By Amanda L. Snyder
The City has contributed $20,000 to a reward for the Point Breeze man allegedly responsible for fatally wounding a bystander in Grays Ferry last month.
By Amanda L. Snyder
“Bullets don’t have a name,” Unity in the Community Founder Anton Moore said to the crowd gathered outside Clarice Douglas’ home on the 1500 block of South Corlies Street April 25.
By Amanda L. Snyder
A man was able to muscle his door shut to avoid a home invasion early Monday.
By Amanda L. Snyder
Two men hopped from an auto and robbed a man in Grays Ferry before returning to their wheels Sunday afternoon.
By Joseph Myers
A Friday shooting left a 45-year-old woman dead and a 23-year-old man in critical condition.
By Amanda L. Snyder
With only two contested South Philly state representative races, a pair of new faces is headed to the General Election.
To the Editor: PAWS has great news, especially for low-income pet owners in 19143, 19145 or 19146: You can have your pets spayed/neutered for free at our clinic, 2900 Grays Ferry Ave., thanks to funding from PetSmart Charities and the ASPCA.
Greater Grays Ferry Community Council, 1501 S. 29th St., removed litter from alleyways, among other locations, during the City’s fifth annual event.
By Amanda L. Snyder
A Grays Ferry man was pinned for allegedly stealing from a City Avenue store and attacking an employee who confronted him.
Three Democratic candidates aim to be voted to a vacant seat in Harrisburg.
By Amanda L. Snyder
Police nabbed a Grays Ferry man for a Feb. 25 East Passyunk Crossing and Passyunk Square incident and then linked him to an earlier Lower Moyamensing holdup after police compared video surveillance.
Don’t Shoot...I Want a Future presents its first annual summer kickball league for boys and girls ages 5 to 13. Games will be played 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays April 28 to Aug. 11 at Donald Finnegan Playground, 3000 Oakford St. Teams should have 10 players, and all houses of worship, nonprofits, youth groups, community centers and PAL teams are welcome. Call Ella, 215-410-1037....
»COMMUNITY PROFILE
Boundaries: Grays Ferry to Passyunk avenues, 25th Street to the Schuylkill River
Origin of Name: The area’s official moniker is derived from one of the boundary avenues and dates to 1970.
Brief history: The economic development of local mills and factories started attracting master craftsmen to the neighborhood in the 1860s. Earlier in the 19th century, the Schuylkill Arsenal, which has a historical marker at Washington and Grays Ferry avenues, is where Meriwether Lewis bought supplies in preparation for the Lewis and Clark Expedition from 1803-'06. The factory also supplied military goods for the Civil War and the two World Wars.
Famous Residents: Jerry Rullo, who played pro basketball with the 1947 Philadelphia Warriors; Former Pennsylvania Secretary of State Basil L. Merenda of the 1900 block of South Hollywood Street
Major Landmarks: Conrail Bridge, aka 25th Street Bridge; Audenried High, 33rd and Tasker streets; the former St. John Neumann High, 26th and Moore; Philadelphia branch of the Trigen Energy Corp., 3501 Grays Ferry Ave.; Sunoco Refinery, 3144 W. Passyunk Ave., and a quirk: A tiny area called The Forgotten Bottom in the refinery’s shadow on 34th Street.
Architecture: Brick rowhomes; several blocks have elevated front lawns.
U.S. Congressional District: 2nd, Chaka Fattah (D)
U.S. Senators: Bob Casey (D); Pat Toomey (R)
Pennsylvania Governor: Tom Corbett (R)
State Senate District 8th, Anthony H. Williams (D)
State House District: 182nd, Babette Josephs (D) and 186th, Kenyatta Johnson (D)
City Council District: 2nd, Council President Anna Verna (D)
Ward: 30th and 48th
Police District: 1st (south of Moore), Capt. Louis Campione and Community Relations Officer Paul Bryson; 17th (north of Moore), Capt. Anthony Washington and Community Relations Officer Horace Gibson
Civic Groups: Grays Ferry Community Council
Libraries: Queen Memorial, 1201 S. 23rd St.
Schools: James Alcorn School, 32nd and Dickinson streets; Charles Y. Audenried High, 3301 Tasker St.; St. Gabriel, 2917 Dickinson St.
Places Of Worship: Assumption of the Holy Virgin Orthodox Church, 2800 Snyder Ave.; Butler Memorial Baptist Church, 1210 S. 35th St.; Consolation Baptist Church, 2500 Wharton St.; Greater Mount Pleasant Baptist Church, 1219 S. 26th St.; Hope Presbyterian Church, 33rd and Wharton streets; John Chambers Memorial Presbyterian Church, 28th and Morris streets; Light of the World Chapel, 1256 S. 31st St.; The Lighthouse Christian Center, 30th and Wharton streets; Memorial Chapel of Holy Communion Rectory, 2631 Wharton St.; Miracle Temple of Christ, 2600 Tasker St.; Peoples Mission Church, 2536 Wilder St.; St. Aloysius Church, 2600 Tasker St.; St. Gabriel’s Roman Catholic Church, 2917 Dickinson St.; Williams Temple Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, 3133 Reed St.; Zion Hill Memorial Baptist Church, 2702 Ellsworth St.
Rec Centers: South Philadelphia Rainbow Community Center, 2632 Reed St.; Vare, 26th and Morris streets; Wilson Park Senior Center, 2508 Jackson St.
Parks: Donald P. Finnegan Playground, 30th and Oakford; Lanier Playground, 30th and Tasker streets; Stinger Square Playground, 32nd and Reed streets.
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