NORTHEAST TIMES
January 5, 2006 edition

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COVER STORY:

Support group is on hand

The Marine Corps was a likely calling for Cpl. Jackie Martin, a girl who marked the stages of her life with physical challenges.
She rode a bike through her childhood, swung through her preteen softball years and kicked around adolescence — and a soccer ball — in high school.
"If she got mad at me, she would do push-ups," said Alice Martin, a billing specialist at Holy Redeemer’s Home Health & Hospice Services in Parkwood.

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EDITORIAL:

Give ’em hell, Alan

For the City of Brotherly Graft, a new day dawned on Monday when Alan Butkovitz assumed control of Philadelphia’s pocketbook. In taking the oath of office as Jonathan Saidel’s successor as city controller, Butkovitz can give Philadelphia a fresh start and fresh air. Butkovitz should turn the might and clout and prestige of his position into a bully pulpit by calling a halt to the . . .

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ON THE POLICE BEAT:

Panel: He plied teen call
girl with cocaine,
left her to die


Investigators think bad
driver is bank robber, too


Police believe domestic
tiff led to man’s slaying


Red-light camera
grace period over


IN OTHER NEWS:

Farewell to a fighter


MaST charts the way to success


The Frankford flag-maker


World’s oldest husband
passes away at 105


George Washington wants
off ‘dangerous school’ list


WOW . . . Mayfair rink
changes owners


Krispy Kreme demise
leaves hole in Mayfair


Street will veto bill
to cut business privilege tax


Library hours to stay


Swenson students learn
leadership through ROTC


The best Christmas gift
this year: a phone call


Hearing delay irks
Somerton residents


Bloomin’ good idea!


Major breakthrough


For these students,
there’s no place like home


Online auctioning gains
a Philadelphia store front


Finding a home
for the holidays


Kornbluth lights up the stage
as Ben Franklin


COLUMNS:

Speaking of Religion


Kids Stuff


SPORTS:

Ready to soar at Lincoln


Taking her best shot


Can Reid make moves
to get Eagles airborne?


WEEKLY FEATURES:

Calendar of Events


Casino trips


Religious Events


Trips


Reunions


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