Arrest in senior attack

A man police said attacked and robbed an 80-year-old woman inside her home on the 2300 block of South 12th Street was charged with a slew of offenses.

Robert Benckert, 27, from the 2400 block of South 12th Street, knocked on the victim’s door at about 7 p.m…

A grade above

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After the last day of school, for the first time in Barratt Middle School’s 81-year history, the eighth-graders did not graduate.

They did have a ceremony at Penn’s Landing Caterers June 19, complete with whooping, applauding, awards and “Pomp…

A strong Breeze

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Students at the Point Breeze Performing Arts Center showed they’ve got plenty of moves — not to mention potential — during last weekend’s social arts performance at the Marian Anderson Recreation Center.

Queen of the court

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It could be a long time before an athlete like Gloria Brown walks through the hallways of 10th and Moore streets again.

The 6-foot-2 center graduated from Neumann-Goretti with more than 1,800 points, 1,200 rebounds and 400 blocks — all…

Demanding answers

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A new state-of-the-art $3.6 million community center at Wilson Park Apartments houses a…

Flourishing works

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It must have something to do with controlling the composition of a scene, with so many photographers being gardeners and so many gardeners being photographers.

By the book

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Freedom Week kicks off tonight, but the real fun for me is the spectacular fireworks on Fourth of July. This year we are going to a party in a high rise so there will be no outdoor grilling on America’s birthday.

Worldly Eyes

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Within months of earning his master’s in communication from the Royal College of Art in London, Steve Langdon was on a plane headed for Rwanda to photograph refugee camps on a United Nations-sanctioned mission.

Summer outrage

Stop worrying about whether Paris Hilton got off easy. Stop worrying about whether Scooter Libby got what he deserved. You don’t have to leave Philadelphia for a better example of how there is one set of justice for the power brokers and another for the rest of us. Just look at Eli Karetny and Michael…

Summer outrage

Stop worrying about whether Paris Hilton got off easy. Stop worrying about whether Scooter Libby got what he deserved. You don’t have to leave Philadelphia for a better example of how there is one set of justice for the power brokers and another for the rest of us. Just look at Eli Karetny and Michael…