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Many Americans will mark Sunday’s 10th anniversary of the 9/11 carnage with family gatherings, religious services and solemn observances. Donna Bachety last month chose art to evoke patriotism and to show respect for…
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“Without the firemen, we have nothing,” mayoral candidate Karen Brown and resident of Ninth and Mifflin streets, said sitting outside of the Engine 53. Less than a year ago, homes at Fourth and McKean streets — just a…
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The 1st District is targeting parts of Point Breeze and West Passyunk in order to form a focus group that will discuss quality of life issues in order to create a plan of action from input on ways to improve the community between 19th and 21st streets and…
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February has the fewest days, but next year’s version could yield the most memories for long-suffering Birds’ buffs. Coveting a trip to Indianapolis, Ind., for Super Bowl XLVI, their squad has become many prognosticators’ darlings by nabbing accomplished…
An armed man robbed a man in Center City before traveling south to rob another in Newbold 15 minutes later Sunday morning.
The mugger was pedaling his black mountain bike on the 1500 bock of Lombard Street when he cut off a 28-year-old man at…
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Elsie Rowan proudly proclaimed her love for all things South Philadelphia. Her daughter Carol McKenna and granddaughter Carol Kenney will show their devotion to her memory with their ninth appearance in the Walk to End…
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Sunoco Inc. has announced its plans Monday to exit the refining business, which includes looking for buyers for its South Philly, 3144 W. Passyunk Ave., and Marcus Hook refineries.
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Despite Craig LaBan’s recent lukewarm review, people are flocking to Talula’s Garden like gaggles of Canadian geese. On my visit, the garden and dining rooms were filled with well-heeled middle-aged and older Center City couples as well as men and women in their…
Two burglars raided a LoMo home for drugs and money and later admitted to its occupants it had the wrong place.
At 2 a.m. Aug. 31, two men — one of which was armed — forced their way inside a residence on the 800 block of…
After damaging a car with his bicycle, a man threatened the auto’s owner with a gun in Grays Ferry.
A man was riding his red and black bike down the 1500 block of Marston Street near 28th Street when he struck a vehicle’s side mirror…
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“I found a lump myself. I actually thought that I was too young to have breast cancer,” Tiffany Smith, 37, said.
The branch head at the South Philadelphia Branch of the Free Library of…
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As much money as is lost betting football games around the country, you would think football is unpredictable. It isn’t. You know more about what is going to happen in the coming football season than you think you do. Doubt me? Read on.
Comcast-Spectacor, Cordish Co. and the City announced the status of the Philly Live! project during Tuesday afternoon’s press conference at the sports complex. Mayor Michael A. Nutter, Peter Luukko, president of Comcast-Spectacor, and Reed…
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Apple season is here and I’ve been looking through my cookbooks for ideas and inspiration. I love a good tart apple. There are so many varieties in supermarkets, farmers markets, farm stands and specialty grocery stores that I find it fun to mix and match.
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VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22): Have fun and do not take anything too seriously. A carefree and flirtatious manner may create a rift with a close friend. This person may be jealous of attention given to others. Lucky number: 115.
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The creaky sounds heard during the brawls in “Warrior” aren’t just the stretched tendons of prizefighters; they’re the brittle bones of the whole triumph-in-the-ring genre, which this mixed-martial-arts throwaway does virtually nothing to strengthen. Based, of course, on a true…
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School was back in session across the city Tuesday. At South Philly High, 2101 S. Broad St., district employees were in the process of pulling desks from the facility’s storage unit on the 1300 block of South 13th Street to finish filling the classrooms for…
An attempted mugger dragged a woman along a Whitman street until a few onlookers chased him away Saturday morning.
The 47-year-old woman was traveling along the 400 block of Shunk Street when the offender grabbed her from behind…
I approach this column with much trepidation. There are certain subjects that are prone to misinterpretation, and 9/11 is one of them. On Sunday, it will be 10 years since the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Television has addressed the terrible events of…