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The same robbers suspected in the Thanksgiving morning slaying of a Port Richmond man have been linked to a similar hold-up in Mayfair one hour earlier.
Stan’s Health Foods, which opened in 1984 at 7161 Frankford Ave. (at Wellington Street), will ring in the new year with a move to a new location in the neighborhood.
Two Dominicans were using a twin house across Ryan Avenue from Austin Meehan Middle School to store and package wholesale quantities of heroin, according to a grand jury indictment released by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on…
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The co-owner of a Northeast check cashing business is facing nine federal charges for allegedly helping a sports bookmaker to conceal about $670,000 in illegal gambling proceeds.
A standing-room-only crowd numbering in the hundreds packed the Mayfair Community Center to hear about Jim…
Thursday, Dec. 10
EVENTS
Adult Painting Classes Resurrection Regional Catholic School, Castor and Shelmire avenues. Beginners and more experienced students will receive individualized instructions in their choice…
Marines were present for their annual Toys for Tots collection. BILL ACHUFF / FOR THE TIMES
Wolf, Kenney have no sense
A Frankford man and former School District of Philadelphia police officer was indicted on Dec. 1 for twice impersonating federal agents, including one time when he posed as an ATF officer to access the restricted site of the May 12 Amtrak derailment…
Showtime Charities will present Sounds of the Season on Monday, Dec. 14, at 7 p.m. at Katie O’Donnell’s Irish Pub and Restaurant, 4501 Woodhaven Road.
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Nov. 16 through 29
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.
Thirty-three volunteers collected 43 bags of litter, six bags of recyclable cans and many assorted objects from the Little City area of Pennypack Park on Nov. 28 in an event organized by the Friends of Pennypack Park.
Hanukkah party at Temple Beth Ami
Temple Beth Ami, 9201 Old Bustleton Ave., will hold a Hanukkah party on Sunday, Dec. 13, at 10:30 a.m.
The day will include a DJ, dancing, candle lighting, singing, dreidel spinning, latkes…
Members at the recent Mayfair Business Association meeting, held at Cottman Beverage, discussed issues such as a Christmas decorating contest, unruly Abraham Lincoln High School students and safety poles placed on the 3500 block of Ryan Ave. (at…