Monthly Archives: August, 2012

Ready for school

Duha Muhammad (on chair) with daughter, two-year old Abila Muhammad, get ready for a free dental check-up at Frankford High School’s back-to-school rally, by...

Ready for some football?

Finally, at long last, the summer doldrums are coming to an end.After three months of restless inactivity, football season will shortly be back in full...

Pets of the Week (August 29, 2012)

Charlie says, rescue meCharlie was rescued from an animal shelter when he was 6 months old and has grown up in foster care.The 4-year-old cat is...

Blast off!

Does the word “trigonometry” stir painful high school memories? Did you suffer through sines and tremble through tangents?Believe it or not, some students at...

Local civic meeting discusses new voter ID law

Dennis Lee, a chief deputy city elections commissioner, wore a “Photo ID. Ask Me” button last week as he addressed the Take Back Your...

Jacobs school demolition awaits civic review

Plans to demolish the Jacobs school building on the Politz Hebrew Academy property were postponed last week, according to Jack O’Hara, president of the...

Frankford Civic to discuss former bar site

A proposal to put a grocery store in a building that once housed a notorious bar will go before members of the Frankford Civic...

Gaelic games championships on tap at park on Labor Day

Pennypack on the Delaware, a riverfront park at 7777 State Road (at Rhawn Street), will host the 2012 North American Gaelic Athletic Association Championships...

Come out to cheer vets on bus trip to D.C. memorials

The public is being encouraged to cheer for local World War II veterans on Sunday, Sept. 9, as they travel to Washington, D.C., as...

‘Treasury Hunt’ yields cash for local residents

Brian Eddis (left), an aide to State Representative Ed Neilson, hands Mr. Walter Debes (right) information that he is owed money from the Treasury...
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