A viewing was held Monday night at Wackerman Funeral Home in Fox Chase for Joe Bilbee, a popular nightclub disc jockey who died last week. He was 64.
JIM MEREDITH.
A well-deserved honor: Ron Cohen may have retired from Washington in February as a…
Holmesburg Civic Association members and activists from neighboring Mayfair and Tacony last week criticized a plan by the city to purchase land at 7777-R State Road for the possible construction of a prison.
Share the road: Yazan Abulaimoun rides his bike on one of the city’s many bike lanes. Planned improvements to the city’s 68 miles of…
The Fox Chase Homeowners Association has agreed to allow the owner of a neighborhood auto mechanic to continue to sell used cars on a lot near his repair shop.
Heroin seized.
Anyone who’s attended a meeting of the East Torresdale Civic Association during the last three decades knows Connie Siffel. And Connie probably knows them.
That’s how long — 28 years to be specific — that Siffel has served as recording…
Bob Kelly, Traffic Reporter for FOX 29 News was the event host.
JOHN SABATINA.
A former Philadelphia police sergeant was sentenced to two to seven years in prison after pleading no contest on Monday to charges related to a drunken-driving crash that claimed the life of another motorist in Holmesburg in 2013.
Corvette show on June 20
The Corvette Club of Delaware Valley and Bryner Chevrolet will hold the 45th annual Cavalcade of Corvettes on Saturday, June 20, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Upper Moreland Intermediate School, 3990 Orangemans Road in Hatboro.
Kim Gavin’s art class from Cramp Elementary School in West Kensington didn’t get to witness the big vote after all, the one that the grade-schoolers and their chaperones had hoped to influence when they traveled to…
The Cpl. John Loudenslager American Legion Post 366 baseball team is almost a century old and still going strong in Fox Chase. However, the team can only survive with the help of generous donations.
MICHAEL TONER.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Nativity BVM
(Port Richmond)
• Class of ’82. Searching for former classmates interested in a reunion. Jackie, 215–332–2997.
Giving praise: Al Taubenberger (right) presents a plaque of appreciation to Quaker Diner owner Semo…
The friends of Mayfair resident and Holmesburg native John McAroy invite the community to attend a benefit fundraiser on Friday, June 19, at the FOP’s Heroes Ballroom, 11630 Caroline Road, from 8 p.m. to midnight.
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Something smelled rotten at the King Perfume store in Frankford on June 11, but it wasn’t the merchandise.
At about noon that day, a man slipped into the business at 4602 Frankford Ave…
TLA FEASTERVILLE June 25. Rainbow Dinner Theatre. Buffet and show Too Many Cooks. 215–494–9180.
TLA FEASTERVILLE July 2. Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre. Show Oklahoma. 215–494–9180. Reserve by June 27. 215–494–9180.
Thursday, June 18
EVENTS
Adult Painting Classes Resurrection Regional Catholic School, Castor and Shelmire avenues. Beginners and more experienced students will receive individualized instructions in their choice of…
Sisterhood of Temple Menorah Keneseth Chai: June 25. Tropicana. Show The Original Rich Little. $66, includes bus, show, buffet lunch and $25 slot play. 215–725–2002 or 215–941–8145.
Keep the bad out of Holmesburg
In regards to HUD putting the Liddonfield land back up for bids, I take exception to their demand to require any new builder to set aside 25 percent, or 12 acres, to build low-cost housing for seniors.
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An unidentified gunman robbed a convenience store in Mayfair on June 9. The heist occurred at 7-Eleven, 3301 Tyson Ave., shortly before 1 a.m.
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.
Midnight.
May 18 through 31
As reported by Northeast Detectives. Does not include homicides, sexual assaults, narcotics offenses or other specific crimes investigated by special police units. All locations listed by block, not by exact address.