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Next week in Frankford

  • COMMUNITY PRAYER SERVICE
    When-Sat, Nov 8, 3p – 4pm
    Where-FRANKFORD MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Corner of Dyre & Oakland Streets (map)
    Description-LET’S SHOW OUR SUPPORT FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS OF THE 15TH DISTRICT PLEDGE TO BE A PRAYER ANGEL FOR AN OFFICER VOLUNTEER TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRAYING FOR AN OFFICER’S DAILY SAFETY. INFO WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE SERVICE. COMMUNITY PRAYER SERVICE PRAYER FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR POLICE
  • Historical Society of Frankford Program
    When-Tue, Nov 11, 7p – 8pm
    Where-1507 Orthodox Street Philadelphia, PA 19124 (map)
    Description-The Al Schmidt Story Presented by Harry Silcox
  • Tree plantng at Overington Park
    When-Sat, Nov 15, 10am – 12pm
    Where-Overington Park (map)
    Description-We will be planting 10 new trees on Nov. 15 from 10 am till 12 noon. We need help putting in the new trees. Please stop by and lend a hand.
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Frankford is now closed

I attended the Frankford Civic meeting last night and I have to admit it made me think.  On one hand, you have a few good people dedicating their time to pulling Frankford up.  On the other hand, you have a ton of people dedicating their time to dragging Frankford down.  There will be a report about the meeting next week in the Northeast Times.  The following is my rant on the issues that we confront.

  • Frankford is now closed to out of area landlords who are only interested in milking property for every penny they can get without consideration for the havoc their tenants wreak on our community.
  • Frankford is now closed to drug rehab houses who are only interested in collecting government money and do not care about the residents of those houses.
  • Frankford is now closed to any more drug treatment centers at all.  We now have more than is necessary to accommodate the entire population of Harrisburg.
  • Frankford is now closed to property owners who are doing illegal conversions.
  • Frankford is now closed to absentee owners who don’t maintain their property.
  • Frankford is now closed to drug users, bums, loafers and pan handlers. Get off drugs, get it together and get a job.
  • Frankford is now closed to former prisoners who don’t have any interest in getting their lives back together.  Go live where you grew up.  It was not here.

Some good things are in the works for Frankford.  We will get there one way or the other but we will get there faster without the people described about standing in the way.  When the Frankford Civic starts the membership drive, consider joining.  Come to a meeting if you want to find out what is really happening.  Make sure the future of Frankford is open to you.

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Historical Society of Frankford

From the Northeast Times this week:

The Historical Society of Frankford is looking for a few good volunteers. Well, make that more than a few.
The society, which has existed since 1905, is in dire need of people who can donate their time to help run the historical society’s museum as well as organize and catalog it’s collections.
During a recent community meeting and forum, Jack McCarthy, the society archivist and director of planning, expressed the concern of the organization’s board members.

Read the entire story here.