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Coming Up in Frankford 12/01 to 12/28/2012

  • Christmas Bazaar – Sat, December 1, 10am – 4pm, 2nd Baptist Church, 1801 Meadow St., Food, Fun & Fellowship and a Special Guest Appearance. Vendor tables $10 – Vendor Agreement Form required, (First Come First Serve) Call 215-779-3745 for more information
  • Grand Army of the Republic Museum Open House – Sun, December 2, 12pm – 5pm, 4278 Griscom Street, Presentation at 1:30 PM: Victorian Christmas by Jane Peters-Estes
  • Create Your Own Holiday Wreath – Wed, December 5, 3pm – 4pm, Frankford Branch, Free Library of Philadelphia, Get Creative! All materials are provided. Instructor Pamela Thomas has conducted many workshops on a variety of topics for other organizations. Register to save your spot; 215-685-1473 or baxterb@freelibrary.org
  • Friends of Overington Park – Wed, December 5, 7pm – 8pm, Historical Society of Frankford at 1507 Orthodox Street, Come out and discuss our park and what we an do to make it a safe and pleasant place for everyone.
  • Frankford Civic Association Meeting – Thu, December 6, 7pm – 8pm, 2nd floor conference room, Aria Health, 4900 Frankford Avenue
  • Crusade by Bishop Edgar Shaw – Thu, December 6, 7:30pm – 9:00pm, Word of Faith Evangelistic Church, 1400 Orthodox St, BISHOP EDGAR SHAW – MINISTRIES and CRUSADE, PRESENTS A CRUSADE. December 6th & 7th 2012 7:30 P.M. Bishop Edgar Shaw, Crusade Preacher. INDOOR CRUSADE, Theme – Get Ready MATTHEW 24:44
  • Take Me to the King – Fri, December 7, 7pm – 10pm, 2nd Baptist Church, 1801 Meadow St., An SBC Drama Ministry Production – FREE WILL OFFERING – Also on 12/8 from 5 to 8PM
  • A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols – Sun, December 9, 1:30pm – 3:00pm, ST. MARK’S CHURCH, FRANKFORD 4442 Frankford Avenue, Carillon recital at 1:30; Organ preludes at 1:45 Reception follows the Service, Off-street parking available; handicapped accessible. Participating: The Parish Choir of the Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan, Paoli Richard Zuch, conductor Readers and clergy from St. Mark’s and Church of the Good Samaritan
  • Historical Society of Frankford program – Tue, December 11, 7:30pm – 9:00pm, 1507 Orthodox St., Holiday Tea, N.E. HALL OF FAME, HONORING PAST and 2012 INDUCTEES, Learn about the 2012 NE Hall of Fame inductees, including Frank Shuman (Solar Power) and Leon Sullivan (OIC), and meet/greet former and current ones, including representatives from some of the area’s historic churches. This is our members’ traditional Holiday Tea, so bring desserts or tea sandwiches to share. Refreshments served. Members free; Others $5.00 1507 Orthodox Street, Philadelphia, PA 19124 www.frankfordhistoricalsociety.org
  • Holiday Craft Market – Sun., December 16, 1:30pm – 6:30pm, St. Marks Church, 4442 Frankford Ave., Flying Kite and Philly Swap present a Holiday Craft Market featuring art, crafty vendors, DIY tables & Gift Wrapping, Live Music
  • Frankford Business and Professional Association Meeting – Tue, December 18, 8:30am – 10:00am, Aria Health, 2nd floor conference room
  • PSA 1 Meeting – Thu, December 20, 7pm – 7pm, Aria Hospital 4900 FRANKFORD AVE , PHILA,PA
  • Northeast Philadelphia EPIC Stakeholders Group – Thu, December 27, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
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Frankford’s Mr. Christmas

Let the word go forth, Pete Specos, Mr. Christmas, has his display up and running.  It is well worth a trip down the 4200 block of Orchard Street to see it.

Below is a video of last year’s display but it should be enjoyed in person to be appreciated. Don’t wait until it is featured on local TV, then the traffic down there will really be out of hand.

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Antionette Dawkins Honored at 2012 Heroes of Liberty Gala

Antoinette Dawkins is with Tom Shoemaker TD Bank market president for suburban Pennsylvania and Delaware and Gwen Borowsky, CEO, National Liberty Museum

On November 12th at the Westin Hotel, The National Liberty Museum and TD Bank celebrated a 12-year collaboration that has recognized children’s contributions to the community across the metropolitan Philadelphia area.  Seventeen young honorees from the Philadelphia area were recognized with TD Bank’s Young Heroes Award in 2012 for leadership and creativity through volunteer work, civic and political involvement, school and community leadership, peer mediation, or anti-bullying activities.

The funds raised by the Gala ($150,000) enable the National Liberty Museum to serve all of the community with no cost or low cost education programs.

Antoinette Dawkins – Frankford High School, 2012: Antoinette amassed 1,487 hours of service working on such projects as the Philadelphia Special Olympics, Habitat for Humanity, Philadelphia Cares Day and the Greater MLK Jr. Day of Service. She also served as a project leader for the Danaides Christmas Food and Toy Drive, the American Red Cross Blood Drive and a Baby Food & Clothes Collection Drive, as well as several projects to help the families of students who died in tragic accidents.  She’s been a member of the school’s Peer Mediation, Mentoring, and Anger Management Teams and was a member of the Teen Court program. Antoinette also served as a mentor for a dozen 6th graders at a local elementary school. Additionally, she’s been involved with the LGBT Club at her school to help promote respect for diversity among her fellow students.

Congratulations to Antoinette and all the other honorees.

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Change Comes to PSA1

Lt. Tony Burton

Recent changes in police staffing brought a new captain to the 15th district and a new Lt. to PSA1. Captain John McCloskey moved from the 35th district to take over from Captain Frank Bachmayer.  Lt. Tony Burton was recently promoted and will take over PSA1 from Lt. Derrick Wood.

Lt. Burton attended the PSA1 meeting on the 27th along with officers Austin and Andrews.  There was a good turnout with about 20 residents present.

The situation on the 4700 block of Griscom is stable. Drugs continue to be present but violence has declined.  The squatter in the house on the block continues to be an issue and plans by the owner of the property to press charges are moving forward.

The drug problem in the area of Frankford and Foulkrod continues.  When the police are present it goes indoors but when they are absent it is public and blatant.  The building behind the Sugar & Spice store on Foulkrod is a hot spot and L&I is working on that issue.  One business in that area is known to be cooperating with the drug dealers.  Residents are advised to call the police when the see drug activity to get it on the record.

The 5000 block of Griscom is quieter but there are still problems.

Lt. Burton noted that it might be productive to target a particular area for increased police presence in order to clean up that small area.  The effect would be to disrupt the drug business and see immediate improvement.  The residents at the meeting all agreed that the area of the FTC from Bridge down to Pratt is the most active and would benefit most.  The Lt. is looking into that strategy.

The next PSA1 meeting will be on December 20th at 7PM at Aria Hospital.