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Violent crime surges in Northwest
Gun violence is rising in the 14th District. Police officials sought solutions during a monthly review, but found
few clear motives
by MICHAEL J. MISHAK
Rocked by rising gun violence, political and civic leaders joined hands with East Mt. Airy residents last week during an anti violence vigil at Ross and Sharpnack streets, one block from a corner where three men and a 9-year-old girl were shot on Oct. 6.
State Rep. John Meyers and Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller, working with anti-violence outreach groups Men United for a Better Philadelphia and Mothers in Charge, were joined Friday night by local residents and a police contingent that included 14th District Capt. Winton Singletary and Inspector Jack Gaittens of the Northwest Division. Participants marched through the East Mt. Airy neighborhood, passing a recently boarded-up drug house, before joining hands to pray at the corner of Germantown Avenue and Montana Street. Speakers pleaded with neighbors to report the crime that has paralyzed their community.
According to statistics released by the Philadelphia Police Department on Thursday, Oct. 21, the 14th District, which encompasses Chestnut Hill, Mt. Airy, Germantown and parts of West Oak Lane, suffered 18 shooting incidents, 22 aggravated assaults involving guns, and four homicides from Sept. 17 to Oct. 14. The figures show shootings, armed assaults and..
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Mount hockey captures crown in AACA
by TOM UTESCHER
PHOTO CAPTION: In a pair of playoff games last week, Mount St. Joseph freshman Katie Reinprecht scored four goals and assisted on a fifth as the Magic captured the Catholic Academies championship. (Photo by Tom Utescher)
Swept along by the hot scoring hand of freshman Katie Reinprecht, Mount St. Joseph Academy won the field hockey championship in the Athletic Association of Catholic Academies for the first time since 2000.
Reinprecht, a member of the United States Under-16 Team, scored three goals in Wednesday's playoff semifinal to help the Magic stop Sacred Heart, 5-1, then two days later the freshman shot the lone goal of the championship game as top-seeded MSJ took the title over number three Merion Mercy.
The 1-0 victory allowed the Mount to end its 2004 league...
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Nearly killed in recent storm
Mt. Airy psychic's storybook rise to top unforeseeable
by LEN LEAR
During the horrendous storm that flooded much of the Delaware Valley last month, one of the near-casualties was Mt. Airy psychic Vivienne McCarthy. Driving along Kelly Drive at the height of the torrential storm, Vivienne and her car were pulled into the Schuylkill River, where she came within a few breaths of drowning. A rescue boat eventually pulled her through the driver's side window to safety. Needless to say, the car was a total loss.
"I know what you're going to say," said Vivienne when the subject was raised. "Since I'm a psychic, why could I not predict that this was going to happen, and why didn't I then stay away from Kelly Drive?"
Let's just say that even psychics can't know everything. One thing we can know, however, is that the Mt. Airy resident's basic rags-to-riches...
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