Eagles, Phillies, The Who: Best weekend in Philadelphia ever?

Morgan Zalot | Philadelphia Daily News
TOM HUGHES drove 14 hours from Louisville, Ky., to Philadelphia on Saturday.
“I couldn’t miss the biggest weekend in Philly since I’ve been alive,” said the 30-year-old Northeast Philadelphia native. Yesterday, he attended both the Eagles game and Game 4 of the World Series in South Philadelphia.
Between the games, he stopped [...]

Construction worker slain on North Philly street

Morgan Zalot | Philadelphia Daily News
Luis Rivera worked in construction and was always happy, despite being in and out of jail, his family said.
Yesterday, Rivera, 32, lay dead after being gunned down in North Philadelphia, a block from the site of a double homicide Thursday near Mascher Street and Indiana Avenue.
“He never learned,” said Jose [...]

Mural arts: Behind walls, now on them

Morgan Zalot | Philadelphia Daily News
It took being incarcerated for selling narcotics for 41-year-old Miriam Acevedo to find her artistic talent.
As a Riverside Correctional Facility inmate, she participated in the Mural Arts Program, and has continued to do so since her release about six weeks ago.
“I wouldn’t give it up for nothing in this world,” [...]

Later, gator: 4-foot reptile found in Schuylkill

Morgan Zalot | Philadelphia Daily News
A 4-foot alligator was captured in the Schuylkill Thursday night by the Philadelphia Police Marine Unit.
“Using a flashlight, we saw the red eyes of the alligator,” said Marine Unit Officer Paul Costello. “We were able to snare it with a dog noose, then we just wrestled it into the boat, [...]

Columbus Day Parade: Just what the doctor ordered

Morgan Zalot | Philadelphia Daily News
THE DOCTOR jumped to his feet in jubilation as the southbound Quaker City String Band made a special stop in front of his South Broad Street home, which doubles as his office.Joseph Pandolfi, 68, an osteopathic physician whom some friends fondly call the “Mayor of South Philly,” danced his way [...]

McDonald promoted to sergeant

Morgan Zalot | Philadelphia Daily News
Rosemary Petro graduated from the Philadelphia Police Academy in 2002 alongside a hat symbolically placed on a chair for Jason Wright, a classmate who had accidentally killed himself while cleaning his weapon.
Yesterday, as Petro and 11 other Philadelphia police officers were promoted to the rank of sergeant, another hat was [...]

A fine day to be a Phillies fan

Morgan Zalot | Philadelphia Daily News
FOR SOME Phillies fans, age ain’t nothing but a number.Theresa Foresta and Irene Brunetto – both 80, both lifelong South Philly residents – made their way to Broad and Shunk streets, where a crowd of Phillies fans emerged shortly after 4 p.m. to celebrate yesterday’s victory in Milwaukee.
“We root for [...]