Monthly Archives: April, 2013

Why we run … and why we must keep going

Last Monday, about four hours after the two bombs that ripped through downtown Boston killed three and injured 180, I phoned my mother at...

Editorial: What’s proper?

This week’s cover story on the deep fracture between Philadelphia firefighters and Mayor Nutter originally was scheduled to be published on April 10. But...

Biggest challenge in getting black belt is ‘with yourself’

Connor FennellWhen I was 7 years old my parents enrolled me in karate classes at Action Karate in Feasterville. From that time until now...

Fixing up picnic tables

Mark Strecker and his team fixed or built 59 picnic tables at the park. MARIA POUCHNIKOVA / TIMES PHOTOSMark Strecker recalls being on a camping...

M-16 rifle is missing from police inventory

Has anyone seen a Philadelphia police-issued Colt M-16 rifle lying around?That’s a question Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey and federal investigators are asking after a recent...

Illusion of protection — a grandmother’s lament

We were leaving the hospital with our first baby, a red-faced daughter who weighed less than a sack of potatoes, when we encountered a...

Uprooting knotweed

John Newman and his team pulled invasive Japanese knotweed plants. MARIA POUCHNIKOVA / TIMES PHOTOSBecoming an Eagle Scout is no walk in the park. Well,...

Sentencing postponed in molestation case

The sentencing of a priest and a former Catholic schoolteacher, who were convicted of molesting a Northeast altar boy, has been postponed until June...

Times to change printer, shape

The Northeast Times will be changing to a new printer next week and the move will lead us to change the paper’s shape slightly,...

At Fels, a gun is found in a backpack

A Fels High School student is sitting in a city jail cell after he allegedly tried to bring a gun into school last Wednesday.Shaheed...
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