ARCHIVES > 2010 > JAN 07 ISSUE

Top ’o the strut

Even with tough economic times in play, the Mummers still managed to put on one amazing show with stunning costumes and brilliant performances for all to see. In a rare break from what is shaping up to be a cold, bitter winter, the Strutters took over Broad Street, up to City Hall, for several hours, in addition to the celebratory march down Two Street, and the New Year wouldn’t be the same without ’em.

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Posted Jan. 7, 2010 | Comments: 5

Minimum impact

The Internet is full of sparkly pop-up ads, embedded videos and rich graphics. But there was a time when it wasn’t the colorful, easy-access browser of today. “When I met Mia in 1992, she had a computer and, I mean, by today’s standards, it was a Windows machine, but she was able to do things with it. We got e-mail,” Tracy Levesque said of her wife and co-owner of the custom Web design company, YIKES.

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FOOD & DRINK > FEATURES

By Phyllis Stein-Novack

Soup for you!

It’s a new year and a new decade. For the past few weeks, movie, theater, music, television and book critics have published their Top 10s of the year and the decade. Television situation comedies are not as funny and original as they were during the 1990s. “Seinfeld,” created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, may have been about nothing, but the antics of Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine still move me to laughter. I know many of the scripts by heart.

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SPORTS > FEATURES

By Bill Gelman

Plugging the holes

At the start of the 2009-10 school year, the Southern boys’ basketball team was considered one of the top Public League championship contenders. The squad from 2101 S. Broad St. entered the new season as the defending Public League Class AAAA champions.

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Posted Jan. 7, 2010 | Comments: 0