Yearly Archives: 2012

Tributes to a fallen officer

Police Officer Robert S. Hayes’s son Ryan Hayes speaks to the crowd who attended the revealing of a mural dedicated in Officer Hayes’s memory.He...

Charred body found in Tacony Creek Park

Police are trying to identify the charred remains of a man who was bound to a fence and set on fire in Tacony Creek...

Bill would force benefit recipients to prove their citizenship

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives last week approved a bill that would require state residents to prove that they are in the United States...

Congresswoman wants to beef up ban on veterans discrimination

U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz last week introduced legislation to strengthen an existing law that prohibits workplace discrimination against veterans returning from service.Schwartz (D-13th dist.), in...

I-95 project lands $212 million contract

Northeast Philadelphia will be the site of the most expensive construction contract in the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s history — a $212.3 million effort to rebuild...

Wild ride will land drunken driver in state prison

Dozens of Tacony families will never forget Kathleen Amato, the belligerent drunken driver who horrified parents and children last September when she tore through...

Bustleton Civic League approves craft beer store

Beer, pets, cash and crime were on the agenda last week during the Greater Bustleton Civic League’s final monthly meeting before its summer break.League members...

Upper Holmesburg weighs redevelopment plans

State Sen. Mike Stack thinks that it’ll be another “two or three months” before the Philadelphia Housing Authority decides what to do with the...

Lawncrest to celebrate ‘A Community United’ on Fourth

The 97th annual Lawncrest 4th of July Celebration will take place next Wednesday, with a rain date of July 7.The theme is A Community United.A...

Detectives name Northeast’s most wanted (June 27, 2012)

The Philadelphia Police Department’s Northeast Detectives Division is seeking the public’s help in locating the following most-wanted suspects in connection with crimes in the...
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