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Boondoggle Mayor Cherelle Parker announced an $800 million Housing Opportunities Made Easy (HOME) to build or repair 30,000 homes. It’s going to be interesting to see how many houses become available out of the $800 million. Splitting it among 7 different agencies becomes rather costly. Each agency has its own staff with payroll, benefits and […]

• Danielle McFadden was among 32 University of Scranton students inducted into Upsilon Phi Delta, the national honor society for graduate and undergraduate students in healthcare administration programs. Students must have a minimum overall grade point average of 3.5 for induction. McFadden is a senior pursuing a health administration degree from the Jesuit university. • […]

The third annual Matthew Coll Gift of Life Games took place recently at Tacony Academy Charter High School. Matthew Coll, of Fox Chase, graduated from Tacony Academy in 2018 and was a member of the baseball team. He died in February 2022, two weeks after being involved as a passenger in a car accident at […]

Domino was found by police tied up alone on a cold November night. She was brought to the local municipal shelter as a stray where she waited for someone to notice her. Now, she is in foster care. Domino is about a year and a half old. She is house trained, crate trained and sleeps […]

Tournament officials announced the field for the Truist Championship, which will be contested at the Philadelphia Cricket Club, in Flourtown, from May 7-11. Sponsor exemptions for the Truist Championship include Rickie Fowler, Keith Mitchell, Jordan Spieth and Gary Woodland. The Truist Championship will feature 72 of the PGA Tour’s best players headlined by defending champion […]

The deadline is Monday, May 5, to register to vote in the May 20 primary. Visit vote.phila.gov/register The deadline is 5 p.m. on May 13 to apply for an application to vote by mail in the primary. All registered Philadelphia voters are entitled to vote by mail in the primary. Completed mail-in votes are due […]

COMMUNITY CALENDAR Dear Readers: Email listings to news@northeasttimes.com Thursday, May 8 EVENTS Bingo Cannstatter’s, 9130 Academy Road. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Bingo starts at 6:30. 215-322-0121. Healing Movement with Donna Price KleinLife, 10100 Jamison Ave. 9:30 a.m. For adults 60+. Line Dancing Rosemary Montagno Senior Center, 12601 Townsend Road. 10:30 a.m. to noon. 215-673-7734. […]

Like many folks who grew up in the Northeast, Dan McMeans recalls plenty of good times.  “I have a lot of fond memories of Lawndale,” he said. McMeans grew up at 307 Magee Ave. after living for a few years in Overbrook. In the 1970s, from ages 13-18, he and a group of friends hung […]