Yearly Archives: 2013

Building a foundation

School days: A parent and children leave New Foundations Charter School after touring the newly constructed facility on Rhawn Street in Holmesburg. MARIA POUCHNIKOVA...

State rejects convent apartment funding

Discarded plans: State lawmakers say a prospective developer has withdrawn its plans to convert the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth property into...

Play ball

Father Judge, Archbishop Ryan, Lincoln, Washington, Frankford, Fels, Northeast and Franklin Towne are ready for some baseball. PHOTOS BY MARIA POUCHNIKOVA & TIMES FILE ART—...

Editorial: Pa.’s last call

Back in 1933, in the waning days of Prohibition, Pennsylvania Gov. Gifford Pinchot called a special assembly of the state legislature and in just...

Mayor Nutter finally gives budget address after union workers drown out his speech

Mayor Nutter proposed setting the city’s property tax rate at 1.32 percent, higher than the 1.25 percent rate that had been speculated. He also...

Dougherty grad organizes seminar to aid Sandy victims

Dealing with the aftermath: AmeriHealth Mercy’s Katie Hopkins, with assistance from colleague Chris Drumm, organized last Friday’s public symposium, ‘Superstorm Sandy: The Emotional Aftermath,’...

Spreading the love of music

Sounds of generosity: Above, Chris Ryan (left), 18, teaches Amanda Forbes, 15, different guitar chords in a music after-school program at Abraham Lincoln High...

Northeast’s Adams resigns as football coach

Adams spent five years with Northeast’s football program, one as head coach and the previous four as an assistant. TIMES FILE PHOTO— Jim Adams, who...

Taylor bill protects beer distributors

A Northeast Philadelphia Republican legislator has his own idea of how the state can stop selling booze and still protect the private businesses that...

Enjoy a traditional Irish dish

Brisket is a fat-marbled cut of beef from the front of the cow in the lower chest area.Corned beef and cabbage is a traditional Irish...
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