
Newly released, “Frankford Heroes, 2nd Edition”, written by Bob Smiley and Richard Johnson, takes us from a small 17th Century village in Philadelphia county to a 21st Century neighborhood in the city of Philadelphia, PA. Frankford has a long history of proud military service. This new edition has the stories 190 brave men and women, 147 of them would not return from war.
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Through Tuesday evening, May 26, we will donate 10% of monies raised to St. Mark’s Church and Court St. Francis de Sales #2617 of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas for their Matthew 25 Food Cupboard. Thank you!
I heard from other people that the trashed in Frankford used to be very bad 4, 5 or 6 years ago. Now it is better than it used to be but it is still have a long way to go. The program that Mr. Wisniewski bring is good for Frankford. Hope It stays.
As I was walking down the Ave the other day to get the the FTC I noticed the Ave was very dirty. The sweepers were walking up the Ave picking up an item now and then but generally left most of it behind. I noticed that no cigarette butts were being picked up. There were hundreds of thousands of them between Margaret and Orthodox and the FTC. The sidewalks were very dirty. I made the same walk the following week and it was still just as bad. Maybe they need a mechanical sweeper like the old FSSD had or maybe the sweepers on those two days just were not working very hard but it was not getting clean. I am not impressed with the work and I can understand why the merchants are complaining.
Keep up the good work! Frankford will come back. Trust me. Be a believer! Look what happened to Harlem and for that matter Northern Liberties. Frankford has potential. Look at the architectural craftmanship in the housing and look at how close it is to Center City ( I-95 and the el).