Capt. Leonard Ditchkofsky, new commander of the 8th Police District, has worked in some of the city’s roughest areas in his 31-year career, but his current assignment wouldn’t fit that description.
Joe Ashdale, a veteran local labor union official, had a chance last week to speak as a character witness at the sentencing hearing of his longtime friend John Perzel.
Ashdale and Perzel, Mayfair natives, have known each other for about 40 years.
City Councilman Brian O’Neill (left) endorsed Dave Kralle in the primary and…
After an unexpectedly mild winter, the beautiful spring weather got here a little bit early this year, something that the…
The Mayfair Civic Association meeting lasted three and a half hours last week, as members welcomed political candidates and debated several zoning issues.
A 19-year-old man with multiple gunshot wounds died early Monday about an hour after police found him lying in a Frankford street.
Police identified the victim as Nicholas Kendall, 19, of the 3200 block of Rorer St. in Kensington.
Police captured one alleged Northeast Philadelphia tire slasher on Monday, but they suspect that others are still on the loose.
Quincy Kramer, 21, of the 3300 block of Englewood St. in Mayfair, is responsible for puncturing…
Federal authorities arrested five hospice-care nurses last week for allegedly conspiring to defraud Medicare of more than $9 million in reimbursement payments to their Northeast-based company.
The 7-Eleven at 5231 Harbison Ave. in Frankford has a history of robbery attempts. Bandits repeatedly have targeted it in recent years.
But early last Thursday, one alleged gunman didn’t make it very far after he tried to rob the 7-Eleven, along with…
Monsignor William Lynn, the highest-ranking Catholic cleric charged with…
City Councilwoman Marian Tasco announced last week that all members of Council will appear for a budget hearing on Tuesday, May 8 at St. William parish hall.
Work on Benjamin Rush State Park is expected to be completed in late April 2013, members of the Parkwood Civic Association were told last week.
During the association’s March 21 meeting at St. Anselm’s R.C. Church, vice president…
Philadelphia police seek the public’s help in identifying the suspect in a robbery of the CVS pharmacy…
The city’s Department of Licenses and Inspections stopped work earlier this month at a Roosevelt Boulevard property that was being refitted as an emergency-care center and office building.
Two 15th district police officers were hospitalized on March 20 after their patrol wagon collided with a car, rolled spectacularly and came to rest on its roof, wedged between a civilian vehicle and a utility pole.
The Mayfair Business Association met last week to celebrate a couple of victories and to plan for one of the big events of the year.
The business association opposed the opening of a methadone clinic at Frankford…
Jennifer Bonat, 18, and Jessica Banach, 17 (right), model gowns that will be available during the prom sale. MARIA POUCHNIKOVA / TIMES…