Monica Yant Kinney joined the Inquirer in 1996 and was named a metro columnist in 2001 at the age of 30. She puts so many miles on her car roaming the region she finally bought a Prius. Monica has covered suburban trends and Philadelphia city government and, for two years, focused exclusively on crime, color and characters of South Jersey. In the early 1990s, she expensed her cable bill while she was the television critic at the St. Petersburg Times in Florida. Monica is a 1993 graduate of the University of Notre Dame. She grew up in Fort Wayne, Ind., but now lives with her husband (a fellow Notre Dame grad), and their two young children in a very old house in Haddonfield.
Her column appears Sundays and Wednesdays in Local & Region.
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Housing First suggests a simple, if revolutionary, means of helping chronically homeless people: First, move them into an apartment, away from the chaos of the streets. Then treat mental illness and addictions, reintroducing the concept of home as a refuge.
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In Chester County, disabled and elderly people can spend $20 riding paratransit to and from the grocery store. That might not seem like much, but factor in $80 just to travel for food when you live on only $600 a month. Then imagine getting by with even less.
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I've never met Allan Borushek - "The Calorie King" - but he's usually with me wherever I go. His handy little book fits nicely in my purse, helping me decide when to resist tasty temptations and when to give in and chow down. If I'm stumped, I gaze at his wise eyes and mustard-yellow crown and ask, "What would The King do?"
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I had hoped to wait a month or so to deliver a good-news update about the not-so-luxurious living conditions at the Marquis apartments in King of Prussia.
- To death and taxes, add the gross insensitivity of city government.Two months ago, I had the grim task of telling readers that renowned local forensic sculptor Frank Bender is dying. The self-proclaimed "recomposer of the decomposed" helped solve cold cases around the globe before being diagnosed with pleural mesothelioma - asbestos cancer from his days in the Navy.
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Marriage Equality died last week in New Jersey. He was a 20th-century ideal who gained international prominence in the last decade.
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In promotional materials, the Marquis Apartments promise luxury living, suburban serenity, and a sweeping view of King of Prussia. The 641-unit complex boasts of being an "exclusive, 24-hour gated community" with a "million dollar fitness center." The Marquis' 1,200 residents enjoy an on-site restaurant, two pools, and a party space called "the elegant Essex Room."
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I thought of Carmen and Anna Maria Vona over the holidays, and not just because I spent an inordinate amount of time in my cramped and ordinary kitchen.
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Every year at this time, I realize I've been negligent in bringing readers up to speed about the people you came to know and care about from previous columns.
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