http://www.philly.com/r?19=960&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F Inquirer local news coverage. en-us Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:22:25 GMT 2009-07-06T11:22:25Z en-us http://media.philly.com/designimages/PhiComLogo_Header.gif http://www.philly.com Philly.com http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50007032&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_In_budget_rhetoric__do_Rendell_s_numbers_add_up_.html HARRISBURG - If Gov. Rendell has said it once, he's said it a hundred times - or literally close to that. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 3289f72ae9104c9073a3fbff4542e268 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50007047&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_String_band_relocates_to_Upper_Darby.html The Greater Overbrook String Band is now strutting its stuff in suburbia. The Mummers have relocated to the basement of the Highland Park Firehouse at Park Avenue and Cedar Lane in Upper Darby. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 72bd78cdc49dab87543b6377a6c1d9fa 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50006987&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_ATV_bills_would_tighten_enforcement__create_riding_parks.html Dennis Farmer fears he will never share the thrill of riding ATVs with his 6-year-old son. Fred Akers worries about the survival of the Pine Barrens tree frog. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 4748ba19a23e0ad097fb74a347704a33 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50007042&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Sharif_Street_may_run_in_190th_District.html His father is out of the mayor's office, but the public-service bug that bit Sharif Street, too, has not faded. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 6093a96b72b687387aee19ae79f90e70 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50007017&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_The_next_day__the_Parkway_looked_like_nothing_happened.html Willie Guess said his job was to make "Philly look like Philly again" after big events such as Saturday night's Welcome America concert and fireworks show on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT e5caf985832495f73507807d838f8f2b 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50006707&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Plenty_of_cameras_monitor_55_000_Lancaster_residents.html On a sunny afternoon at H.M. Musser Park in Lancaster City, Vilma Caraballo pushed her grandson on a swing. Marion Young, 60, ate tortilla chips from her bagged lunch. And Maicol Ortiz, 19, sat on a brick wall, talking in Spanish with his 23-year-old girlfriend, Evelyn Monzon. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:08:34 GMT a0b90f8279d0fa7fd22ceec3fe0dd884 2009-07-06T09:08:34Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50006952&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Fireworks_accident_kills_man_in_Bucks.html An accident during the grand finale of a July Fourth fireworks show in Quakertown has left one man dead and authorities investigating what went wrong. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT ffb07db4ace9436619fec85ee2fda17c 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50007022&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Body_of_drowned_boy_found_in_the_Delaware.html Philadelphia marine police yesterday recovered the body of an 11-year-old North Philadelphia boy who drowned in the Delaware River Friday night while on a family boating trip. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT ed503c9d6d829503bf28887bcfd2b0fb 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50006697&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Trial_for_accused_Mafia_hit_man.html A reputed North Jersey mob figure who spent more than a decade on the run from a murder investigation was once part of a notorious Genovese crime family hit team known as "The Fist," according to government documents filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT e279945531e80fa1d94bdc07514a7fc7 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50015422&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Fireworks_debris_strikes__kills_worker_during_show.html An accident during the grand finale of a July Fourth fireworks show in Quakertown has left one man dead and authorities investigating what went wrong. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:22:25 GMT a4a9e6bf08921de4fd5b7912eb205707 2009-07-06T11:22:25Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50006977&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_An_ill-timed_boot_spells_Phils__doom.html Say! for the love of Mike, who slipped our goat to Roger Bresnahan this season? For aeons and aeons have we been accustomed to viewing the St. Louis baseball team as a nice bunch of juicy ensilage on which to fatten our percentage in the official averages. ... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT ffefa7571a60486a995dcf8a6a1a2808 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50007037&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Two-part_dig_under_way_in_Valley_Forge.html The snapshot of the Continental Army's encampment at Valley Forge is a picture deduced from pieces of pottery, bone, and a military belt buckle. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 7ba2c508817f61294ee394a8144f8d8e 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50006967&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Daniel_Rubin__Remnant_of_war_poses_conundrum.html So what do I do with the Nazi flag? Cousin Bobby asked us to grab it, before someone else went through the house and found it in the attic - folded up and faded by the sun, but still capable of inspiring horror. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 9a3fff159c644effb776ee7f1e7da986 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50006997&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Popularity_slipping__Corzine_has_work_to_do.html Many voters don't like Democratic Gov. Corzine, despite his progress on promises to cut state spending and to support tougher ethics laws, two areas where residents wanted action. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT 173f405c718ca91559736d05859689b5 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50007012&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_To_Submit_Obituaries.html The Inquirer welcomes obituary information from funeral directors, relatives and friends. Please submit information promptly. We want our obituaries to be timely. Recent photographs of publishable quality are desired. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT fbf0e31bf4afb35ad3346f706785674b 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50007002&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Evesham_squabble_over_campaign_finance.html The invitation last month for a party celebrating the recent return of Republican rule to Evesham featured this request: Contributions to campaign funds and political action committees should not exceed $300. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT c9b30a687079a9f95cc59f21e0ff6da0 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50007007&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Rutgers-Camden_helps_in_hunger_fight.html A Rutgers University initiative aimed at easing hunger across New Jersey has collected more than 20 tons of food in its first months, officials said last week. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT fa382426435a4bffb059647bb0f01518 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50006982&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_On_Philly_com.html To read the entire series of stories appearing on Mondays thus far, and for more classic photographs and stories from our first 180 years, plus historic front pages available for purchase, see a special interactive display at www.philly.com/inquirer Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:01:00 GMT aca4f882e871e0cbd44f748a23e2a72f 2009-07-06T07:01:00Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50006957&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Authorities_identify_Poconos_drowning_victim.html DINGMAN'S FERRY, Pa. - Authorities in eastern Pennsylvania have identified a New Jersey man who died Friday as he was trying to aid a distressed swimmer in a Pocono Mountains stream. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:19:04 GMT eaca7790fd6258c4aded54d0034227c6 2009-07-06T11:19:04Z http://www.philly.com/r?19=961&43=166771&44=50006962&32=3796&7=195212&40=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.philly.com%2Finquirer%2Flocal%2F20090706_Three_men_wounded_in_Old_City_shooting.html A triple shooting in Old City yesterday left one man in critical condition and two others wounded, police said. Two men have been arrested in connection with the shootings. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 11:19:04 GMT c8184650c77fe82969c6118246d1b826 2009-07-06T11:19:04Z