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  • Kevin Riordan Theres a new show in town

    Inside the former Collingswood Theatre, Tom Marchetty and Josh Longsdorf talk about assembling the cast of their new production. "We've got a photographer, a printmaker, a guy who makes portable power systems, and a woman who's got her own clothing line," Marchetty says. "We're looking for innovators," Longsdorf adds. "People who are passionate about ...

  • At Radnor races a jumping good time

    Mark McMackin and his wife, Shelley, set up their tailgate party at the Radnor Hunt Races. An estimated 20,000 attended the races Saturday - a day to eat, drink, and make merry in spring finery. "This is one of my favorite days of the year," one attendee said. Story, ...

  • Connie Williams 72 East Camden activist

    Connie Williams, 72, a community activist who worked with children and police to keep her East Camden neighborhood safe, died early Saturday, May 18, of lung cancer. Ms. Williams ran after-school and summer crime-prevention programs in an effort to keep children active and away from drugs. For the last decade, she had been president of the East Side Civic Association in Camden. "It's ...

  • Silicon Valleys unlikely new favorite cause Gov. Christie

    Newark Mayor Cory Booker, left, and Mark Zuckerberg, center, founder and CEO of Facebook listen as N.J. Gov. Chris Christie talks about the states schools, during a press conference at the Robert Treat Hotel in Newark, N.J., Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010. Zuckerberg is there to talk about his donation of $100 million to help Newark public schools (AP Photo/Rich ...

  • Obamas activism is starved for trust

    WASHINGTON - Whatever else happens as a result of the multiple controversies that have engulfed the administration, one thing is clear: President Obama has failed to meet one of the most important goals he set out when he was first elected, which was to demonstrate that activist government could also be smart government. Six weeks after winning the presidency in 2008, Obama reflected on the ...


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Movie Review

Ulee's Gold

In the opening shots of "Ulee's Gold," we watch the title character, Ulee Jackson (Peter Fonda) carefully going about his job of beekeeping. He does everything tenderly and carefully, and he is alone in his work. Actually, he is alone in more than his work. Life's hardships have toughened him, and made him draw back from human contact. He rarely communicates with his son, Jimmy (Tom Wood), who is ... ...

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  • McGraw delivers brawny two-hour set

    Tim McGraw performs during the Two Lanes of Freedom Tour at the Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, May 17, 2013. ( DAVID M WARREN / Staff Photographer ...

  • Edward J. Nolen 80 Penn accountant

    Edward J. Nolen, 80, of Cape May, a longtime accountant for the University of Pennsylvania, died of kidney failure on Wednesday, May 15, at St. Joseph Villa, a nursing-care facility in Flourtown. Born in Abington, Mr. Nolen graduated from La Salle College High School and earned a bachelor's degree in accounting at what is now La Salle University. A nephew, Jay McCarthy, said Mr. Nolen ...

  • Milton N. Kitei 94 a retired family physician

    Milton N. Kitei, 94, a retired family physician, died Friday, May 17, of heart failure at his home in Lafayette Hill. Born in Philadelphia, Dr. Kitei graduated from Central High School, where he won oratory contests. He earned his undergraduate degree from St. Joseph's College, now university, and his medical degree in 1944 from Jefferson Medical College. After an internship at Albert ...

  • Flower Show lost $1.2 million and leader blames TV

    The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society usually makes about $1 million in profits from the Philadelphia Flower Show. But not this year. The 2013 show actually fell short about $1.2 million, not an unprecedented event in its 184-year history but a short-term disaster for the many urban "greening" programs it supports. PHS president Drew Becher is now scrambling to cut costs - and to ...

  • Montcos Shapiro laying groundwork for statewide run

    Josh Shapiro, chairman of the Montgomery County commissioners and a rising Democratic star, will bypass 2014 races for governor and Congress already congested with ambitious pols and instead launch his own political action committee to try to influence campaigns and issues around the state. Keystone Reform, the name of the PAC Shapiro plans to announce Monday, will raise money to fund what he ...

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