From kyw1060.com:
Four people — including three Philadelphia firefighters — were injured Monday afternoon in a rowhome blaze in Frankford.
The fire started in a home along the 5300 block of Charles Street just after 3pm.
Officials say three firefighters were hurt.  Two were taken to Temple University Hospital with minor burns.  Another was taken to Jeanes Hospital [...]

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Trying to scope out some more information on the Art holiday transaction, we Googled the location listed on the BRT site for the owner.  6103 5th Avenue in Brooklyn is listed as the address for Compu City, a computer sales and service company.  The web site is basic and not very functional.  The business telephone is [...]

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We can’t let it pass without noting that Frankford won the public league championship.
Juan Namnun could have predicted as much.
“Jon’s our leader, any way you slice it,” said Namnun, the Pioneers’ first-year coach. “He’s our energy, our soul, our spirit. Anything we get going, he’s the one who does it.”
Thanks to a 15-5, six-inning win [...]

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Back in April, Penndot had a public meeting at Frankford High School to discuss the changes planned for the Bridge Street/Aramingo Avenue interchanges.  This is a link to their website with a summary of what is proposed to happen at this point.  Construction would not begin before 2012.
If you live in Frankford and use I-95 or [...]

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Well, according to Philly.com, it’s not Gary Jackson.  They say he lives in Frankford but since they did not give his address, we’ll leave that alone.  The real question is - why is this news.  It should be standard practice.
The city-state Gun Violence Task Force announced yesterday that it has seized a 2003 Hummer in [...]

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