Rap’s comeback

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Tone Love was 18 years old when he went from spouting off freestyle rhymes with his friends to part of a rap group — and a movement — that would change music forever.

Killed in Hawthorne

A bicycle lying near a bleeding man were the only remnants of an early Saturday morning homicide in Hawthorne.

Shortly after 6 a.m., motorists flagged down police in the area and alerted them to the victim on the 700 block of South Broad Street near Fitzwater Street…

No Vacancy

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When the Neumann-Goretti football team opens camp Monday morning, the players will see a familiar face, but now he’ll be running the show.

Bill Sytsma, the man who served as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the last two seasons…

Bringing the Heat

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The Neumann-Goretti baseball program isn’t accustomed to being part of a championship series.

After finishing the 2007 Catholic League season with a 3–18 mark, and being well out of the playoff picture, the Saints just kept on going all…

The picture of kindness

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Maria Pandolfi is using creativity and color to teach local youths respect for life starts at the smallest level.

Standing back from the wall in the hallway leading to the school’s cafeteria, the G.W. Childs Elementary School…

Trattoria La Costiera

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Ten years ago, I discovered Trattoria La Costiera, a small BYOB on Oregon Avenue owned and operated by a family from Naples. I recall a delicious dish of orecchiette prepared with bits of slightly spicy sausage and broccoli rabe. It was the first time I…

The right instincts

I’m a fan of the morning Michael Smerconish show, if not always of his politics. Smerconish has been beating the drum for a change in the Bush administration policy of hands-off the Osama bin Laden sanctuary in Pakistan. According to Smerconish, there has only been one question in the debates…

Green thumbs-up

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Drenched from the heavy rain Sunday night, vegetables in the Bel Arbor Community Garden at 10th…

Firing back

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A month after a joint task force between the Attorney General and District Attorney’s offices targeting illegal gun sales came to South Police Division, business has been brisk.

High Steaks

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Although summer is barbecue season, I rarely light the grill if it is just Mom, Edward and me for dinner. But we are beef-eaters so I often cook steak, roasts, a batch of meatballs or pan-seared burgers.

Sports Briefs: 8–09–07

BBQ CHALLENGE

The Neil Stein/Garry Maddox BBQ Challenge begins 4 p.m. Aug. 11 at Citizens Bank Park prior to the Phillies game against the Atlanta Braves. Proceeds benefit the Youth Golf & Academics Program, which is designed to support kindergartners through…

Pet project

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The dog days of summer have hit the Brandywine River Museum in the form of about 60 oils, watercolors and charcoal drawings all of dogs. Not just any dogs; these canines are portrayed by Jamie Wyeth, most of them pets at one time or another on the family’s farm in Chadds…

The right instincts

I’m a fan of the morning Michael Smerconish show, if not always of his politics. Smerconish has been beating the drum for a change in the Bush administration policy of hands-off the Osama bin Laden sanctuary in Pakistan. According to Smerconish, there has only been one question in the debates…