NORTHEAST TIMES
October 11, 2007 edition


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COVER STORY:

The booze blues

t may not be their legal right, but there’s little doubt that young people in Northeast Philly still consider drinking in the woods their birthright.
Their determination to keep up a generations-old local custom is evident in the perpetual cat-and-mouse game they instigate with police, civic leaders and individuals unfortunate enough to live nearby the kids’ favorite stomping grounds. Much like the old cartoon Tom and Jerry, the cat rarely wins.
On any given weekend night throughout the year, and very often on weeknights during their summer vacation, dozens if not hundreds of kids and young adults can be found lurking in Pennypack Park, say police and civilian witnesses.

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EDITORIAL

It's a mad, mad world

Last Thursday’s cold-blooded executions of a pair of armored-car guards servicing an ATM at a Wachovia bank branch next to the Roosevelt Mall shocked not only the Rhawnhurst community but all of what used to be The City of Brotherly Love. And, thanks to surveillance tape of the slayings, the assassinations gripped the entire nation, albeit temporarily.
Unlike drug dealers, car thieves, robbers and other members of the Scum of the Earth Society who sometimes get what they deserve in the form of police bullets, the guards . . .

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POLICE NEWS:

Police kill teen
amid domestic fight


Oxford Circle man
stabbed to death


A sorrowful day
of double murder


Arson destroys
Mummers’ material


Northeast man convicted
in local drug ring


Membership is key
for 8th PDAC


CAMPAIGN ’07:

‘America’s Mayor’
visits Philly


Quinones-Sanchez ready
to restore order in the 7th


IN OTHER NEWS:

Clarification


Landslide vote decides
new FOP president


Priceless advice
from the pro


A Fuller education
at St. Jerome School


City Council overrides
veto on sewage tank bill


More than 60 animals
recovered from woman’s home


East Frankford Civic
to petition against NET


It’s Kelsey Keen’s
own decade of dominance


Fibroadenomas need
not be so frightening


‘Great Expectations’
for Philadelphians


Local couple decides
to make their own playland


For decades, an
enduring slice of life


First impressions are
in the eye of the beholder


Recording studio
is a sound investment


Wilma opens
with ‘Amadeus’


COLUMNS:

Speaking of Religion


Robyn’s ’Hood


Kids Stuff


At the Movies


Music Row


SPORTS:

A look into
the reel NFL


Precious moments
for the Vikings


Taking the lead
for Ryan’s soccer team


All in the family
for Borski


Baseball column


Basketball column


WEEKLY FEATURES:

Calendar of Events


Casino trips


Religious Events


Trips


Reunions


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