Tag: Metro

Today’s Metro story

… is about a very Divorce Court-esque case involving a man, his wife, a woman who is or isn’t his mistress and a cell-phone carrier who admits to give the wife some information about the is/isn’t mistress. Make sense? Yeah,…

Today’s Metro Story(ies)

… is/are about Philadelphia’s push to make profitable/have ads on their site bloggers pay the $300 business privilege tax. And, how the city is ramping up efforts to fine residents for weeds on their lawns and mistakes in their recycling.…

Today’s Metro story

… is about yesterday’s DRPA meeting. Previous coverage of DRPA: Oh look, DRPA and the PATCO Hi-Speed Line … A Valentine for the Hell-Bound Maggots of the DRPA DRPA: From Whore Pit Vipers to Hell-Destined Maggots You Make It Too…

Today’s Metro story

… is about the ongoing city vs. union scuttlebutt about response time to a fatal West Philadelphia fire, a blaze caused by careless smoking that claimed a 12-year-old boy’s life. While “nobody can say” whether victim Frank Marasco would’ve survived…

Today’s Metro Story

… is about a court hearing that bothered me as much as the tail-end of my daily AC crime beat days. Sat in court yesterday and watched Jose Carrasquillo plead guilty to the brutal, savage rape of an 11-year-old whose…

Today’s Metro Stories

… are about Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey’s push to de-corrupt his ranks and the never-ending battle over the MOVE 9 (yes, the photo caption got it wrong: The MOVE bombing wasn’t in North Philly; it was on Osage Ave.…

Today’s Metro Stories

… are about juveniles serving life without parole and Mayor Nutter calling for an end to the controversial DROP pension program. Stuff that couldn’t fit in the paper: Juvie lifers story … As an 11-year-old in Lawrence County last year,…

Today’s Metro Story

… is about the seedling legislative push to change how political corruption is addressed in Pennsylvania. Link’s here. Pre-edited-down-for-space draft is here … Using an Independence Hall backdrop yesterday, legislators and activists made known their desire to replace the state…