth watermain break in the Northeast in less than a month.