Residents of Wissinoming and Tacony flocked to the American Legion Playground at Torresdale Avenue and Devereaux Street Saturday for the second annual True Vine Church Community Carnival.

The event had a central theme: community.

“It’s important because it helps build community,” said Luis Sanchez, the Pastoral Intern at True Vine. “Neighbors that don’t necessarily talk to each other come out and talk to each other. They see each other. Individual relationships can begin to form. Corporate relationships with the church can also begin to form. That’s a beautiful thing.” 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 »

Saturday — A Castor Gardens family escaped uninjured from a home invasion Saturday morning. Three men entered a home on the 1200-block of Fanshawe Street, where the suspects tied the family up and demanded money.

It’s unclear how much money the men got, if any, but they did leave with the family’s Honda Civic. There’s been no word of an arrest. continue reading »

Q: My home is for sale in Wissinoming, and a comment a buyer recently made was that my property had no curb appeal. My front “yard” is only two feet long. What kind of curb appeal is really possible to do for the front of my home besides cut the patch of grass?

A: Pretend you’re a buyer and stand outside of your home with a critical eye. Think to yourself, “Would I be proud to call this my new home, without even walking in the door?” Although two feet of front lawn is very small, there are thousands of  properties in Philadelphia that have even less than you and manage to add curb appeal simply with shutters and window boxes.

Here are 10 tips for curb appeal in Northeast Philly: continue reading »

Friday –  A Frankford High School student tested positive last week for tuberculosis. A spokesperson for the School District of Philadelphia said both the district and parents of all Frankford High students were notified. Students and staff who spent more than two class periods with the infected student will have to be tested for TB, as well. continue reading »

Wiss BC has announced its Football Speed Camp for kids and teens.

The camp is open to kids ages 6 to 15, and will run from July 12 through July 15 at Wissinoming Park at Frankford Avenue and Comly Street. Registration ends July 1. For more information about the camp, contact Wiss BC at 215-535-9199, or WissBCfootball[at]yahoo.com.

The full flier is below: continue reading »

Franklin Towne Charter students with a check from the Rohm and Haas Foundation in 2008. The school was one of two Northeast charter schools cited by the city controller's office this month.

Two Northeast charter schools have been cited for profiteering by the City Controller’s office in a recent investigation.

Controller Alan Butkovitz’s investigation of 13 city charter schools “found repeated examples of complex real estate arrangements in which charters leased or rented facilities from related nonprofit organizations,” according to the Inquirer.

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

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 »

The suspect who shot a woman outside Fat Pete’s bar in Wissinoming last night is still on the loose.

Reports say the woman, in her 20s, was shot when a man pulled a gun out to show it off, and accidentally fired, hitting her in the chest. The suspect ran when the gun went off, and the woman was rushed to the hospital where she died.

Fox has video below.

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A man was critically wounded in a shooting Monday near the intersection of Charles Street and Cheltenham Avenue in Wissinoming.

The 25-year-old was shot five times in the abdomen around 5 p.m., during was police say may have been a robbery. He remains in critical condition at Temple University Hospital, and no arrests have been reported