Mt. Airy
OK who needed all the quarters? On Saturday, NewsWorks spotted a Philadelphia Inquirer newspaper box open at the corner of Germantown Avenue and Sedgwick Street.
This is near the Acme in Mt. Airy. Is this a sign of how bad the economy really is? Why would anyone want to steal five pounds of quarters? It makes for a clumsy and noisy getaway.
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