BB gun stand-off gives residents a Halloween scare
Halloween got off to a genuinely scary start on Monday when police closed off Frankford Avenue at Allegheny Avenue due to reports of a...
Cops charge ‘bad hair bandit’ in Hyperion Bank robbery
Police have collared the man they believe robbed a Girard Avenue bank on Oct. 12.According to Officer Tanya Little of the public affairs unit, police...
Girard Avenue trolley off track until Christmas
The historic Route 15 trolleys will be missing from the river wards from Halloween straight through Christmas Eve.SEPTA spokesman Andrew Busch said today that...
Sometimes, even a garden needs a lawyer
In Philadelphia, community gardens are often rooted on shaky ground.When neighbors and communities come together to clean vacant, abandoned lots — which have often sat unused for...
‘Battle for City Hall’ awfully quiet
Billed as the “Battle for City Hall,” last Wednesday’s political debate at Port Richmond’s Veteran Boxers Association wasn’t very heated.But, as the one of the...
Civic group helped bust short dumpers
Kristie Landry probably didn’t see herself as a crime fighter when she signed up for the Fishtown Neighbors Association’s Beautification Committee. But that was...