James Mears
Brian Baur
Teaching the trade: Orleans Technical Institute students work on a model home located on the school’s Red…
A Lawncrest man has been charged with murder in connection with the June 21 fatal shooting of another man on the 500 block of Rosalie St.
Homicide detectives believe that robbery was the motive for William Stancil, 19, when he allegedly gunned down Jose…
Editor’s note: This is the second in a two-part series about the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 5. Part 2 examines the labor union’s fundraising, its escalating political program and its development of a multimillion-dollar headquarters in the Northeast.
Green thumbs: About 40 kids participated in a junior gardening program at Palmer…
In 2001, the city paid $800 for the building, which it now lists as being worth $125,600. MARIA POUCHNIKOVA / TIMES PHOTOS
Don Bitterlich plays the accordion during the festival. KEVIN COOK / FOR THE TIMES
Words of wisdom: Former Eagle Mike Reichenbach was the guest speaker at the Tacony Police Athletic League…
Burholme Business Association forming
Business owners in Burholme are invited to attend meetings for the newly formed Burholme Business Association.
Surveillance photo
A masked man robbed a Mayfair Pizza Hut at gunpoint shortly after 10 p.m. on Aug. 20.
Police have released surveillance video of the hold-up, which occurred at 6614 Frankford Ave. The robber…
On stage: Paul Schoeffler will play the part of Franklin Hart Jr. in 9 To 5: The…
Rhawn Street from Bustleton Avenue to Large Street will be closed from 4 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28, to noon on Friday, Aug. 29, for street restoration, said Streets Commissioner David J. Perri.
Labor Day is just a few days away, and that means the Congregations of Ner Zedek will be packed with fans of Broadway music.
The popular Broadway Sings professional concert production will be at Ner Zedek, at 7520 Bustleton Ave. in Rhawnhurst…
Cool as ice: The staff at VCA Knightswood Animal Hospital, 12121 Knights Road, took part in the ice bucket challenge on…
Not snow jobs, or cheats or darkened hearts can keep the U.S. Postal Service from its appointed task. And last week, part of the postal service’s daily duty of delivering the mail included bringing reimbursement checks to the homes of people scammed in…
Very.
That’s how crowded roads will be as the region’s residents get into their cars during summer’s last great weekend.
Vogt Morning Glories Sept. 14 to 18. Wildwood. $383 includes 4 nights at the Adventurer Hotel, entertainment, Cape May Ferry and a day at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City. 215–338–0189. ••
All Saints Episcopal Church Rhawnhurst 1811 Loney St. Handicrafters meet Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. Harmonie Singing Society meets Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist services on Sundays at 8 and 9:30 a.m. 215–342–6310, www.allsaintsrhawnhurst.org.
The Frankford Community Development Corporation is looking for a commercial corridor manager to cultivate relationships with Frankford Avenue’s diverse business operators and to serve as an intermediary for local businesses…
A couple of masked men robbed an Upper Holmesburg beer store on Saturday night one week after a similar heist occurred two miles away.
The most recent holdup occurred just before 11 p.m. at Frostee’s Cold Case Beer, 8425 Frankford Ave…
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Nativity BVM
(Port Richmond)
• Class of ’82. Searching for former classmates interested in a reunion. Jackie, 215–332–2997.
Samir’s stock is rising: It’s hard to imagine what Archbishop Ryan senior running back Samir Bullock can do for an encore…
Thursday, August 28
EVENTS
Adult Painting Classes Resurrection Regional Catholic School, Castor and Shelmire avenues. Beginners and more experienced students will receive individualizexd instructions in their choice…
Fight night in Mayfair?
Are you a parent of a teenager in Mayfair? You might want to take a cruise around the neighborhood to see what your angels are up to on a Saturday night. Particularly around the area of St. Matt’s on Cottman…
FAR NORTHEAST SENIOR CITIZENS Sept. 7 to 11, 2014. Wildwood. $475 includes 5 days and 4 nights, 4 full breakfasts and dinners, and trips to a casino and winery. 215–673–7734.
BRISTOL CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATION Sept. 14 to 18, 2014. Cape Cod. Prices from…
All smiles: Paul, a Virginia commit, is chasing a Public League title. ED MORRONE / TIMES PHOTO
Keith Perkins (left) and Joseph Donaldson
Homicide detectives are trying to identify a dead man and the killers who ran him down in a car, then shot him on a Northwood street on Saturday night.
No more first days of school at our house.
No one to send back to third grade or sixth or 11th. No gypsies in blue jeans heading off to cloistered places with courtyards and trailing ivy.
Fedora
Come try on Fedora
Two armed robbers held up a busy late-night eatery in Mayfair early last Friday. The heist occurred at about 1:45 a.m. at the Red Robin Diner, 6330 Frankford Ave., when two unknown men entered the business, including one with a gun and a bandana over his face. The gunman…
