Using tongs, Jim Moran sticks a long, thin piece of wire into the small but very hot fire of the blacksmith’s forge.
When he removes the metal, the tip is white hot.
Lauren Cosamano of Scotia sits on the front steps of her North Toll Street home with her 8-month-old son, Anthony. The home to the right at 121 North Toll is in pre-foreclosure status, and two other homes on the block have entered into pre-foreclosure in the past year.