Ronnie Polaneczky has been an award-winning columnist for The Philadelphia Daily News since 1999, offering a front-steps perspective on every aspect of city life, from the sublime to the stupid. In her past life, she was the editor-in-chief of Atlantic City Magazine, associate editor at Philadephia Magazine and a fulltime freelancer published in Ladies Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Redbook, Reader's Digest, Men's Health, MarieClaire and others. She lives with her husband, daughter, dog, two cats and hermit crab in the city's Fairmount section. You can also read Ronnie's blog, So, What Happened Was... and even enjoy her musings in podcast form.
Email Ronnie at polaner@phillynews.com
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Ronnie Polaneczky: Joe Varsanyi Sr. died Monday. The WWII vet would've had a hard time voting.
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Nothing standard about Archdiocese test
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Something seems fishy about the Philadelphia Archdiocese's June testing mess... but is it malfeasance?
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Ronnie asks: So, whatever happened to ...?
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Ronnie Polaneczky revisits the lesbian bride-to-be who was turned away from a S.J. bridal store as well as other people in columns that drew big reader reaction.
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Parking bosses ignore judge's order
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Ronnie Polaneczky: The city says it's just not "practical" to make appealing a parking ticket more fair.
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Ralph's restaurant wears 'oldest' crown
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Ronnie Polaneczky: The owners of two eateries might be wrong about the nation's oldest Italian restaurant.
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'Slimy' move over PPA tickets
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Ronnie Polaneczky: I shouldn't be shocked that the Philadelphia Parking Authority and its sister agency, the parking Bureau of Administrative Adjudication, are delivering low blows.
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Ronnie PolaneczkyRonnie Polaneczky: Penn State should take the lead, and voluntarily cancel football
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WELCOME TO NCAA world, where, apparently, the only thing worse than ignoring the rape of a kid is giving illicit cash donations to student athletes. How else to explain that the NCAA didn't impose the death penalty on Penn State football Monday but, in 1987, dropped the guillotine on Southern Methodist University's Mustangs?
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Court serves justice on Parking Authority
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Ronnie Polaneczky: Judge Leon Tucker has ordered new levels of accountability "forthwith."
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A 'Frontline' hug for school's car team
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Ronnie Polaneczky: The documentary about West Philly High's hybrid-car team will leave you tearful and smitten. It airs tonight.
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A July 4th pet project
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Ronnie Polaneczky: This year, my usual July Fourth activities included "animal surgeries" as I watched Penn veterinary school students donate their time to help stray and abandoned animals.
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Who didn't dig Henrietta Garrett?
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Ronnie Polaneczky: I imagine Henrietta Garrett is mortified strangers will see her corpse. Again.
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