Yearly Archives: 2013

Letters to the Editor: October 30, 2013

“Show It” campaign is costly and confusingRecently, you may have seen commercials and signs advertising the “Show It” campaign, which advises voters to bring...

Automated purchasing machine ban moves forward

A bill that outlaws automated purchasing machines like the two in Franklin Mills was voted favorably out of committee last week.But before calling Bill 130693...

Tacony man gets long sentence in string of drug store robberies

A Tacony man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for the armed robberies of at least 19 pharmacies during an 11-month...

Northeast doctor sentenced in Medicare fraud case

A medical doctor was sentenced to 51 months in federal prison and a $300,000 fine last week in connection with a $14.3 million Medicare...

DA drops molestation charges against priest

A former Northeast assistant parish pastor won’t be tried on charges he molested a young altar boy more than a decade ago.During a mid-November preliminary...

Candidates continue to court voters

Election Day is Tuesday, and candidates are making last-minute campaign appearances.One of the popular stops was Sunday morning’s candidates brunch at Congregations of Shaare...

FOP dedicates 21 plaques at union hall

Officer James Ramp’s son, James Jr. (far left), has a moment of silence with family members. His father died in 1978 during the MOVE...

A riotous history

West Kensington is shown near the site of the 1844 anti-immigrant riots that are documented in Milano’s book. BRAD LARRISON / FOR THE TIMESThe Nativist...

Dead zone

The handcuffs of John Wilkes Booth, which were intended for the kidnapping of President Abraham Lincoln but were never used, are on display in...

A storybook homecoming for Washington’s Tommy Oliver

Welcome home: George Washington football coach Ron Cohen (left) and school principal Gene Jones present filmmaker (and 2002 GW graduate) Tommy Oliver with his...

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