Rev Adan A. Mairena, of West Kensington Ministries, is a New Church development of the Presbytery of Philadelphia Presbyterian Church. On Christmas, December 25, 2012 he was alone at the church at Hancock and Susquehanna sorting out donated presents to deliver to children of his congregation. Rev. Adan stopped by the home of Viviana Martinez to present donated gifts to her 8children. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Interstate General Media
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Friday, December 21, 2012
Photo: Philadelphia police and SWAT team officers search for suspects along Stevens near Castor on Friday. #philly @phillypolice
Philadelphia police and SWAT team officers were on the 1400 block of Stevens searching for suspects in a shooting that took place in this same area on Friday morning December 21, 2012. Two males were taken into custody by police at the scene. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Interstate General Media
Photo: Flooding along Delaware Ave #philly #flooding Friday, December 21, 2012
Picture of Philadelphia Marine Unit officer looks into an abandoned car along Delaware Ave on Friday morning. Motorists along Delaware Ave in Philadelphia deal with flood waters after heavy rain passed through the area on December 21, 2012. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Interstate General Media
Monday, December 17, 2012
Photo: Upper Dublin High School in Fort Washington, PA goes into lock down Monday.
Security personal noticed some unusual activity in the hallways at Upper Dublin High School in Fort Washington, PA on Monday, December 17, 2012. Teacher and administrators put the school into lock down until Upper Dublin policed cleared the incident which turned out to be an umbrella slung over the shoulder of a student. The umbrella was mistaken for a rifle on secuity cameras. These photographs are of students and parents leaving the school Monday after the lock down was lifted. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Interstate General Media
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Photo: Fralinger's String Band storage facility destroyed by fire. Pics from day after
Members of Fralinger's String Band gather along S. 2nd Street in S. Philadelphia on Tuesday morning December 11, 2012. Their storage facility caught on fire yesterday going four alarms destroying props for upcoming Mummers Day Parade here in Philadelphia on New Years Day. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Interstate General Media
Photo: Fralinger's String Band storage facility destroyed by fire. Pics from day after
Members of Fralinger's String Band gather along S. 2nd Street in S. Philadelphia on Tuesday morning December 11, 2012. Their storage facility caught on fire yesterday going four alarms destroying props for upcoming Mummers Day Parade here in Philadelphia on New Years Day. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Interstate General Media
Monday, December 10, 2012
Photo: @phillypolice #philly Barricaded man at Ditman and Magee in Tacony section on Monday
Philadelphia Police were at the scene of a barricaded man at Ditman and Magee in lower northeast Philadelphia on Monday morning December 12, 2012. Police and SWAT units were working to talk him out. No details as to why he barricaded himself. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Interstate General Media
Photo: Shooting in #philly at Wayne Ave and Clapier in Germantown @phillypolice
Philadelphia police investigate a shooting along Wayne Ave at Clapier in the Germantown section of the city on Monday morning December 10, 2012. Shown in foreground is Pat Redmond, aka Mrs. Pat, Heart of Philly community liaison at the crime scene. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer ? © 2012 Interstate General Media
Friday, December 7, 2012
Photo: #armynavy Pull up competition at Liberty Place in Philadelphia
Army and Navy compete head to head in a pull up competition at Liberty Place during a pep rally on Friday, December 7, 2012. Navy won the event. Pictured at left is Midshipman Kahra Kelty of Odenton, Maryland making her contribution to the pull up competition. Alejandro A. Alvarez / Philadelphia Daily News / © 2012 Interstate General Media







































