October 30, 2003 issue

In The News...

Street, Katz
on the issues

by MICHAEL J. MISHAK

With less than a week to go until Election Day, Northwest Philadelphia voters must cut through the distractions and political spin of a mayoral campaign that struggles to keep its focus on the issues facing the city.

After a summer of Street gaffes and Katz allegations, the campaign season got itself in a big hurry in the wrong direction. September heated up with a series of negative ads, and just as...

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In Sports...

CHA football one win away from
Independence League championship

by Tim McManus

On the coldest day of the season, it took the Blue Devils some extra time to get hot against a game Jenkintown squad, but the result was the same as the last six — a Chestnut Hill Academy win. The Blue Devils (6-2 overall, 6-0 league) only led by seven at the half, but Anthony Comis’ key play in the waning moments set the tone for what was to come.

The Drakes (4-4, 2-4) had tied the score at seven on a Kyle Meier...

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In LocalLife...

The ‘Rembrandt of Mt. Airy’

by LEN LEAR

“A portrait at its best should be a poem full of space and reverie.”----poet Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867)

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Even people who never had any courses in the history of art are familiar with the name Rembrandt. The quintessential Dutch master, Rembrandt van Rijn died 334 years ago, but he is still universally regarded as the archetypal portrait painter.

The warm coloring in his later portraits in particular — with brown and golden tones dominant — and his brushwork in...

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