East Germantown News

The Philadelphia School Partnership will announce Friday that it is awarding a $1.5 million grant to Wissahickon Charter School in Nicetown to help it expand.

AN EAST Germantown man accused of preying upon young girls in his neighborhood, raping four at gunpoint since March, was arrested yesterday, police said.

Even though he was never within 50 miles of Merion's East course that historic week.

According to police, a car stopped at a stop sign at 21st Street and Medary Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Someone in the vehicle began firing from the passenger side, striking victims in the shoulder, legs and buttocks.

Police say three teenagers and a man were injured by gunfire from a car as they were standing outside a corner store in north Philadelphia.