July 3, 2008 edition


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The Frankford spirit

For Herb Frayer, the decision to open a business in Frankford was a no-brainer.
After all, the middle-aged merchant with a perpetual smile and a good attitude was born and raised in this lower Northeast neighborhood.
And while he has since moved away, he probably spends more time in Frankford than ever before, operating a six-day-a-week dry cleaning business on Frankford Avenue.
"It just seemed like the logical thing to do. I felt most comfortable here," Frayer said of his decision to open S & A Cleaners on the commercial corridor eight years ago . . . .

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Editorial:

Get to know Frankford

There’s an old saying, "Philadelphia’s not as bad as Philadelphians say it is." Let’s narrow that down a bit. Frankford’s not as bad as Philadelphians say it is.
With crime serving as an occasional reminder that Frankford is not necessarily the safest place in which to live and/or work, it may appear to be pie in the sky to contend that Frankford may not be a lost cause just yet, and that maybe it’s not too far gone, it’s not a hopeless case.
Well, gentle readers, muggings, shootings and assaults are . . .

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