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Peggy Hoch said “No”. It was a simple as that. She saw what was going on around her and with simple courage, took a stand and made a difference. That is her legacy for Frankford and for the city as well. That is the example she set. If we would all do as much, what a wonderful world it would be.
Read more in this week’s Northeast Times.
Her obituary in the Inquirer.
From Philly.com today:
A 39-year-old man and a 15-year-old boy were shot in the legs yesterday at about 3:30 p.m. on Frankford Avenue near Foulkrod Street in the Northeast. The man was admitted to Frankford Hospital-Torresdale and the teenager to St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children. Police did not identify the victims.
No other details available at this time.
Our home of the week still looks like Christmas. No the decorations are still not up but I took this one shortly before New Years day. It’s in the 4500 block of Worth Street (Google map).
We are back this week with another home. We passed this one on Dyre Street. Not only is does the home standout but their pride in the new graduate makes it our home of the week.
From the Inquirer today:
A 16-year-old girl told police that she was repeatedly raped Thursday after being abducted on her way to school, police said yesterday.
Police last night said they were questioning a suspect, a man in his 30s, and expected to charge him overnight.
The girl, a sophomore at Simon Gratz High School, was walking through a park area in the 1300 block of Orthodox Street on her way to catch the Market-Frankford El around 7 a.m. when she allegedly was confronted by a man with a gun, said Capt. John Darby, commander of the Special Victims Unit.
Read the entire story here and an update here and the Northeast Times.
