Crime Report
Crime Report June 19, 2013 0 Comments
The following crimes are from the week of June 9 to June 15, 2013. June 9. 8000 block Germantown Avenue. Complainant states that an unknown person stole a turquoise green 18-speed bicycle with a black seat and water bottle. Black male, 5’10” tall, wearing a tank top and tan shorts. Occurred at 1:55 p.m. June [...]
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Penn Charter hires Borski as coach, administrator
Sports June 17, 2013 0 Comments
by Tom Utescher Before the old school year ended, Penn Charter took a significant step to advance its athletic agenda for 2013-2014 and beyond. On May 30 the school announced that Philadelphia native and former collegiate and professional soccer player Darci Borski has become an Associate Athletic Director for the Quakers, and will also be [...]
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Mt. Airy author makes powerful debut with ‘Sensualist’
Local Life June 14, 2013 0 Comments
by Steve Ahern A few Saturday evenings ago, Daniel Torday drove from his Mt. Airy home where he resides with his wife Erin, and their four-month-old daughter Abigail, to Musehouse, the Chestnut Hill center for the literary arts, to read from his novella, “The Sensualist,” published last year by Nouvella Books and available on Amazon.com. [...]
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A mixed bag of results at St. Martin’s ‘period’ concert
Local Life June 14, 2013 0 Comments
by Michael Caruso Romanian-born Valentin Radu conducted his period instruments ensemble, Camerata Ama Deus, in their final concert of the 2012-13 season Friday evening, May 31, in the Episcopal Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields. The program, entitled “Baroque Spring,” drew a small audience to hear music by Bach, Telemann and Marcello. Radu assembled an interesting roster [...]
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‘Blanche DuBois’ actress is spectacular – ‘Streetcar’ in high gear at historic East Falls theater
Local Life June 14, 2013 1 Comment
by Hugh Hunter There have been many revivals of ”A Streetcar Named Desire” (1947) by Tennessee Williams, but at its best the show now running at Old Academy makes you feel you are watching it for the first time. The story centers on Blanche DuBois, a fading Southern Belle, who suddenly decides to visit her sister Stella [...]
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Parishes kaput, says Chaput; so you might as well convert
Opinion June 14, 2013 9 Comments
by Jim Harris When the roll is called up yonder, there will be a few less parishes from Philadelphia reporting for duty. That’s because, like Philadelphia schools, libraries, municipal services and Market Street buildings, some of the city’s Catholic churches are disappearing, due in part to money woes and also because of “demographic shifts” (to [...]
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Janet’s allergic to Sneezy, and was made sicker by his ‘Horse’
Opinion June 14, 2013 0 Comments
by Janet Gilmore “After going steady comes marriage, if life is to proceed in an orderly fashion, and it generally does.”–Mary McGee Williams, from “On Becoming a Woman” “You know, you’d be much more attractive if you’d wear some make-up,” he said on our first college date. “You’d be much more attractive if you’d shut [...]
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