MEETING POSTPONED: The Northwood Civic Association meeting will be postponed until next Tuesday, October 25th. Please pass this around as best you can….Sorry for the late notice but some board members can’t make it and I have a work related commitment.
It has been years since the first neighbor on the 2000 block of Margaret Street came to the Frankford Civic Association meeting and complained about the maintenance of the Harding Middle School property on the Margaret Street side.
The School District mows the grass and keeps the weeds off the sidewalk on the property near the school but on that big section of the property closest to Margaret Street, it looks like a dump. On the Ditman Street side you can barely walk on the sidewalk for the weeds that block the passage. On the Margaret side, passersby are greeted by weeds on the lot that are three feet high or more.
In August when the neighbors on Margaret Street had a block party they cut the weeds on the lot closest to Margaret in order to make it look a little better. They have made numerous complaints to 311 and nothing changes.
The most recent 311 case number was 10879517. According to 311 records, an inspection was made on August 31st and a violation notice was issued. A re-inspection was made on September 13th where no improvement was noted. An inspection was made on September 23rd and the case was closed. This would indicate that the problem was resolved however as you can see from the video below that these weeds did not grow this high in the last 2 weeks.
Do you think this would go on if this was private property?
When we finished the draft of this story we sent it over to the School District for comment and got an email back on Wednesday from Kevin Geary, Chief of External Relations who said ”
Thank you for sending this. We were closed yesterday due to the Jewish new year.
We will clear sidewalk and cut field today. Our field attendant has been out sick for 4 weeks…
Background: Our field attendant has been out sick for 4 weeks. Our supervisor should have caught and shifted resources but did not.
We went out to have a look on Saturday and true to his word, well take a look at the video below.
In Spring we’ll check back to see if is being maintained. Thanks Kevin Geary for your help.
The Catholic Daughters, Court St. Francis de Sales #2617 will hold the 19th Annual Tricky Trays at St. Joachim Hall 1527 Church St. on Sunday, October 30, 2016, 11:30 am-3 pm.
Admittance $5.00, $3.00 kids 5-12. Includes 2 raffle tickets and 1 trip to kitchen, dessert at the break. Additional raffles and food available for purchase.
Bring canned goods for Matthew 25 Food Cupboard and receive another raffle ticket. Kids wear a costume. Best costume wins a prize.
Lawrence Clay Jackson was born April 17, 1954, in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. He went to Smedley Elementary, Harding Jr. High, Frankford High School and Rutgers University. He was a Baptist at Christ Stronghold. Clay, as he was known, joined the United States Marines in August 1974 and did his basic training at Paris Island, North Carolina. He also served at El Toro, California. He received numerous awards and was promoted to the rank of E4 (Corporal). He was honorably discharged in 1973. Clay is a tenor sax (Jazz) – The Tone P, a Postal worker for 30 years and American Legion Post 224 Finance Officer. He is also an active member of Keystone V.I.P. Choice.
James Gary was born on July 6, 1959, in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. James attended Stearne Elementary, Harding Junior High, and Frankford High School. James enlisted in the Army in 1975 and did his basic training at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then he was shipped to Germany. While serving, he received numerous awards and certificates and was promoted to the bank of E3 (PFC). James was honorably discharged in 1979 and he became an employee at Progress Electric Company. He is an active in American Legion Post 224, the Frankford Chargers and the Boys and Girls Club. James loves traveling, shopping crabbing and barbering.
Leonard E. Jaynes was born January 22, 1946, in the Frankford section of Philadelphia. He attended Smedley Elementary, Harding Junior High, Frankford High School and St. Joseph’s. He enlisted in the Army on July 13, 1966, and was stationed at Fort Gordon Georgia. He then served time in Korea and at the Redstone Arsenal. Leonard received numerous awards and was promoted to the rank of E4 (SP4) and was honorably discharged. He became a silversmith at Keystone Silver Company and is now he is employed at Home Depot. He is an active member of Philadelphia Express Trac Club and is also a member of American Legion Post 224 and participates in other community projects. Leonard is also is a great poet and track runner.
