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Having retained his compact coiffure, gregarious grin and vivacious voice after more than 60 years in the public eye, Frankie Avalon continues to court followers.
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“As early as I can remember, I told everyone I was going to be a doctor,” Dr. Daniel Eun, of Juniper and Federal streets, said. “I used to hang in clinics where my father was the only physician, where they had no…
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Two men are in custody for their alleged involvement in a West Passyunk homicide, which is believed to have been retaliation of an unknown nature.
1st District police responded at 5:55 a.m. Sunday to the 2200 block of South Hemberger…
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The baseballers at Ss. Neumann-Goretti High School, 1736 S. 10th St., have “Saints” emblazoned on their uniforms, but after Tuesday’s 5–4 eight-inning triumph over Wyndmoor’s La Salle College High School at Widener…
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To the Editor:
Tom Cardella’s op-ed on “Same-sex marriage” (May 24) raises some interesting points. He declares such a union is not only a civil right but also a “human right.”
Although unsuccessful in a Queen Village robbery attempt, three young men left their target with a large laceration to his head early Monday.
The trio approached the 19-year-old on the 500 block of Carpenter Street at 1:07 a.m. when the…
A man needed six staples and 10 stitches to his head and face after a brawl at a Pennsport gentleman’s club early Saturday.
The 21-year-old was outside of Show N Tel, 1900 S. Columbus Blvd., when he and a group of about a dozen men…
A man was wounded in Point Breeze while walking to a Chinese takeout eatery Sunday.
The 22-year-old was at 22nd and Cross streets en route to get food in West Passyunk when two unknown males passed him at 11:22 p.m…
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“Imagine a food store where the profits stay in the community, where you can find healthy food for a fair price and where you get to meet and know your neighbors,” Alison L. Fritz said Monday. “We’re making that a reality.”
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Following Friday’s 8–3 Public League championship defeat at Richie Ashburn Field, 20th Street and Pattison Avenue, Art Kratchman let his diamond inhabitants know their postseason run had stunned even him.
A man was assaulted inside a Whitman club’s VIP section early Saturday.
An unknown man punched a 24-year-old in the face inside Club Onyx, 2908 S. Columbus Blvd. at 3:25 a.m., Detective Danielle Tolliver of South Detective Division…
A thief carjacked a woman’s vehicle and kidnapped its owner in Pennsport before stranding her across the bridge.
The 27-year-old woman exited her parked auto, a 2008 Nissan Altma coupe with a New Jersey plate, WSE10W, on her way to…
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They’re here! Local strawberries and blueberries are now in Philadelphia and New Jersey supermarkets, grocery stores and farmers markets.
I hate soaring temperatures and high humidity and will whine and kvetch about the…
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Instead of being saved by the bell Tuesday afternoon, Edward Bok Tech, 1901 S. Ninth St., students earned an early dismissal thanks to the hot and humid conditions that would’ve made learning a real sweat. But with cooler temps prevailing Wednesday morning, it…
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All of this week, we have been rightly celebrating our military heroes. I am especially grateful to the U.S. Air Force, which proved its resiliency when it survived my stint as an active duty reservist in 1961.
A quartet of men were robbed after being ordered to drop their belongings in South of South early Sunday.
The men, all age 23, were walking along the 1800 block of Bainbridge Street when they heard someone yell, “Slow down” at 2:16 a.m. Detective…
A woman was sleeping on the couch in her Lower Moyamensing home when she opened the door to two potential burglars last week.
The 57-year-old was fast asleep on her living room sofa when she heard some clatter at her front door at 5:33…
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GEMINI (May 21 to June 20): You may not feel like making waves among the group. Don’t go along with just anything to keep the peace. Lucky number: 786.
CANCER (June 21 to July 22): You want to express thoughts and feelings. If an…
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For the past five years or so, the restaurant on the lobby floor of The Latham Hotel had been vacant. I would walk by and wonder when a new restaurant would open.
Urban Enoteca now fills the space, and is open for breakfast, lunch, weekend…