UPDATE – The property at the center of Saturday’s shooting in Mayfair, as well as other neighboring properties, has been brought to the attention of the city and state and municipal politicians. These properties have a history of complaints against them. We’ll have more information for you as the story develops.

Saturday – A man was found shot in Mayfair early Saturday morning on the 6300-block of Frankford Avenue. According to reports and accounts from neighbors, the man was shot multiple times in a home on the 3100-block of Levick Street. He was taken to Aria Health-Torresdale after being found on the Avenue. continue reading »

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

Tuesday – A gas leak slowed traffic Tuesday morning near Aramingo Avenue and Wakeling Street. PGW shut down and repaired the main while Aramingo Avenue and Tacony, Wakeling, Bridge and James streets were closed temporarily. continue reading »

Updated (Feb. 24) — The boy underwent surgery, and will not lose his arm, as doctors originally feared. One of the two dogs involved in the attack has been found.

A Frankford boy is in critical but stable condition after being attacked by a pitbull yesterday morning.

The 10-year-old boy was bitten on his arms and legs in a field on the 1900-block of Wakeling Street Sunday morning. He was taken to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. Reports say the boy is in custody of his grandfather, and the dog belongs to a neighbor. It’s unclear if the dog is still in its owner’s possession.

Pennsylvania recently released its list of Persistently Dangerous Schools for the 2009-2010 school year, and the top 25 are all in Philadelphia. Of those 25, five are in the Northeast.

A school is defined as persistently dangerous if it meets any of the following criteria for this year and one of the two previous years: at least five dangerous incidents in a school with enrollment of 250 or less; dangerous incidents representing 2 percent of a school’s enrollment for schools with 251 to 1,000 students; 20 or more dangerous incidents in schools with enrollments exceeding 1,000. continue reading »

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.