Huskey: Taking a Christmas break from ranting
With just a couple of days before Christmas I thought I would give you all the gift of me not ranting about property taxes this week.Not to worry, though, I'll be right back at it in a couple of...
View ArticleTop Stories of 2013: YMCA plans faced similar fates in two towns
LOWER PROVIDENCE - The principal of "Not in My Back Yard" seems to have fatally nipped the YMCA's plan for two different open space parcels in neighboring townships over the past 20 months.A plan for...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Eagles roll through Bears to set up winner-take-all battle with...
PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles ditched the Mr. Softee act that got them in trouble last week and swung for the fences Sunday night.Kicker Alex Henery drilled the opening kickoff to the one-yard line rather...
View ArticleLEODORA: Christmas means keeping traditions alive
BY THE TIME you read this, I will already be en route to South Philadelphia - for the last-minute shopping in preparation for Christmas Eve. This year, thanks to the addition of a couple of little ones...
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MONDAY, DEC. 23COMMUNITY EVENTSLimerick Fire Company, 390 W. Ridge Pike, Limerick, is having a Christmas tree sale 6 to 8 p.m.Perkiomen Township Fire Company is selling Douglas and Fraser Fir Christmas...
View ArticleNorristown Garden Club holds Holiday House Tour
Norristown Garden Club's reputation for fresh flowers, interesting crafts, innovative ideas, and handmade treasures precedes it, and this year's Holiday House Tour did not disappoint.Committees worked...
View ArticleAfter the penultimate NFL weekend, here's what we know
Tom Brady and Peyton Manning clinched division titles, Cam Newton reached the postseason for the first time and a pair of all-or-nothing games loomed on the final weekend in a scrambled NFL playoff...
View ArticleThe world's largest carrier is about to get the iPhone
Apple says it has reached a deal to bring the iPhone to China Mobile, the world's biggest phone carrier.The deal could boost sales of the iPhone in China. Demand for iPhones, once hugely popular in...
View ArticleDid Dennis Rodman meet with Kim Jong Un? He won't say.
BEIJING - Former basketball star Dennis Rodman left North Korea on Monday without answering questions from the media on whether he had met with leader Kim Jong Un.The two struck up a friendship when...
View ArticleBe a smarter consumer in 2014
Being a better consumer is a little like ordering a better cup of coffee - the more you know, the more complicated it is. That doesn't mean it has to be difficult, and it shouldn't deter you,...
View ArticleOther Views: Obama must explain NSA tactics or accept panel's recommendations
The independent review released Wednesday of the National Security Agency's spy programs puts the onus on President Obama. He has to explain to the American people how the collection of metadata and...
View ArticleRain, ice tapers, cold temps stay for parts of US
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A steady diet of freezing rain and cold temperatures means parts of the country socked by a weekend storm will be covered with ice through Christmas and beyond.Hundreds of...
View Article2 men dead in Philly shootings
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Police in Philadelphia say two men are dead following shootings in different parts of the city overnight.Police say a 30-year-old man was shot twice in the lower back in a rear...
View ArticleTop Stories of 2013: Two road projects underway in Norristown
NORRISTOWN - Visible progress on the reconstruction of Markley Street can be seen by the residents living on the block between Harding Boulevard and the intersection with James Street/West Basin...
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TUESDAY, DEC. 24Editor's Note: Some groups are on holiday schedules and might not be meeting. Call first.The Conshohocken Free Library, 301 Fayette St., will be closed all day on Tuesday today and...
View ArticleArea resident on Mercyhurst U dean's list
ERIE, PA (readMedia)- Joseph Gargano, a sophomore at Mercyhurst University, has been named to the Dean's List for the 2012-2013 academic year.Gargano, a native of Audubon, is majoring in Intelligence...
View ArticleDevon Prep students deliver gifts to less fortunate
During the weeks before Christmas Devon Prep's Christian Action Program (CAP) sponsored a Giving Tree collection of gifts for those less fortunate. With the help of students, faculty, staff, and...
View ArticleCollegeville businesses donate meals to families
COLLEGEVILLE - Two local businesses are embracing the spirit of giving after donating meals to six families in the township.Phil Schmidt Jr. and his wife Robin, co-owners of Phamous Phil's BBQ, 3839...
View ArticleLower Gwynedd cop accidentally fires gun when responding to disturbance
LOWER GWYNEDD - A Lower Gwynedd police officer accidentally fired his gun while officers responded to a disturbance in which a man pointed his gun at officers during the early morning hours of Dec....
View ArticleHistoric rail car coming home to Pennsylvania
BOYERTOWN - A relic from the golden age of Pennsylvania's railroading past is coming home.Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) cabin car (known as a "caboose" on other railroads) #477768 was built in Altoona in...
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