March 6, 2008 edition


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COVER STORY:

Captive colors

There was always something about that big mural on the side of a building at 22nd Street and Lehigh Avenue in North Philly that attracted Dennis Reeder.
The alfresco painting seemed to hold a deep message for Reeder, 20, and other young men in the neighborhood.
"Probably about two years ago it was completed," Reeder said. “It has a lot of children’s faces and on top there are a lot of different professions and it says, ‘I have a dream, too.’ It sends a positive message to a neighborhood that doesn’t have a lot of mentors.”

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Editorial:

Captain’s choice

You don’t need a criminal justice degree to know that steering the ship in the toughest of Northeast Philadelphia’s four police districts is no piece of cake. Kudos to Capt. Frank Bachmayer, top cop in the 15th district, upon whom the Fraternal Order of Police has bestowed its Commanders Award . . .

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