Monthly Archives: February, 2012

‘This Means War’: Love comedy is a lame premise

Chris Pine and Tom Hardy are rivals for the affection of Reese Witherspoon in This Means War.This Means War seems tailor-made for the guys who...

Lengthy Bustleton Civic meeting focuses on zoning

Members of the Greater Bustleton Civic League aren’t a shy bunch. Anyone who has ever attended the organization’s monthly meetings could see how fair...

Bustleton songwriter celebrates CD release

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERASunday will be a big day for Bustleton’s Matt Roach.The singer-songwriter and guitarist will turn 40 and will release the compact disc Burning Bridges...

Plenty on the agenda at Burholme civic meeting

Members of the Burholme Community Town Watch and Civic Association last week heard about a day-care that needs to move, a swimming pool and...

Frankford church is set to tumble

Central United Methodist Church on the corner of Griscom and Orthodox in Frankford, on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012.The fenced-in church building that once housed a...

From Center City studios, it’s public access TV!

The thing about TV is that it’s an instant medium, or so we believe. That wasn’t the case for public access TV in Philly....

In court, details emerge in Fishtown murder

The gun was so little, Shane Kelly’s girlfriend thought it was a toy. The shots were so quiet, John Loftus thought they sounded like...

Police ID victim of fatal gunshot

Authorities have identified the body of a man found on Friday morning lying in a Holmesburg street with a fatal gunshot wound of the back.Police...

Suspect in slaying is apprehended

A man wanted in connection to the New Year’s Day death of a Frankford man is now in custody.Christopher Johnson, 30, was arrested Feb. 7,...

Ex-cop gets probation for theft

An ex-Philadelphia patrol officer who briefly worked in the Northeast was sentenced Thursday to three years probation after admitting that he stole $352 from...
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