For Howard, home is where the stomach is
ATLANTA - Ryan Howard is going home for the first time since 2011. The St. Louis native missed each of the last two seasons' trips to Busch Stadium because of injuries connected to the ruptured...
View ArticlePerkiomen Valley Middle School East student charged in bomb threat
COLLEGEVILLE - A 13-year-old male student who attended Perkiomen Valley Middle School East was arrested Wednesday and charged with making terroristic threats and other offenses stemming from a phone...
View ArticleNorristown man dubbed 'Swiss Cheese pervert' pleads guilty in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA - Christopher Pagano, the Norristown resident inauspiciously dubbed the "Swiss cheese pervert," pled guilty in Philadelphia Municipal Court Thursday to charges of indecent exposure and...
View ArticlePhiladelphia City Council backs marijuana bill
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A veto-proof majority of Philadelphia City Council is supporting a bill to effectively decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana.The bill passed Thursday, 13-3,...
View ArticleJP Mascaro & Sons donates $5,000 to Bridgeport Memorial Park
J.P. Mascaro & Sons donated $5,000 to the Bridgeport Park & Recreation last month. The donation went towards the replacement of the basketball court at Bridgeport Memorial Park.
View ArticleEast Norriton vet and author's new book teaches children to love their veggies
EAST NORRITON - Is there anything Johnny Angel can't do?First, the gutsy little Papillon saved Norristown Farm Park from the "villains" - developers who wanted to plough it all under for a golf...
View ArticlePhotos: Annual Summer Stream Search at Norristown Farm Park
A freshwater stream investigation was held at Norristown Farm Park Thursday afternoon that gave attendees the chance to collect and identify aquatic creatures. The diversity of insects, fish and...
View ArticleAUTO RACING: Events starting to heat up at Grandview
Open wheel racing fans will be in their glory this weekend at Grandview Speedway with two big nights of racing that will include URC winged sprint cars and NASCAR 358 Modifieds on Saturday, June 21,...
View ArticleLEGION BASEBALL: Rivals in high school, friends DiWilliams and Dermo join...
WHITEMARSH - Half a lifetime ago, Joe DiWilliams and Nick Dermo had just discovered the game of baseball, and in doing so, discovered new friends. Playing in the Whitemarsh Little League, DiWilliams...
View ArticleEAGLES: Kelly denies Jackson release was to send message to players
PHILADELPHIA - Chip Kelly played defense Thursday.Kelly categorically denied he got rid of star wide receiver DeSean Jackson to make a statement to the remaining Eagles.The explanation was necessary...
View ArticleMontgomery County commissioners grant amnesty period for Upper Providence...
NORRISTOWN - The Montgomery County commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Thursday giving taxpayers of Upper Providence Township a 30-day amnesty period in which to pay county taxes without...
View ArticlePHILLIES: Asche aims to be back in lineup by Friday
21st Century MediaST. LOUIS - Cody Asche didn't need additional motivation in the rehabilitation of the strained hamstring that landed him on the disabled list last month. But there was incentive to be...
View ArticleColonial school board approves budget for 2014-15
WHITEMARSH - The Colonial school board Thursday unanimously approved the district's final budget of $104.5 million for 2014-15, as well as a tentative agreement between the district and the Colonial...
View ArticlePERKY LEAGUE: Ferrie hurls Pottstown past Trooper
TROOPER - Jason Ferrie hasn't been known to write out many prescriptions, but he had just the right medicine Thursday night for ailing Pottstown.The left-hander carried a no-hitter into the sixth...
View ArticleLower Providence supervisors OK $1 million bond for roadwork
LOWER PROVIDENCE - The Lower Providence Board of Supervisors approved a 10-year, $1,012,000 bond to pay for two years of road paving Thursday night. Delaware Valley Financial Services of Berwyn was...
View ArticleGreat Race to stop in King of Prussia
gpuleo@timesherald.comUPPER MERION - With a finish line 2,100 miles and nine days away, the 2014 Hemmings Motor News Great Race only has time for a handful of primo pit stops along the route. One of...
View ArticleEnergetic stock market pushes toward milestones
NEW YORK (AP) - The U.S. stock market is back to setting records.After treading water for most of March and April, stocks are nudging deeper into record territory and are closing in on milestones with...
View ArticlePhotos: Cole Manor Elementary School breaks ground on new playground
EAST NORRITON - Cole Manor Elementary School students, staff and families broke ground on the first phase of the school's new playground Friday morning.The school worked on raising funds for the new...
View ArticleManner of death of West Conshohocken homeless man undetermined
WEST CONSHOHOCKEN - Police are completing an investigation into the death of a homeless man that occurred June 7 outside the Philadelphia Marriott West at 11 Crawford Avenue. At 2:30 a.m. officers from...
View ArticleKa-ching! Scholarships for slaying video game foes
CHICAGO (AP) - Note to parents: All those hours your kids spend blazing a trail of destruction in video games may not be a complete waste of time, after all.A small private university in Chicago is...
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