http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky RSS Feed for Ronnie Polaneczky en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:01:46 GMT http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky/20091119_Ronnie_Polaneczky__Tracking__The_Rumor__about_North_Catholic.html THE SIDEWALK in front of Northeast Catholic High School can be a loud place to hang out. Torresdale Avenue bustles with traffic, and the clatter and screech of the Market-Frankford El adds to the decibel level. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky/20091112_Ronnie_Polaneczky__City_high-school_kids_best_MIT_in__10M_car_contest.html As I wander among the West Philly High School students milling about a noisy garage a few blocks from their school, I can't help thinking, "MIT must be sick of these kids." http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky/20091110_Ronnie_Polaneczky__Supporters_of_Dougherty___North_find_a_frustrating_parade_of_Q_s_withoutA_s.html BEFORE MASS began this past Sunday at the Cathedral Basilica of Ss. Peter and Paul, a seminarian asked the congregation if we'd consider supporting St. Charles Borromeo Seminary with a financial gift. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky/20091107_Ronnie_Polaneczky__Frustrated_commuters_deride_strikers.html FOR TWO YEARS, David Grooms put up with what he says was routinely nasty customer service from SEPTA, because it beat driving into work from his home in Lansdowne. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky/20091106_Ronnie_Polaneczky__To_SEPTA_strikers__How_dare_you.html YO, SEPTA WORKERS. As a fellow union member, I'm having a big problem with you, solidarity-wise. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky/20091103_Ronnie_Polaneczky__This_wall_is_not_a_barrier_but_hope_s_message_board.html WHEN YOU walk into the chapel at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America, in Northeast Philadelphia, it's not immediately apparent that you've entered a sacred place. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky/20091029_Ronnie_Polaneczky__Reader__Tell_whole_story_on_abuse.html RICHARD WEXLER can be a jerk. He sent me a nasty e-mail this week in response to my column about the child-abuse death of Charlenni Ferreira. I had noted that a handful of neighbors appeared to have witnessed Charlenni's slow, torturous murder. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky/20091027_Ronnie_Polaneczky__For_the_kids__If_you_see_something__say_something.html IT WAS THE hair weave that got to me. Someone in Charlenni Ferreira's life had used it to hide the head gash that Charlenni had suffered. The wound had been stuffed with gauze, then hidden beneath the weave. The injury was old enough that skin had begun to grow aross the gauze. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky/20091021_Ronnie_Polaneczky__Thriving_tech_school_a_casualty_of_North_s_fall_.html IT'S BEEN TWO weeks since the Philadelphia Archdiocese announced it would close Cardinal Dougherty and Northeast Catholic high schools in 2010. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/columnists/ronnie_polaneczky/20091015_Ronnie_Polaneczky__SugarHouse_plan_mucked_by_pols_after_the_FACT.html THE MEMBERS of Fishtown Action have one question for Mike O'Brien and Larry Farnese: "Why are you mucking with our hard work?"