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From the Northeast Times:
Simone Woods and Lisa Lewis are taking full advantage of the Northeast EARN Center’s community service program.
Woods and Lewis are single moms who are clients at EARN, an acronym for Employment Advancement Retention Network. The office is located at 4739 Frankford Ave. (map).
The agency, which opened in November 2006, seeks to find work for people.
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Congratulations to Quinten White, a 6-3, 195-pound outside linebacker from Cardinal Dougherty.
White and a Dougherty teammate, Keith Dockery, attended a 1-day combine that happened to be held at Temple. Working with the defensive backs, White performed well. Owls assistant Curtis Bray pulled him aside and suggested he attend coach Al Golden’s camp. He did.
“Up to then I’d only been hearing from Bloomsburg and Shippensburg,” said White, who lives near Frankford and Church (map), in Frankford, and intends to become a fitness trainer. “But to go to coach Golden’s camp and then be told, ‘We’re looking at you,’ that really got my attention. I was pretty excited. On the way home on the bus, I was calling my friends. ‘Guess what happened today! . . . ‘ “
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Our new mayor has embraced focussed on the need to raise the educational level of the citizens of Philadelphia. New companies looking to relocate here look for an educated labor pool as one of the requirements for filling new jobs if the settle in this region. Philadelphia lags far behind other areas in that department and it is good to see someone actually decide to do something about it.
The school district has already taken some steps in that direction with the Parent Leadership Academy. With that in mind we offer this announcement of the classes that will begin on Tuesday January 29th. It’s a great opportunity to get a new start. Spread the word.
ANNOUNCEMENT
THE PARENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY IS OFFERING FREE GED CLASSES EVERY
TUESDAY & THURSDAY 6PM – 8PM
@
LINDDONFIELD HOMES
8800 JACKSON STREET (SENIOR BLDG.)
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19136
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL: 215-335-5339
It is exciting to see the pre-eminent Frankford cultural institution (Historical Society of Frankford Google map)taking a leadership role in this new venture of the historical societies of the northeast. Everybody stand up and cheer and then support them in every way possible. Read the entire story in the Northeast Times.
From the Northeast Times:
The Frankford Civic Association opened its meeting last week with a moment of silence for Peggy Hoch, its longtime president and the founder of Tackawanna Against Drugs. Funeral services were held Saturday for Hoch, who died of lung cancer on Jan. 4. The 73-year-old Frankford activist was laid out in her Tackawanna Against Drugs sweatshirt. Her 15th Police District curfew center shirt was folded neatly beside her.
The civic association, formerly known as the East Frankford Civic Association, is still waiting for official paperwork from Harrisburg to finalize its more inclusive name-change.
An agenda item to form committees was tabled until next month.
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