Frankford Community Blog | Local News, Events, Community Resources
Former employees of the Budd Company may have a pension benefit waiting to be claimed even if you did not qualify at the time you left their employment. They are in Chapter 11 bankrupcy but the pension fund still is active and they recently sent this letter below to one former Frankford Budd employee.
If you have a pension available they are offering a lump sum payment for a limited time as an option. Call the number in the letter or go to the web site at this link.
We are going on a field trip to see the Fall colors and Chrysanthemum Festival at Longwood Gardens on Saturday, November 19, 2016
TICKETS from Frankford Garden Club: Members-$7, Guests-$17, Children, 5 to 18 years-$7
Frankford Garden Club Membership:Individual -$10, Family – $15
Please call to reserve a seat as soon as possible!
Call Janet at 267-982-9620 or email here at jamberstone@gmail.com or Johnnie Mae Parker at 215-537-0145
Eugene Thomas was profiled in Philadelphia Neighborhoods last week by Jared Phillips and Sabrina Silva.
Thomas, 27, has been the corridor cleaning manager at Frankford Community Development Corporation for the past three years. After graduating from Frankford High School and receiving a scholarship to attend culinary school in New Hampshire, Thomas has found a new calling in community service.
Get the rest of the story at this link.
The question is:
AMENDING THE MANDATORY JUDICIAL RETIREMENT AGE
Shall the Pennsylvania Constitution be amended to require that justices of the Supreme Court, judges, and magisterial district judges be retired on the last day of the calendar year in which they attain the age of 75 years?
At present the mandatory retirement age is 70, so you are raising the retirement age if you vote yes. If you vote no, you are keeping it at 70.
We take no position one way or the other. You can read the details here on balottpedia.
It dawned cool (some might have called it cold), rainy and a breeze was moving in for Frankford’s first official 5k benefiting the Frankford Business and Professional Association on October 22nd.
The 5K was the brain child of Nafisah Lewis who talked about it in 2013 when I met her at the 5K at Harding Middle School in Frankford for the school’s CHICK’s health and welfare program. Lewis took up running later in life and began with BGR (Black Girls Run).
The Harding run drew a great crowd and attention to Frankford with the sponsorship of Black Thought’s GrassROOTS Foundation.
As you can see from the pictures there was a great crowd this year from all over the area. I met one lady from Springfield, Delaware County who wanted to be here for the first race. The track team from Frankford Friends turned out in force after raising the funds to enter. BGR (Black Girls Run) was well represented as well as runners from all over Frankford.
The results were:
It was a great day for Frankford and another milestone on the road to the future.
