Frankford Gazette

I posted our first poll last month about the Art Holiday more as an experiment than for any other reason. However a good number of people responded and the results are in.

Not many of us miss that venerable old institution. My opinion is that the Art Holiday was a blight on our neighborhood that served to mock the “Welcome to Frankford” signs on Womrath park.

On a nice sunny day you would drive up Frankford avenue coming up from Torresdale and see the Womrath park in all its greenery and there find a pleasant sign welcoming you to the neighborhood. Then as you get to the end of the block, there was the Art Holiday with the dirt and trash and prostitutes offering a welcome of a different sort.

Now, hopefully, it is gone forever, never to rise again. We were fools to have tolerated its existence all those years.

Residents of the 179th Legislative District are invited to a free senior fair on Friday, August 17 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the New Frankford Community Y at 4700 Leiper St .

My staff and I will be available to answer your questions on prescription drug programs, health insurance, property tax/rent relief and more.

Come test your checkers skills in our checkers tournament, play some chess against a new friend, or be one of the lucky ones who wins a prize in our raffle.

This is a great opportunity to have some fun, meet your neighbors in the community and learn about the programs and services for which you may qualify. For more information, please call or visit either of my constituent service offices.

We have a new poll over to the right. Please let us know how you feel about the sale for the Third Federal building.

The Northeast Times provides a detailed synopsis of what has transpired. Read it here: http://www.northeasttimes.com/2007/0809/eastfrankford.html