Fatal shot

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Ronald Woodley, 20, of the 1000 block of Elston Street in West Oak Lane, was shot in the head at 2:53 p.m. March 31 after an argument at 22nd Street and Snyder Avenue, Officer Jill Russell of the Police Public Affair Unit said. He was rushed to the Hospital of the…

Deadly fight

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At about 8:30 p.m. Friday, Narat Kim, 20, of the 1300 block of South Sixth Street allegedly shot Saran Ngoy, of the 700 block of Ritner Street, in the abdomen inside a home on the 600 block of Wolf Street following an argument between the two, Officer Jill Russell of…

Face ignited

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A woman from the South of South neighborhood allegedly threw an unknown clear liquid in a 39-year-old’s face before igniting the liquid with a Bic lighter.

Doreen Cuffie, 45, of the 800 block of South 16th Street, was identified by the victim…

Changing her tune

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Some might remember her simply as Dawn.

The stage name belonged to former pop crooner Joni Capetola — now Casta — who cracked the Billboard top-50 during the 1960s and ’70s with hits such as “Can’t Get Him Off of My Mind” and “I’m Afraid…

Saving their space

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Currently, the City of Philadelphia has more than 9,200 acres of park space. While the Fairmount Park Commission and the city’s Department of Recreation oversees the upkeep for the city’s park system, some local residents recently took the forefront in saving…

A chain of giving back

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Cheerleaders at a local school have found a new way to bond with their grandmothers…

The Circus is in town

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“Tink says we are country prison music and early British Invasion. Hillbilly-ish, as well,” Joziah Longo said while taking a break from rehearsals last week. The music veteran from Second and Wolf streets is gearing up for his debut at the Theater of…

Landlord shoots tenant

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An off-duty officer called police when he spotted a 47-year-old man on the 2200 block of Snyder Avenue bleeding and spitting upblood around 11:38 a.m. Saturday, Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division said. The victim is believed to have…

Family ties

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“Food for me was a connecting link to my grandmother, to my childhood, to my past. And what I found out is that for everybody, food is a connector to their roots, to their past in different ways. It gives you security; it gives you a profile of who you are and where you…

Rolling over her fears

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My Viennese-born grandmother was a master home baker. As a little girl, my eyes filled with wonder while I watched her carefully pull homemade strudel dough, stretching it and stretching it over a large floured English linen tablecloth. She filled it…