SOCCER: Weak conference lets Union stay in hunt
CHESTER - Jim Curtin didn't sugarcoat the predicament to his Philadelphia Union team this week. With a second straight home game looming in the aftermath of Saturday's wasteful draw against Colorado,...
View ArticlePHILLIES: Trade bait or not, Lee eager to get back on mound
ATLANTA - Cliff Lee could have returned from an eight-week absence from the Phillies' starting rotation for Saturday's game against the Braves. It would have come on normal rest for the veteran...
View ArticleEditorial: Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down
• To Whitemarsh Elementary School teacher Cathy Campbell on being selected from a pool of 400 applicants that included teachers, librarians and administrators to attend the Library of Congress Teaching...
View ArticlePERKY LEAGUE: Nor-Gwyn comes out of loss to Collegeville with a few knocks
COLLEGEVILLE - It was one of those late-season, Friday-night Perkiomen Valley Twilight League games in which managers are counting heads as late as 5:55 and players used to watching from the bench are...
View ArticleTwo hospitalized after Bridgeport stabbing
BRIDGEPORT - A man and a woman were hospitalized Friday after they were stabbed at a home on the 800 block of DeKalb Street in Bridgeport. Both victims suffered multiple stab wounds. One was taken from...
View ArticleBASEBALL: Phillies follow up All-Star break with loss
ATLANTA - The Phillies returned to action following the All-Star break Friday night with the same cast of characters that entered the break.And as they did 53 times in the first half of the season, the...
View ArticleDNA being collected to ID Ukraine crash victims
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Forensic teams fanned out across the Netherlands on Saturday to collect material that will help positively identify the remains of victims killed in the downing of the...
View ArticleIsraelis destroy Hamas tunnels in Gaza offensive
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli bulldozers demolished more than a dozen tunnels Saturday in the Gaza Strip, and Palestinian authorities reported intensified airstrikes and shelling as the death...
View ArticleViewing Harrisburg: Corbett seeks to change view of education record
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Since 2011, Pennsylvania Democrats have pointed to the budget-balancing cuts in education aid that GOP Gov. Tom Corbett signed six months into office. And there's evidence voters...
View ArticleGOLF: McIlroy pads British Open lead ahead of final round
HOYLAKE, England - Rory McIlroy looks as if he has just thrown a knockout punch at the British Open, and it was only Saturday.When he rolled in a 10-foot eagle putt on the final hole for a 4-under 68,...
View ArticleVoters at pizza tasting will decide who makes Pottstown's best pie
POTTSTOWN - It is a question that has plagued mankind since pizza was invented.Whose pizza is the best?It is, of course, a difficult question to answer definitively, but the Pottstown Regional Public...
View ArticleAMERICAN LEGION: JP Mascaro edges Lionville in first round of Region 3...
LIMERICK - What goes around, comes around.When JP Mascaro battled opposing team Lionville in the Region 3 American Legion playoff opening round game Saturday morning, the Haulers almost handed the game...
View ArticleMcCAFFERY: Casey has what it takes to help Union reach goals
CHESTER - When the Union brought soccer into a market that has experienced everything that comes with major league sports, it had to know there were two avenues to popularity.The best way would be to...
View ArticleMontgomery County Health Department employee receives GREAT recognition
NORRISTOWN - A Montgomery County Health Department employee who writes children's books, creates board games and raps about the importance of getting immunizations to audiences of children received the...
View ArticleChip Kelly: Last season was 'just OK'
PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles went 10-6, won the NFC East and were a walk-off field goal from advancing to the second round of the playoffs.Not bad. Unless, that is, you're Chip Kelly."We were just OK,"...
View ArticleLITTLE LEAGUE: State tournament will be one to remember
SKIPPACK - Eight teams of 11 and 12-year-old Little League teams will descend on Palmer Park in Skippack to begin an experience of a lifetime in the Pennsylvania Little League State Tournament.The...
View ArticleBridgeport Little League holds alumni reunion
BRIDGEPORT - Alumni of the Bridgeport Little League played their first reunion game Saturday afternoon. What started as a casual get-together turned into fundraiser for a local family, with local...
View ArticleK-9s promote reading at Norristown library
NORRISTOWN - Children got a head start on literacy from some of man's best friends Saturday as the Montgomery County-Norristown Public Library hosted Roll Over and Read. The program pairs elementary...
View ArticleWest Norriton WWII bomber crew member flies again
WEST NORRITON - A few weeks ago, America celebrated Independence Day, a time for fireworks, barbecues, pride and patriotism. Americans everywhere honored the Founding Fathers and the citizen soldiers...
View ArticlePHILLIES: Amaro keeping trade talk under wraps
ATLANTA - Jonathan Papelbon jogged over to the visiting dugout at Turner Field prior to pregame warmups Saturday and said in mock seriousness to the public-relations director: "My agent heard from the...
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