BUSINESS
June 17, 2013 | By Alan J. Heavens, Inquirer Real Estate Writer
One in a continuing series spotlighting real estate markets in this region's communities. The skies over New Hope threatened rain well into the late afternoon, not once but twice recently, but that didn't deter the visitors on whom this Bucks County borough depends. They filled the restaurants and shops, fumbling for change for parking meters in lots and along West Bridge Street. They lined up for picturesque round-trip rides to Lahaska on the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad, and strolled across the bridge to the art galleries of Lambertville or along the towpath of the Delaware River Canal.
NEWS
June 17, 2013 | By John Flesher, Associated Press
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - As a teenager, Steve Libert was mesmerized by a teacher's stories of the brash 17th-century French explorer La Salle, who journeyed across the Great Lakes and down the Mississippi in a quest for a trade route to the Far East that he hoped would bring riches and renown. Particularly intriguing was the tale of the Griffin, a vessel that La Salle built and sailed from Niagara Falls to the shores of present-day Wisconsin before sending it back for more supplies.
NEWS
June 17, 2013 | By Jacqueline Urgo, Inquirer Staff Writer
STONE HARBOR, N.J. - In this well-manicured Cape May County beach town that has rarely been more than a mention in tourism guidebooks, a new multimillion-dollar hotel plunked in the middle of its quaint downtown will be making quite a splash this summer. The place hasn't even opened yet - an official grand opening is scheduled for Thursday - but 31 couples have already booked their weddings at the Reeds at Shelter Haven. And then there are the 37 guest rooms and suites with their creamy, dreamy blue-and-beige ambience, Frette linens, and views along one of the town's seven back-door harbors.
SPORTS
June 17, 2013 | Associated Press
BOSTON - Tyler Seguin knew that something had to be said, and he was pretty sure it wouldn't be fit for public consumption. The Chicago Blackhawks badly outplayed Boston in the first period of Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals Saturday night, outshooting the Bruins by 19-4. Afterward, the Boston forward ditched the microphone he had been wearing as part of the telecast. Then he headed back into the dressing room so the team could hash out its problems in peace. "It was really a mix of everybody saying something," Seguin said.
NEWS
June 14, 2013
DAVID GAVIGAN, 26, of Fishtown, is owner of Everybody Hits, a batting cage on West Girard Avenue near 6th Street that opened in mid-May. It's the only automatic batting cage near Center City and it's open every day from noon to 9 p.m. Gavigan, a native of Reading, moved here in 2009 after graduating from Penn State. Q: What were you doing before? A: After college, I worked for a year with a nonprofit, Cradles to Crayons [which provides clothes and school supplies to homeless and low-income children.]
NEWS
June 14, 2013 | BY VALERIE RUSS, Daily News Staff Writer russv@phillynews.com, 215-854-5987
WORSHIPERS at the historically Hispanic church La Milagrosa will gather tonight to begin praying a novena, nine straight nights of prayer, in hopes of keeping the small Catholic chapel in Spring Garden from being sold and closed for good on June 30. "In our Catholic faith, we are told that if we pray with faith and it is God's will, some things are granted," Maria Miranda, one of the leaders of Salvemos La Milagrosa , or Save La Milagrosa, said...
NEWS
June 13, 2013 | By Jason Rezaian, Washington Post
TEHRAN - Three days before the presidential election, moderates and reformists in Iran are coalescing behind Hassan Rouhani, a cleric and former nuclear negotiator, as their best hope of staving off a field of divided conservatives, who had been seen as having the upper hand in the race. Among those endorsing Rouhani are two former presidents, including Mohammad Khatami, who threw his support behind the candidate Tuesday after the withdrawal of reformist Mohammad Reza Aref, who had served as Khatami's vice president during his first term.
SPORTS
June 13, 2013 | By Bill Fleischman, Daily News Staff Writer
JIMMIE JOHNSON is racing for a sixth NASCAR Sprint Cup championship. Juan Pablo Montoya and Ryan Newman are believed to be racing for their jobs. Montoya, in his seventh Cup season, has only two wins, both on road courses. Newman is a 16-time Cup race winner, but with Kevin Harvick expected to join Stewart-Haas Racing next year, Newman could be in his final season at SHR. Montoya, 22nd in points, has finally shown improvement on ovals lately, recording two top-five finishes and one top-10.
SPORTS
June 12, 2013 | BY FRANK SERAVALLI, Daily News Staff Writer seravaf@phillynews.com
TRADITION. Pomp and circumstance. Competition. All of those traits draw attention at the U.S. Open, but it is the accessibility that makes this week's tournament at Merion Golf Club a true national championship. All that's required to qualify for a local bid is $150 and a 2 handicap. For Temple graduate Geoffrey Sisk, who has almost surely spent more money on his golf career than he's earned, trying the grueling local qualifying circuit one more time last month may have been the best $150 he's spent in a long time.
SPORTS
June 12, 2013 | By Mike Still, Inquirer Staff Writer
There's no guarantee that Temple's Brandon Matthews will join the 156-player field in the U.S. Open this week, but that's fine by him. A sophomore this coming year, Matthews is on the list of alternates after taking first-alternate honors a week ago in the Purchase, N.Y., sectional qualifier. Matthews wasn't one of the six players chosen Monday to complete the field, but there's still a chance he could be selected if an exempt player or qualifier drops out. "I'm very lucky to be doing what I'm doing and to have had the opportunities I've had already," said Matthews, of DuPont, Pa., this year's Atlantic Ten rookie of the year.