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By MARC NARDUCCI | The Philadelphia Inquirer | Published: April 9, 2021 PHILADELPHIA (Tribune News Service) — James "Cowboy" Johnson was running errands in his Norristown neighborhood on March 15 when he was stopped in his tracks on Swede Street, where he lives. "I saw smoke up the street, but it looked a little different," said Johnson. As he watched in alarm, "the smoke got heavy and darker." He quickly realized that it was emanating from a three-story duplex home, which has an apartment ...

Southeastern Pennsylvania suburban schools with larger proportions of Black and Hispanic students are not only underfunded by the state but the effect of that shortfall results in lower levels of minority student achievement, according to a recently released report. The report, titled "No More Dreams Deferred," also found that Black and Hispanic students are disproportionately suspended and disciplined through law enforcement than their white classmates in the suburban districts. Public Citizen...

NORRISTOWN — As the COVID-19 vaccination campaign continues to roll out in Montgomery County, local leaders authorized several contracts totaling roughly $213,000. The package presented during the April 1 Montgomery County Board of Commissioners meeting were agreements between the county’s Department of Health and Human Services and several area providers. A $136,395 contract with RGW Restoration LLC dba ServPro, of Norristown, covered “cleaning and decontamination servicesâ�...

Icepack | March 11-18 You want to know why I know that this is the first truly “nice” (and I mean weather, not any brand of overt civility) week in Philly, beyond local newscasters saluting the warmth and the sunshine repeatedly? Because I came into this week hammered over the head, NOT with reports of local, COVID-concerned teachers frightened of their sticky, disease-ridden classrooms (I have visions of mask-less students swarming Purell wipes-toting instructors like the black & white, 19...

New Hahnemann landlord aims to keep Drexel labs in Philly, as school eyes move to former GSK site in Montgomery County Jacob Adelman, The Philadelphia Inquirer © TIM TAI/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Drexel University could move its medical school labs to Montgomery County when its lease expires at the New College Building on the Hahnemann University Hospital campus expires in 2022. Investment group Iron Stone Real Estate Partners has a deal to buy a section of the former Hah...

The forgotten plans for a Welsh-speaking colony in New Wales in north America Welsh settlers were given 40,000 acres near Philadelphia for a Welsh-speaking, self-governing colony 11:42, 7 MAR 2021 Updated City Hall in downtown Philadelphia (Image: Getty Images) There are always big stories on WalesOnline - dont miss any with our daily emailInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign me up now When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsle...

NORRISTOWN — As the new coronavirus was bearing down on Montgomery County last March, Dr. Valerie Arkoosh was thrust into the spotlight, becoming the face of the local public health

The AGs office said Neeld, the funeral director of Neeld Funeral Care in Chester County, was given the power of attorney for Keith Jerome in March 2016. Jerome lived in a home in Doylestown Township until 2011, when he moved into a senior care facility in Doylestown Borough. He was never married, had no children and had no living family members at the time of his death. Jerome was suffering from various ailments, and died in September 2016. He was 84. Jerome, who granted Neeld the executor of ...

WEATHER The rain is still here this morning, but should move out by the afternoon. Expect a high of about 49 degrees, but it will feel colder when the wind picks up. - Advertisement - NEWS Upper Merion police responded Saturday evening to reports of shots fired in the lower level of the King of Prussia Plaza. An investigation found that one person was injured in the shooting that was determined to be accidental. According the the release, at approximately 6:30 p.m., Upper Merion police departme...

UPPER MERION — Upper Merion police responded Saturday evening to reports of shots fired in the lower level of the King of Prussia Plaza. An investigation found that one person