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Monday, July 13th, 2009 at 10:57 am - by Alan Tu
Downloadable Mp3 of Radio Times show
The President of The Valley Club swimming pool in suburban Philadelphia says he was there when 65 minority children came to his pool and says he didn’t hear anyone make racial remarks to the kids. John Duesler says he welcomed the Creative Steps summer camp kids and even told them [...]
Vince Fumo's prison sentence likely to be less than prosecutors hoped for
Friday, July 10th, 2009 at 5:07 pm - by Alan Tu
(fyi: Fumo sentencing scheduled for Tuesday, July 14, 2009 @ 10:00 a.m. Courtroom 14A)
In a pre-sentencing hearing in U.S. District Court in Philadelphia, the judge in the Vince Fumo trial announced that the former state lawmaker faces 11-14 years in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. According to a KYW reports, Judge Ronald Buckwalter said Fumo’s [...]
Open thread on The Valley Club swimming pool controversy
Friday, July 10th, 2009 at 4:01 pm - by Alan Tu
I am back from my vacation and from my week helping Radio Times out. The big story this week locally has got to be the racial discrimination allegations related to The Valley Club in Huntingdon Valley. This is just outside of Philadelphia.
Here’s what we know. 65 kids from a summer camp were properly registered as [...]
The End of Free Online News in Philadelphia?
Monday, July 6th, 2009 at 6:06 pm - by Guest Commentator
By Mark Berkey-Gerard
How much are you willing to pay to read Philly.com? Two cents per article? $2.25 a week? Nothing?
That is the multimillion-dollar question the owners of the Philly.com, the Inquirer, and the Daily News are currently trying to answer.
In June, publisher Brian Tierney said that readers will have to pay for online news by [...]
