Monthly Archives: January, 2012

Reward offered for information on PECO fire

PECO has put up a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for a late...

Frankford Civic discusses zoning

Members of the Frankford Civic Association have voted to not oppose two neighborhood zoning variance requests, but strongly opposed a plan to put a...

Burholme successful in providing holiday donations

Mark Mroz, the community relations officer in the 2nd Police District, had some good news and bad news for members of the Burholme Community...

Mayfair has a few reservations about rental-car office

The Zoning Board of Adjustment is withholding a decision for a proposed Hertz Rent-a-Car office near Frankford and Cottman avenues, as neighborhood groups negotiate...

Butkovitz discusses origins of probe of sheriff’s office

A little more than a month after the U.S. Attorney’s Office made a big splash by filing the first criminal charges in its investigation...

A push to enforce fines for posting illegal signs

In a city desperately short on cash but probably in need of a facelift, members of the Fox Chase Town Watch think they know...

Butkovitz to speak at Holme Circle meeting

City Controller Alan Butkovitz will be the primary guest speaker at the next general meeting of the Holme Circle Civic Association on Wednesday, Jan....

Schools appeal archdiocese’s recommendation for closings

Schools that were affected by the recommendations of an Archdiocese of Philadelphia blue ribbon commission have until Feb. 1 to appeal, and two local...

Lousy aim gets U.S. crasher a jail term

An illegal alien who shot two people during a New Year’s Eve celebration at a Northeast Philadelphia bar three years ago has been sentenced...

Tacony apartment fire claims 3rd victim

A third person has died as a result of a Jan. 10 fire in a Tacony storefront apartment.A spokesman for the Philadelphia medical examiner’s...
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