Friday, April 5, 2013
Friday, April 5, 2013

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The historic Fetters Mill bridge reopened Thursday, after engineers added some temporary safety supports.
Rodman B. Finkbiner, 85, of Bryn Mawr, a longtime gastroenterologist on the Main Line, died Sunday, March 24, of complications from ALS at his home. He became ill four months ago.
Bryn Mawr College has announced the loss of its third top administrator in less than a month.
County announces 10 drop-off sites for unwanted prescription drugs, which are increasingly being abused by youths.
The preparation to get Merion and the entire community around the course up to par for the massive event began for Ill many months ago.
About 200 Conshohocken residents packed the Washington Fire House on Wednesday night to speak for and against a proposed Wawa store on Fayette Street between 11th and 12th Avenues.
It may still be cold enough to feel like winter but a sure sign that spring has arrived is upon us.
There’s Pebble Beach and Augusta. The Old Course at Saint Andrews and Muirfield.
Montco Memo: State. Rep Mary Jo Daley to sit on House Select Committee on School Safety, which will issue a report on current school security and safety measures and recommendations on how they can be improved.
After years of working at a bank, Nancy Dillett of Meadowbrook, Montgomery County, lost her job in the late 1990s when her company was taken over by a rival. She spent the next decade raising her two children as a stay-at-home mom, then rejoined the workforce 18 months ago - as a retail clerk in a State Store.
Two suspects escaped with money and cigarettes after robbing an Elkins Park Rite Aid store at 1401 West Cheltenham Avenue at gunpoint early Tuesday morning.
Sam Salotti, 19, woke up Tuesday to a Facebook message from a woman who said she was an editor with Russia's state-run Channel One.
Forget about the $1,000 her sister had wired from Ireland, police told Angela Mohan. It's gone. Maybe the Broomall fitness instructor would get back...
A mixed-use affordable-housing development is moving forward in Norristown despite opposition from some residents. The plan calls for 96 one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as 5,000 square feet of retail space, at DeKalb and Airy Streets. Sixty units would be reserved for low- and moderate-income residents.
Risa Vetri Ferman will be blogging for the online media site, the Huffington Post, on topics related to safety and children.
Get ready for changes to the Lansdale-Doylestown and Manayunk-Norristown regional rail lines.
A sampling of news from around Montgomery County
The historic Fetters Mill bridge reopened Thursday, after engineers added some temporary safety supports.
County announces 10 drop-off sites for unwanted prescription drugs, which are increasingly being abused by youths.
A sampling of news from around Montgomery County.
Montco Memo: State. Rep Mary Jo Daley to sit on House Select Committee on School Safety, which will issue a report on current school security and safety measures and recommendations on how they can be improved.
Montco Memo: Montgomery County will get $220,046.88, the second-largest payment in the state, from a Swedish-born derivative scheme.
Labor group plans rally in Norristown to urge comprehensive immigration reform.
A selection of news from around Montgomery County.
Author Maria Kefalas is compelled by her daughter's illness to contemplate aspects of motherhood she never before imagined.
A sampling of news from around Montgomery County
A sampling of news from around Montgomery County.
Montgomery County is exploring an ordinance to protect gay, lesbian and transgender residents from discrimination in the workplace and housing market.
The Upper Moreland woman who stabbed the boyfriend was charged Wednesday with murder after the victim, who called 911 to report the incident, died Tuesday night from his wounds.
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