SPORTS
May 17, 2012 | By Sam Donnellon
AS BOTH feet landed on the plate, his face contorted under the conflict of disparate emotions, like a man who found $100 on the street after hitting a dog with his car. Hunter Pence looked apologetic and happy all at once, held his arms out as he touched home Tuesday as if simultaneously pleading for forgiveness and accepting it. "I think," he said after his 10th-inning home run won a game that his ninth-inning error endangered, "it was just...
NEWS
April 15, 2012 | By Kevin Smith, Inquirer Staff Writer
Volunteers in the fifth annual Philly Spring Cleanup swept streets and helped clean parks Saturday, encouraging residents to "Keep Up the Sweep Up. " The Streets Department helped start the cleaning initiative with a morning celebration at the Kingsessing Recreation Center and park in Southwest Philadelphia. Steve Smith, facilities supervisor for the park, said volunteers collected more than 60 bags of trash in his area alone. Smith, 51, said the work began about 8 a.m. and lasted until just after noon.
NEWS
April 13, 2012 | BY PHILLIP LUCAS, Daily News Staff Writer
HUNDREDS of volunteers will span the city Saturday armed with trash bags, paint, brooms and more for the fifth annual Philly Spring Cleanup - an event that in years past has drawn a total of 45,000 people who removed 2,900 tons of trash from Philadelphia's streets and vacant lots. Carlton Williams, deputy streets commissioner, said past Spring Cleanups have taught him that tackling litter and dumping, and changing the collective mind-set concerning these pervasive quality-of-life issues, can't be done in a single day. The theme for this year's cleanup is "Keep Up the Sweep Up," which is aimed at encouraging Philadelphians to use the event as a launching point to continue beautifying their neighborhoods and others all year long.
NEWS
April 6, 2012 | By PHILLIP LUCAS, Daily News Staff Writer
IT HASN'T started yet, but the fifth-annual Philly Spring Cleanup is on its way to making history. This year, 347 neighborhood cleanup projects were submitted to the Streets Department - eclipsing last year's total of 252, and 231 from 2010. The number of volunteers registered to participate in this year's event will likely surpass the record of 12,574 set in 2011. To help make that happen, register with the Streets Department to work at a cleanup site at tinyurl.com/phillycleanup.
NEWS
March 14, 2012 | By Nasser Karimi, Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran on Tuesday rejected allegations that it attempted to clean up radioactive traces possibly left by secret nuclear work at a key military site before granting U.N. inspectors permission to visit the facility. Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told reporters in Tehran that the allegations were misleading and false, and insisted that such traces could not be cleaned up. Satellite images of Iran's Parchin military facility that circulated last week appeared to show trucks and earthmoving vehicles at the location.
SPORTS
March 11, 2012 | By Matt Gelb, Inquirer Staff Writer
CLEARWATER, Fla. - The first thing Jim Thome noticed were the grunts coming from the batting cage. For a slugger who swings viciously, Hunter Pence was a beautiful sight. His weird hacks produce batting-practice bombs. Thome and the others around the cage spend each morning admiring the longest shot, which typically clears Frenchy's tiki bar beyond left field. Thome approves, typically with a smile or a fist bump. Manager Charlie Manuel dutifully watches, too, as he contemplates life without Ryan Howard.
NEWS
March 8, 2012 | BY PHILLIP LUCAS, Daily News Staff Writer
MORE THAN a million pounds of trash were removed from streets and vacant lots during the 2011 Philly Spring Cleanup last April, and the Streets Department is looking for volunteers to help remove garbage, discarded tires and other debris left to fester in neighborhoods since. Volunteer registration for this year's cleanup opened this week, and the Streets Department is accepting project proposals for this year's event through March 30. "The Streets Department is looking for projects that lead to long-term sustainable solutions to neighborhood blight and litter conditions," said Carlton Williams, deputy streets commissioner.
NEWS
March 6, 2012 | Staff Report
Notice all that trash swirling around Philadelphia neighborhoods, tossed about by the recent heavy winds? Today, you have a chance to do something about it. Registration opens for residents who want to volunteer, or submit project proposals, for the city's Fifth Annual Philly Spring Cleanup. Organizations can submit project proposals until March 30. The cleanup, which is run by the Philadelphia Streets Department, is scheduled for Saturday, April 14. The motto: "Keep Up the Sweep Up!"
NEWS
March 5, 2012
MAYOR NUTTER will launch the countdown for the city's fifth-annual spring cleanup at an outdoor rally at 1 p.m. tomorrow at McPherson Square Park, in Kensington. The actual cleanup is Saturday, April 14. The mayor will encourage residents to sign up to work on the clean sweep and get organizations to submit projects for the program. As part of the kickoff, rapper Tone Love will perform his song, "Come Clean, Go Green. " Last year, more than 200,000 volunteers participated in the program.
NEWS
February 16, 2012 | By Tom Johnson, NEW JERSEY SPOTLIGHT
While New Jersey has long been saddled with the dubious distinction of having the most toxic waste sites on the Superfund National Priorities List, it might have been a lot worse. At least 27 sites in the state - including four in Camden County - scored high enough on the numerical ranking system used to qualify for federal funding and assistance for cleanups, but were not added to the list by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, according to agency documents obtained by an interest group under the Freedom of Information Act. New Jersey has 144 toxic waste sites on the list, many of which have been awaiting cleanup for decades.