Action News must have been in a rush last week to get a story together about an eight inch watermain break on Willits Road near Holme Circle, because the report that appeared on the Web site had two major location errors.

The writer reported the break happened in Torresdale, then went on to say it occurred on the 2800-block of Willits Street. Willits Street doesn’t exist, but if did, wouldn’t be in Torresdale, since the block intersects with Ashton Road, a good distance from the rough Academy Gardens/Torresdale borders.

Once again, speed takes precedence over accuracy, and the Northeast takes a hit.

Outside media don’t care about the Northeast. We have all seen them misuse, misspell and mistake our neighborhoods and our streets, so we at NEast Philly wanted to do something about it. When they get it wrong, we set it right in a segment we like to call Right NEast/Wrong NEast.

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Multiple homes are without water pressure, and others have several feet of water inside them after a watermain broke on the 2800-block of Willits Road near Ashton Road in the Holme Circle area.

Two houses were evacuated as crews tried to repair the damage on the heavily-traveled street.

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By Shannon McDonald

A United States Marshal was hit by a car yesterday during a foot pursuit in Holme Circle.

The incident happened at Ashton and Willits roads when the officer was chasing a suspect who is believed to have a connection with the June 27 murder in Northern Liberties’ Piazza at the Schmidt’s. The suspect was eventually caught and taken into custody, and the officer is recovering at Aria’s Torresdale campus from an undisclosed injury.

Courtesy of Action News

By Shannon McDonald

The water department was called out yesterday afternoon to fix a water main break in Holme Circle.

It happened around 3 p.m. at the intersection of Holme Avenue and Academy Road, near Thomas Holme School. An eight-inch piece of the main broke, filling the streets with water and closing a southbound lane on Academy Road. The main and sidewalk will be repaired, and traffic should not be affected.

So far, there have been no reports of flooding in nearby homes and businesses.