Hope for Julia’s heart

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Her respectful and playful nature has made Julia Parmisciano plenty of friends over the last 79 days, but the 13-year-old yearns for nothing more than a reunion with her closest cronies.

Halladay pitches hunger relief

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In two seasons as a Philadelphia Phillie, right-handed pitcher Roy Halladay has made many eyes marvel over his magnificence. He proved pleasing stomachs matters to him as much as embarrassing hitters Sunday.

Aged for Vendemmia

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This the first in a series of profiles previewing the Sept. 25 Vendemmia Festival .

When Dr. Jerry Vernose, chairman of the Vendemmia Foundation and Festival first told me about Johnny Staircase, he referred to him as a renaissance man.

Hope for Julia’s heart

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Her respectful and playful nature has made Julia Parmisciano plenty of friends over the last 79 days, but the 13-year-old yearns for nothing more than a reunion with her closest cronies.

Santucci’s Square Pizza

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I was about to review a high-end restaurant when a friend who lives in Bella Vista told me about Santucci’s Square Pizza, a new pizza restaurant at 10th and Christian streets.

Don’t Shoot, Stop the Madness to give school gear

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“It’s always good to start where you’re from,” Markeem Kendall said Monday from Fishtown’s Waterview Lounge.

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Monsu

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One of my favorite cookbooks is “Sicilian Home Cooking: Family Recipes from…

Spread Bagelry

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Our city is a culinary capital: Chef Georges Perrier is known throughout the world; Marc Vetri and Michael Solomonov have won James Beard Awards; and Jose Garces is an Iron Chef.

Lights, camera, Monarchs

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Rain rushed the Soccer Sisters United Soccer Club off Smith Playground, 2100 S. 24th St., Friday evening, sending 17 sets of talented legs scampering. Securing shelter mattered more than converting kicks for one night, but the nation next year will…

Checkmate Violence draws area participants

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David Blocker eagerly awaits his courses in wildlife management and conservation at Delaware Valley College. If chess were a major, the 18-year-old would be better suited to stand before students than to sit among them…