Entries from Phillyist tagged with 'nixsidhe'
January 7, 2008
Tired of lugging a huge bottle of detergent to the laundromat every time you have to wash your jeans (you know the ones, you wear them 20 times first to avoid said laundromat trip)? Here comes local company dropps to the rescue. Dropps are little packs of concentrated laundry detergent that you toss right into the load; the plastic encasement melts away during the rinse cycle. They resemble those dishwashing liquid packs, though they’re more......
Continue Reading "Cleaning Up"November 26, 2007
The Inquirer has an article about the Philadelphia Community Cats Council, a group of folks trying to manage and reduce the city's huge feral cat population, estimated to be at least 250,000. They do this by trapping feral cats, neutering them, and then returning them where they were found. Both the Daily News and the Inquirer have articles about Sharon Hill native John Patrick Foley and his elevation this weekend to the status of Cardinal......
Continue Reading "Yo, Philly in the News"October 30, 2007
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Lisa Aversa Richette - a controversial advocate of society's disadvantaged - died of lung cancer this past Friday. She was 79. Here's an article about the complex planning going into tonight's Democratic presidential debates at Drexel. The Inquirer has the details on two local child-sex cases; a 52-year-old former scoutmaster from Mont Clare is looking at 16 to 40 years in prison after pleading guilty to having sex with a......
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