Yearly Archives: 2013

Apartment fire in Frankford

Firefighters quickly brought a blaze in a three-story Frankford apartment house under control early Feb. 13.Executive Fire Chief Richard Davison said the fire at 1300...

Fatal accident on Grant Ave.

Police suspect that excessive speed played a role in a one-car crash that claimed the life of a teenage girl and critically injured a...

Somerton Public Storage site hit for third time

Burglars broke into 51 rental units at a Public Storage facility in Somerton one night last week, but Philadelphia police Capt. Joseph Zaffino wasn’t...

Three resignations at Busleton Civic

Three members of a five-person executive board of the Greater Bustleton Civic League — vice president Harry Haberkern, corresponding secretary Maureen Greene and treasurer Bob Hall — recently...

Crime Log (February 20, 2013)

The Northeast Times provides an overview of crimes reported to the four police districts in the Northeast. The details are based on reports compiled...

Senate votes to abolish Traffic Court

Philadelphia’s Traffic Court looks like it will soon be relegated to the ashbin of history.Last week, the Pennsylvania Senate voted unanimously to abolish the court.The action...

2nd PDAC bans guns from meetings

In what might be a first for a Northeast community group, the 2nd Police District Advisory Council has banned civilian members from carrying guns...

Henon has key vote on paid sick days bill

Holmesburg’s Carmen Wallace works at a health-care center and needed some time off in December because she was battling an illness.Luckily for the 46-year-old woman,...

He lives in what?

(In Terry’s second floor apartment) Terry Visconto lives above the once-known convent at Resurrection of Our Lord. His family has turned the first floor...

Numbers don’t add up for the Raiders

The finale: Archbishop Ryan senior Bryan Okolo netted 14 points in the Raiders’ 69–53 loss to Archbishop Carroll in the Catholic League quarterfinals on...
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