Presbyterian Church of Frankford set to enter its third century

From the Northeast Times and reporter Diane Prokop:

The church will hold its 200th anniversary celebration of its transfer to the Presbyterian Church (map) on Sunday, May 4, with a luncheon at noon and celebration
services at 2 p.m.

Read the entire story here.

Next week in Frankford

• Butch Ballard
  WhenSun, Feb 17, 8pm – Mon, Feb 18, 12am

  WhereWRTI 90.1 on your FM dial

  DescriptionWill be on the air and encourages all his friends and neighbors to listen and call in.
• Northwood Civic Association Meeting
  WhenTue, Feb 19, 7pm – 9pm

  WhereSt. James Lutheran Church
• From the GAR museum -5th Annual Temple University: Underground Railroad & Black
  WhenFri, Feb 22, 4pm – 7pm

  WhereTEMPLE UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS Philadelphia, PA - Gladfelter Hall

  DescriptionFebruary 2008 Civil War & Black History Event in Philadelphia! 5th Annual Temple University: Underground Railroad & Black History Conference “Journeys of Discovery in 19th Century African-American History” Friday, FEBRUARY 22, 2008 Conference at TEMPLE UNIVERSITY MAIN CAMPUS Philadelphia, PA CHAT Suite (Center for the Humanities at Temple) 10th Floor Gladfelter Hall 11th & Berks Sts. Philadelphia, PA 19122. 4:00 (registration) – 7:00PM Pre-registration: $15 or ($20 for on-site); Light Refreshments Temple students are FREE Panel of distinguished scholars; Keynote Address; Symposium and Refreshments included; book displays & signings by authors! Center for the Humanities Temple University Gladfelter Hall, 10th Floor 1115 West Berks Street Philadelphia, PA 19122 e-mail: humanities@temple.edu Dr. Andy Waskie: 215-204-5452 Our program will feature presentations by Nat and Yanna Brandt, Allison Dorsey, Bettye Collier-Thomas, and Diane Turner; our focus is on the research process (how scholars move from topics to arguments). ALL Welcome!

Twins at Powder Mill

We took a look at the construction progress today. Still a lot of earth moving equipment on site but footings have been laid for the houses along Cayuga Street (map) and concrete block has been distributed.

Take a look.




See all of our pictures here on flickr.com

Frankford Business and Professional Association

The general meeting of the Frankford Business and Professional Association was held at at Frankford Hospital on Wednesday, February 13th, with 19 in attendance. The meeting was chaired by Elizabeth McCollum Nazario the new President.

• Discussions centered around the ongoing issue of crime and safety and the perception of Frankford as an unsafe area. While statistically crime has declined in the area, headlines have not.
  
• Guest speaker Maria Quinones Sanchez, new City Council representative, talked about her first month in office. She plans to return to a future meeting of the FBPA for more detailed discussions of what can be done to develop the area economically.
• Scott Lodise, Chief of Staff for State Rep. Tony Peyton made a presentation on National Safe Place. He encourages businesses in the area to consider joining this network.

The next general meeting of the FBPA is scheduled for Wednesday April 9, 2008. If you are in business in any way in Frankford you are invited to join the FBPA.

Frankford CDC turns a corner

There has been a great deal of discussion about the CDC and the mistakes made in the past. This update from the Northeast Times brings us up to date. The the entire very informative story by Reporter Diane Prokop here.

Frankford Civic Association meeting

Though the Frankford Civic Association, formerly known as the East Frankford Civic Association, is still awaiting official paperwork from Harrisburg to finalize its more inclusive name change, the group is moving forward with its agenda to be more proactive in the community.

From Diane Prokop of the Northeast Times, we have this summary of the proceedings at the last meeting. Read it here.

150 weasels captured

Not.

Well maybe they were. Then maybe they were not. How would we know?

Fact is, the city government does a pretty good job of keeping us in the dark. Remember the good old days when you could read the crime report in your local neighborhood newspaper? Well those days seems to have slipped by.

Now, the only way you will find out how the newest anti crime program is going, is when the next innocent child gets caught in the crossfire or attacked by some maniac who is walking the streets on unsupervised probation.

At the very least, we deserve to know the truth. While the commissioner is devising those new information systems, one of them should start providing information to the public.

They work for us. We pay the salaries. We're entitled.