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Crime

Frankford: Coming Together to Stop the Violence

May 6, 2016 Sienna I Vance 0

Frankford residents take matters into their own hands. At a spring community meeting at St. Mark’s Church on Frankford Avenue, residents discussed the growing epidemic of violence in the neighborhood. According to Philadelphia Inquirer’s Crime […]

Business

Frankford: Quaker School Prioritizes STEM Education for Students

May 5, 2016 Sienna I Vance 0

Students at Frankford Friends School know what it means to be innovative, especially in the subjects of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. These areas of study, coined as STEM, are the new focuses of Frankford […]

Education

Frankford: “There is So Much to Do And So Little Time”

February 9, 2016 Sienna I Vance and Shannon Jeanne Senour 0

Christine DeJesus has been working as the Frankford Neighborhood Advisory coordinator for four years and she has a plethora of responsibilities. She cares strongly about the Frankford community, which is why she has devoted her […]

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