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  • Marie D. Schwarz 93 partner in art gallery

    Marie Devlin Schwarz, 93, a principal in the Schwarz Gallery in Center City, died Thursday, June 13, at her home on Rittenhouse Square. Born in Atlantic City, Mrs. Schwarz graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1936 and at 19 eloped with Frank S. Schwarz, who had founded a gallery under his name in 1930 on the Boardwalk. The Schwarzes moved the gallery to Philadelphia during World War II, ...

  • The Value of Open Space

    A lot off of E. Evesham Rd. in Cherry Hill, NJ has vowed to remain a "preserved space," despite recent moves to further develop the area. (LUKE RAFFERTY / Staff ...

  • Pennsauken physician victim in alleged murder-suicide

    Around 10 Tuesday morning, Debra Dippold stopped by her doctor's office in Pennsauken to pick up a prescription. On an impulse, she brought flowers. "Something told me to bring flowers. Something, God, I guess," Dippold, 56, said of the $25 bouquet. Michelle E. Liggio, 47, a family practitioner, was busy with patients and Dippold didn't get to see her. Liggio's ...

  • Florida man charged with 1996 rape murder of teen

    The smiling face on the T-shirts is Anjeanette Maldonado, frozen in time at 17, with adulthood and her dream of being a commercial artist on the horizon. "Forever young but never forgotten," reads the legend on the shirts worn by her mother, Paulette Smith, and other relatives. They were in a Philadelphia courtroom Tuesday as a Florida man was ordered to stand trial in ...

  • George M. Arnas 81 was obstetrician

    George M. Arnas, 81, a former obstetrician and gynecologist in Philadelphia and South Jersey, died of pancreatic cancer Friday, June 14, at Cadbury at Cherry Hill, a continuing care community. Born in Weirton, W. Va., Dr. Arnas worked during high school and college summers in a steel mill there, where his father, Manolis, an immigrant from Greece, was a foreman. Dr. Arnas graduated third in ...


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If youve seen any of the trailers or TV commercials for Ben Youngers Prime, you probably think its about something that its not really about. The advertisements for the film are an interesting case of purposeful misdirection, as they make it appear as though ... ...

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  • A new kind of food pantry opens in Kensington

    Sister Kim Kessler, CSR helps Khadijah Burridin, 21, choose out healthy food options at the Green Light Food Pantry on Tuesday. Members such as Burridin are allowed to come into the pantry, and choose their food, once a month. (LUKE RAFFERTY/Staff ...

  • NSA Terror attacks averted

    The New York Stock Exchange was among the terrorist targets cited by the NSA director, who said he would provide lawmakers with classified details of ...

  • Fake pilot set free after short prison term

    The Frenchman who donned a pilot's uniform and bluffed his way into the cockpit of a US Airways flight was sent home Tuesday by a Philadelphia judge who said she hoped his three months in prison convinced him of the seriousness of his crime. "There is a victim or victims in this case, and that's the traveling public of the United States," U.S. District Judge Gene E.K. ...

  • New painting honors key Civil War moment for African Americans

    The Union League will soon unveil a painting of U.S. Colored Troops - trained in Philadelphia at Camp William Penn and shown in combat during the war. The painting highlights the role of African Americans in the Gettysburg battle. (ANDREW RENNEISEN/Staff ...

  • Kaiden quits as head of Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

    Tom Kaiden, president of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, is resigning to take a top tourism position in Virginia, the alliance announced. A 12-year staffer with the alliance, Kaiden was named president in 2010 following the death of Peggy Amsterdam at the end of 2009. He will depart July 26. David Devan, alliance board chair and general director of Opera Philadelphia, lauded the ...

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