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By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — I was as shocked!…shocked! as actor Claude Rains’ French police chief when he learned that gambling was going on at Rick’s Café in “Casablanca.” Antisemitism struck within walking distance of home in Philadelphia’s Somerton section on Wednesday morning. City police responded to reports of swastikas in white spray paint […]

WHITEMARSH — Mani Sajid had his teammates clear out so he could go to work. Upper Dublin had just tied the game, for a third time, in the fourth quarter as the Cardinals eyed an end to a nearly 10-year losing streak against the Colonials. However, the fourth quarter is reserved for a different type of player and Sajid sees himself as one of those different types of players. The sophomore scored 10 of his 25 points, adding two huge blocks and a pair of steals in the fourth as PW held off Upper ...

LOWER GWYNEDD – Maybe you can’t plan for 3-point plays but you can prepare for them. “We attack the rim,” Abington junior Paul Glants said. “In practice, there’s no foul calls so when we go to the rim we get fouled, We work on finishing through contact so we went down there, we’re going to […]

“Even though it’s offensive, they know they have First Amendment protection,” Pitkow said. “We could summon them for littering; we have a township ordinance that prohibits that,” but the township didn’t find out who distributed the materials, he said.

Dr. Laurie J. Smith moving into new role

UPPER DUBLIN – Amy Ngo connected on a 3-pointer to start the scoring in Friday night’s game against Wissahickon then drained another to quickly put the Upper Dublin girls basketball team up 8-0. Another triple by the standout senior guard had the Cardinals up 26-8 after the first eight minutes of play. Ngo added two […]

UPPER DUBLIN – Ryan Mulroy provided the Upper Dublin boys basketball team a bit of stability after visiting Wissahickon recorded the first seven points in SOL Liberty Division rivals matchup Friday night. “We’re school rivals, it’s just the talk all day at school, going down 7-0 was not what we wanted,” Mulroy said. “And I just knew maybe I need to step up and just start playing, just going to the basket.” The junior guard scored inside to have the Cardinals down 11-7 before five s...

FRANCONIA — Ryan Mulroy doesn’t see himself as a role player anymore, but it doesn’t mean he’s above playing any role needed. So when Upper Dublin big man Idris Rines rolled an ankle in the third quarter of Saturday’s Jim Church Classic title game against host Souderton, Mulroy sized up. The junior filled that role and several others as a Cardinals team looking to make some noise this season got things started on a good note. Mulroy’s MVP performance helped UD hold off Souderton 52-4...

The Montgomery County Coaches Hall of Fame held its 21st Annual Induction Banquet Tuesday at Presidential Caterers.

The Central Bucks West and Central Bucks South football teams played arguably their biggest game in their rivalry’s history on Oct. 20 as the 8-0 sides met at War Memorial Field with winner clinching at least a share of the Suburban One League National Conference title. West came out on top that night, the Bucks getting out to a 27-7 lead early in the second quarter and holding off the Titans 40-29. Four weeks later on the same field, the stakes are even higher. CB West is still undefeated, CB...