NORTHEAST TIMES
December 6, 2007 edition


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COVER STORY:

Babies on board

John Domzalski summed up the maternity-care crisis in Northeast Philadelphia with some staggering statistics.
In 1997, Philadelphia had a birth rate of 22,019. At that time, 19 hospitals offered maternity services, with 650 available licensed beds, said Domzalski, commissioner of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health.
The following year, Nazareth Hospital closed its maternity unit. Parkview Hospital closed altogether in 2003, while Frankford and Jeanes hospitals closed their obstetrics units within the past 18 months.

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Editorial:

Two big decisions

This is a pivotal week for Philadelphia, from its western border to the eastern border and everybody in between.
City Council and Mayor John Street are poised to give their official blessings to zoning changes and lease agreements that will allow the Fox Chase Cancer Center to begin its big expansion project.
As soon as Council and Mr. Street do their good deed, the vocal minority of expansion opponents should get out of the way and . . .

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POLICE NEWS:

Scam artists hit
Far Northeast residents again


Sentencing handed down
in fraud case


Questions surround
Bustleton home invasion


Perzel’s son is slated
to stand trial


Enforcement and awareness
emphasized at 15th PDAC


IN OTHER NEWS:

Fox Chase Cancer Center
expects great news this week



Reach out
to aid others


And the kosher
survey says?!


Harmonizing music
and marriage


Fire lieutenants claim racial
discrimination in lawsuit


History is a big deal
in Northeast Philly


Stack foe
is on the radio


Their hearts a-thumpin’
at Frankford Hospital


Forty years of learning
at Loesche


Saving lives
with SNIP


Local guardsmen
head to Sinai


Bel Jewelers has had
a charmed career


It’s 50 years and
counting at OLC


It’s all an act
at Fox Chase School


Good career move
for Mary Martello


COLUMNS:

Speaking of Religion


Robyn’s ’Hood


Kids Stuff


At the Movies


Music Row


SPORTS:

Ernie Gallaher
is calling the shots


Rhythmic rebounds
of Nasha Prescott


Twice the triumph
for Washington tight end


WEEKLY FEATURES:

Calendar of Events


Casino trips


Religious Events


Trips


Reunions


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