RSS Feed from The Times Herald: http://www.timesherald.com The latest news from The Times Herald: http://www.timesherald.com website: all stories http://www.timesherald.com The Times Herald Sat, 20 Sep 2014 22:34:03 -0400 60 <![CDATA[COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Temple shuts out Delaware State]]> PHILADELPHIA >> Khalif Herbin returned a punt 84 yards for his first career touchdown and Temple went on to complete its largest win in school history with a 59-0 shutout over Delaware State on Saturday.

Temple set the tempo after blocking a Delaware State punt on the first possession of the game, and Artrel Foster returned it 15 yards for a touchdown.

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<![CDATA[Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down]]> Thumbs Up

• To the Montgomery County Community College student athletes who "adopted" a certain fundraising technique for their own. Bruce Bach, athletic director; Katherine Swanson, vice-president for student affairs; Obed Arango, men's and women's soccer coach; and Denny Surovec, men's basketball head coach, all had buckets of ice water poured over their heads.

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Sat, 20 Sep 2014 20:47:05 -0400 2014-09-20T20:47:05-04:00 2014-09-20T20:47:05-04:00
<![CDATA[Montgomery County raises $2.1M selling tax-delinquent properties]]>

NORRISTOWN >> After about an hour and a half of auctioneering on Thursday, 33 Montgomery County properties were sold to several bidders during county treasurer's upset real estate tax sale.

Including transfer tax the new property owners had to pay, the county brought in $2,121,021.20 from Thursday's sale.

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Sat, 20 Sep 2014 20:10:04 -0400 2014-09-20T20:10:04-04:00 2014-09-20T20:10:06-04:00
<![CDATA[Norristown high school athletic complex receives $150K in donations]]> NORRISTOWN >> The Norristown Area School District accepted three big donations for the high school athletic complex Saturday during a halftime ceremony at the Eagles' home game against Central Bucks West.

Representatives from the Philadelphia Eagles were in attendance to present $50,000 to the school.

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Sat, 20 Sep 2014 18:55:05 -0400 2014-09-20T18:55:05-04:00 2014-09-20T18:55:05-04:00 MEDIACENTER
<![CDATA[Viewing Harrisburg: Politicos eye broader effect of anti-Corbett vote]]> HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Gov. Tom Corbett has been trailing in the polls for so long that the political conservation in Pennsylvania is shifting away from whether the Republican can make his race competitive.

Nowadays, party officials and campaign strategists are increasingly analyzing the spillover effect that could be felt in lower-ballot races for seats in Congress and the state Legislature if Corbett is thumped by Democratic challenger Tom Wolf.

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Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:54:21 -0400 2014-09-20T17:54:21-04:00 2014-09-20T17:54:21-04:00
<![CDATA[RiverFest sails back to Riverfront Park, Norristown]]> Volunteers from the Norristown community and the Dragon Boat Club gather around the bench dedicated to Frank McClam, a frequent visitor to Riverfront Park, during RiverFest, Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. Hosted by the Norristown Business Association, Project Norristown and the Dragon Boat Club, the second annual RiverFest at the park featured vendors, music, free boat rides on the Schuylkill and a breast cancer survivor flower ceremony.

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Sat, 20 Sep 2014 16:17:16 -0400 2014-09-20T16:17:16-04:00 2014-09-20T16:17:16-04:00 MEDIACENTER
<![CDATA[Conshohocken FunFest takes off at Sutcliffe Park]]> The Conshy FunFest kicks off with a 5K race Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014. This was the first year the FunFest was held at Sutcliffe Park, Ninth and Freedley streets. The move provided a grassy area for children, more parking, and no hills for runners to climb. Attractions after the race the KidsKorner, arts and crafts, a food and beer garden and several musical acts.

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Sat, 20 Sep 2014 15:44:33 -0400 2014-09-20T15:44:33-04:00 2014-09-20T15:44:33-04:00 MEDIACENTER
<![CDATA[Bambi Kohler: Goodell's NFL harkens to the days of the gladiators]]> The Colosseum in Rome, built in A.D. 70, was the first big-time sports stadium. Sure, they hosted other events but it was always a sellout for the gladiators, executions, and animal hunts.

When the gladiators weren't fighting each other they were pitted against tigers, elephants and rhinos.

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Sat, 20 Sep 2014 00:01:00 -0400 2014-09-18T13:13:53-04:00 2014-09-18T13:13:53-04:00
<![CDATA[Norristown man sentenced to life in prison for role in Pottstown murder]]> COURTHOUSE >> Appearing frustrated and angry, a Norristown man's emotions boiled over as a Montgomery County judge sentenced him to life imprisonment for assisting his Pottstown cousin in the gunshot slaying of a man outside a Pottstown bar.

"I don't want to hear no more!" Michael Romain Hinton, 27, said loudly, interrupting President Judge William J.

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Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:16:36 -0400 2014-09-19T16:16:36-04:00 2014-09-19T22:20:38-04:00
<![CDATA[EAGLES: Fake injuries the weapon to slow down Birds?]]> PHILADELPHIA >> With temperatures in the 80s Sunday, the Eagles and their up-tempo offense will be more of a test for Washington.

The Eagles have outscored the opposition 58-10 in the second half on their way to a 2-0 start.

Washington (1-1) has allowed just six points in the second half and 27 on the season.

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Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:32:05 -0400 2014-09-19T20:32:05-04:00 2014-09-19T20:32:05-04:00
<![CDATA[FLYERS: Giroux leaves practice with lower body injury]]> VOORHEES, N.J. >> If the first 15 minutes were any indication, the Flyers' top line should be very interesting this season. Unfortunately, fans packing the Skate Zone for the first day of training camp Friday only got a brief glimpse of that before Claude Giroux took an early exit.

Giroux found himself spending much of the balance of the day getting an MRI and being looked at by doctors.

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Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:31:42 -0400 2014-09-19T20:31:42-04:00 2014-09-19T20:31:42-04:00
<![CDATA[NFL: NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell admits dropping the ball on domestic violence issue]]> NEW YORK >> Commissioner Roger Goodell says the NFL wants to implement new personal conduct policies by the Super Bowl.

Goodell was short on specifics at a news conference Friday, his first public statements in more than a week about the rash of NFL players involved in domestic violence. More defiant than contrite as he was hammered with questions, Goodell said he has not considered resigning.

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Fri, 19 Sep 2014 20:30:42 -0400 2014-09-19T20:30:42-04:00 2014-09-19T20:30:42-04:00
<![CDATA[Montgomery County commissioners stand with veterans to remember POW/MIA]]> NORRISTOWN >> Montgomery County officials stood beside veterans Friday for National POW/MIA Recognition Day, a day when Americans are solemnly reminded that not everyone makes it home from war.

County Commissioners Josh Shapiro and Bruce L. Castor Jr. joined members of the Chapter 349 of the Vietnam Veterans Association and Chapter 25 of the Disabled American Veterans Association at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to honor the men and women who have gone to fight in wars and have not returned home.

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Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:47:00 -0400 2014-09-19T17:47:00-04:00 2014-09-19T20:04:30-04:00 TOUT
<![CDATA[River Fest returns to Norristown's Riverfront Park Saturday]]> For The Times Herald

NORRISTOWN >>The Dragon Boat Club of Norristown will hold its second annual River Fest from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Riverfont Park, 100 Haws Ave. Dragon Boat Club members have spruced up the park with new paint and landscaping in preparation for the day's festivities.

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Fri, 19 Sep 2014 18:31:33 -0400 2014-09-19T18:31:33-04:00 2014-09-19T18:31:33-04:00
<![CDATA[Conshohocken convenience store hearing dates set]]> CONSHOHOCKEN >> The fifth and sixth hearings by the Conshohocken Zoning Hearing Board on the proposed convenience store with gasoline pumps will be held at 7 p.m. at the Washington Fire Co. banquet hall on Tuesday and at the Conshohocken Borough Hall on Sept. 30.

Last year, Provco Pineville Fayette (PPF) LP of Villanova unsuccessfully sought zoning changes for the 1.

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