Parkside News

IF ANYBODY WAS born to participate in Pennsylvania's Fresh Food Financing Initiative, it's Jeff Brown.

WHO SAYS WE can't get anything right in Philadelphia? An innovative effort to bring supermarkets and fresh food to poor neighborhoods has been so successful, it has spawned imitators elsewhere and earned its creators a visit to the White House.

A 19th District police officer was treated at a hospital last night after police said he was intentionally knocked off a bicycle in the Parkside section of West Philadelphia by a dirt-bike rider who fled, leaving his green-and-white Kawasaki behind.

Part of a cinder-block wall atop a Bethel Park shopping center collapsed on Friday, raining debris on about a half-dozen vehicles and damaging two storefronts but injuring no one, emergency officials and ...

A 54-year-old man is in critical but stable condition after being hit multiple times in the face and head with an ax in Frankford yesterday, police said.

Police/fire radio glitch 'a non-event event' Another suspicious fire erupts in Coatesville; reward rises to 20G Cops say Delco doc traded prescriptions for sex Warehouse hit by armed robber for the third time ...

Two people were killed and two wounded in separate shooting incidents 10-minutes apart last night in the western part of the city.

UPLAND, Pa. - January 23, 2009 -- It's bizarre to see a man walking down the street wearing nothing but a hospital gown and flip flops, but in one case, it proved helpful to police.

The Chester Upland School District plans to match a federal grant it is receiving in order to invest around $500,000 in security cameras in schools and buses and other security technology.

Borough officials are seeking grants to finance major capital improvements. At a recent Community Development Block Grant hearing, council opted to pursue county funding for two wish list projects.

There are three basics for a true taste of Philadelphia: Tastykakes, soft pretzels and cheese steaks.

Still need to get a word to Santa before Christmas? Here's where you can find him: Santa tour of Parkside Santa Claus will be making the rounds on his sleigh in Parkside with an escort from the Parkside Fire ...

Goal: $50,000 Given Today: $1,875 Given to Date: $17,595 Thanks to the generous employees of Opdenaker Trash Removal in Aston who gave $700 to the 38th annual Salvation Army/Daily Times Merry Christmas Fund and ...