Holy Redeemer Thrift Store Offers Big Black Friday Savings
On Friday, November 23, 2012, the Holy Redeemer Thrift Store will host a special Black Friday sales event. The store will open one hour early, at 9 a.m., to offer a discount of 50 percent off storewide...
View ArticleRegional Roundup: Woman Struck, Killed Along Route 13
Woman Struck, Killed Along Route 13: A Bristol Township resident died from injuries sustained when she was hit by a car. Bristol Borough police are investigating the accident. Read the details of the...
View ArticleMultiple Cars Set Ablaze in Act of Arson
A witness called LMPD on Nov. 11 after he saw several cars on fire in the parking lot of 7 Motors Inc., 3021 Franks Rd. in Huntingdon Valley. He was working at his shop nearby when he heard popping...
View Article5 Things to Know About Thanksgiving Travel
AAA projects 43.6 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, an increase of 0.7 percent over the 43.3 million people who traveled last year. This...
View ArticleTaste of Willow Grove Set for December 2
The annual festive tribute to the area's culinary delights unfolds at the Taste of Willow Grove on December 2, 2012. In addition, Blue Mountain Winery will provide wine tasting and student from Eastern...
View ArticlePennsylvania Lawmakers to Make More Than $83,800 Next Year
By Eric Boehm | PA Independent HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania lawmakers will get a 2.2 percent pay increase on Dec. 1, boosting their salaries to more than $83,000. Russ Faber, chief clerk of the state...
View ArticleUpper Moreland Student of the Month
Meaghan is President of the German Club, a Student Council Officer, and a member of the National Honor Society, National German Honor Society, and the Interact Club. Meaghan is one of our section...
View ArticleBlack Friday Videogame Deals
This time of year finds pretty much every gamer with multiple gaming-related items on their holiday list: the hot new game, the console they didn’t buy yet, that sweet accessory that will make playing...
View ArticleRegional Roundup: Holland Doctor Gets Prison Term for Selling Percocet
Holland Doctor Gets Year in Prison for Illegally Selling Percocet: A Holland doctor was sentenced to a year and one day in prison after illegally selling the pain killer from his Trenton, N.J. office,...
View ArticleDA May Seek Death For Accused Venna Killer
The man accused of killing an infant girl and her grandmother in an Upper Merion apartment last month may face the death penalty. Phillyburbs.com reports that the Montgomery County district attorney's...
View ArticleShare Your Thanksgiving Dinner Photos
Putting together a Thanksgiving feast is no simple feat. Between the shopping and the cooking, there’s barely time left to set the table and make everything just right. If you’ve gone above and beyond...
View ArticleThanksgiving Leftovers: What Do You Do With Them?
Dinner’s done and the only thing more stuffed than the bird is you. Now the question becomes: What to do with all those leftovers? While many say simple reheating is all that’s necessary to have a “day...
View Article‘Fiscal Cliff’ Could Mean $22 Billion More in Taxes
By Eric Boehm | PA Independent HARRISBURG — Pennsylvanians will face billions of dollars in higher taxes unless Congress acts by the end of the year to defuse a threatening combination of tax increases...
View ArticleWill You Shop on Black Friday?
Are you someone who wakes up at the crack of dawn (or stays up all night) to take advantage of Black Friday sales? Or do you avoid after-Thanksgiving shopping like the plague? Tell us by voting in the...
View ArticleAudit of Philadelphia Election Process Planned
By Eric Boehm | PA Independent HARRISBURG – Voting irregularities in Philadelphia on Election Day have prompted city official to launch an audit. City Controller Alan Butkovitz announced Tuesday...
View ArticleWhat Philadelphia Eagles Should Fly the Coop on Offense
Editor's Note -- This is the first of two parts. Some of your Philadelphia Eagles jerseys of players on offense might become outdated soon. As the team now ranks as one of the worst in the National...
View ArticlePost-Election, Republicans Consider Rebranding Message, Demographics
By Melissa Daniels | PA Independent HARRISBURG — There was a particular moment this election season when Clarke Cooper says he began to see the tide turn in the Republican Party. It was at the outset...
View ArticleAre Tax Breaks for Hollywood Really Necessary?
By Eric Boehm | PA Independent HARRISBURG – An Associated Press article posted this morning at various Pennsylvania news outlets sings the praises of the state’s Film Tax Credit program and subtly...
View ArticleGetting Ready for Christmas
I hand it to all of you who venture out into the world on Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving, I can barely rouse myself out of bed due to the turkey, stuffing and pie-induced coma I’m in. So to...
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