`Putin's Games' could still be compliment or curse
After a journey of joy across nine time zones and into space, the Olympic torch relay is approaching something the Winter Games' organizers and Russia's leaders didn't plan for and certainly didn't...
View ArticleBAMBI-KOHLER: Big sacrifices don't always equal big money
Hypocrisy is always present, but perhaps the holidays exacerbated a trait I despise. It started before Black Friday, when stores announced their earlier-than-ever-opening on Thanksgiving. It was met...
View ArticleTeen jumps from third-floor window to escape Norristown fire
NORRISTOWN - A fire caused extensive damage to seven row homes in Norristown Saturday afternoon, according to Norristown Fire Department Chief Tom O'Donnell.According to O'Donnell, the fire started at...
View ArticleTop Stories of 2013: Upper Merion lawyers compete in the Battle of the...
UPPER MERION - In the words of the late, great Warren Zevon: Send lawyers, guns and money.On second thought, it was a better idea to hold the guns and money and to just send those crackerjack...
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SUNDAY, JAN. 5COMMUNITY GROUPSFifth Annual Independent Voices Festival runs at the Centre Theater, 208 DeKalb St., Norristown, through Jan. 19. Today, "Misson to Mars: Journey to the Red Planet," live...
View ArticleUpper Merion Township Library honors young authors and artists
The Upper Merion Township Public Library held its 39th annual Write and Illustrate Your Own Book Contest Awards Presentation last month in Freedom Hall at the Upper Merion Township Building.Over 200...
View ArticlePhiladelphia museum dedicated to Ben Franklin has had a makeover
In a low-facade building tucked away in Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park between Market and Chestnut streets at Third and Fourth streets - surrounded by the Fox 29 building, the...
View ArticleEagles kicked out of playoffs by unrelenting Saints
PHILADELPHIA - The Eagles had the road-challenged New Orleans Saints right where they wanted them Saturday night. That would be in the rear-view mirror at raucous Lincoln Financial Field with four...
View ArticleNew Orleans Saints hit the ground running in this victory
PHILADELPHIA - It was supposed to be a given, that the Saints were on the road, that the temperature was going to be cold, that as a result this wild-card round playoff game late Saturday night in...
View ArticleMcCaffery: When it most mattered, Eagles' offense was just average
PHILADELPHIA - Even before the season, before the preseason, before training camp, back to when Chip Kelly was hired, there was one popular assumption about the Eagles.Whenever the games turned...
View ArticleEx-New Hanover church youth leader faces alleged parole violation
COURTHOUSE - A former New Hanover church youth group leader who served jail time for having indecent contact with a teenage girl is back in jail for allegedly violating the conditions of his parole,...
View ArticleJudge urges state court to uphold sentence of Towamencin baby killer
COURTHOUSE - A Montgomery County judge has urged a state appellate court to uphold the 15-to-30-year prison term he imposed against a Towamencin man who fatally injured his infant son by striking the...
View ArticleAUTO RACING: Remembering East Windsor Speedway at Oaks Motorsports Show
"Memories of East Windsor Speedway" will be a big part of the huge Pioneer Pole Buildings Motorsports 2014 Race Car and Trade Show fueled by Sunoco and distributed by Insinger Performance presented at...
View ArticleAUTO RACING: Grandview Speedway releases 2014 schedule
BECHTELSVILLE - One of the busiest schedules of racing events in a number of years has been announced for NASCAR-sanctioned Grandview Speedway in 2014. The one-third-mile, banked clay track, considered...
View ArticleSan Diego Chargers rally for 27-10 win over Cincinnati Bengals
CINCINNATI - Dump it off to the running back, hand it off, let the field goal kicker take it from there.Philip Rivers didn't have to do a whole lot to get a playoff win. Not with the way San Diego's...
View ArticleMcCAFFERY: Missed opportunity makes things harder for Chip Kelly,...
PHILADELPHIA - Chip Kelly has an agreement to coach the Eagles for five years, each one different, each one difficult. None, he might as well go ahead and accept, will be like the one that ended...
View ArticleNorristown officials continue to investigate cause of Minor Street fire
NORRISTOWN - Investigators are still searching for the cause of the fire that damaged seven row homes on Minor Street in Norristown Saturday afternoon according to Norristown Fire Department Chief Tom...
View ArticleColumn: How a mega project snafu could snarl America's gas exports
The biggest construction project in the world is on the rocks. And that could have big negative implications for the United States as it tries to turn its natural-gas bonanza into an engine of export...
View ArticleWhat do referees talk about between periods? This video has the answer.
The National Hockey League is following around some of the people who make hockey run, as part of its new NHL Life series. Their second episode focuses on referee Tom Kowal, and shows us what goes on...
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