Pizza Hut

The five-member Newtown Township Zoning Hearing Board has granted, with conditions, a special exception to Pizza Hut Inc. for a take out/delivery operation at 33 S. Newtown Rd. The hearing on the request was continued from Sept. 21, when the board, concerned about traffic, safety and parking, asked for clarification on several issues. The conditional approval was unanimous. Although the board continued to express concern about increased traffic density on Route 252 during the operation's peak hours on Friday nights, it granted the special exception with the following conditions: That lighted entrance and exit signs be installed.

Fort Washington resident Sharon Ashley knew what was happening, but there was nothing she could do except watch as a car plowed into the Pizza Hut on Bethlehem Pike in Flourtown about 7:40 p.m. Friday. "We would have been out of there in seconds," Ashley recalled Tuesday. "We were just putting the tip on the table. " But, as fate would have it, she and her three sons, Steven, 11; Daniel, 9, and Jonathon, 7, were still at the table when Francis William Ganzel, 78, got his foot stuck on the accelerator and came speeding over from Roy Rogers into the side wall of the Pizza Hut, at 835 Bethlehem Pike.

Wawa knows that man does not live by hoagies alone. Sometimes, man craves a breakfast burrito or pan pizza. Accordingly, the locally based convenience-store chain has hooked up with PepsiCo Inc., the junk-food giant, to sell Taco Bell and Pizza Hut fast food through several Wawa stores. A prototype "food court" opened yesterday at the Wawa at 1666 S. Delaware Ave., recently remodeled and expanded to include the new pizza and Mexican food-service counters. Signs for the Pizza Hut and Taco Bell concessions went up on the store's walls last week, and right away Judi Bernardi, the store's supervisor, knew Wawa was onto something big. "People were grabbing me in the parking lot: 'When are we gonna get the tacos?

Duanne Scavicchio is hoping that a second chance, free pizza and more than 2,000 students' taste buds will give him a piece of the pie. Scavicchio, owner of Scavicchio's Pizzeria & Deli in the Springwater Plaza in Concord, has been embroiled with the Garnet Valley school board since last fall over his bid for the district's pizza contract. Garnet Valley has been buying pizza from a Domino's outlet in Chadds Ford and from a Pizza Hut restaurant in Aston, neither of which are in the district.

A pizza parlor isn't a pizza parlor, at least not when it operates a takeout business under the red-tiled roof of Pizza Hut of America. In that case, according to Pizza Hut attorney Jerald Batoff, it's a bakery. Arguing his case to the city's Zoning Board of Adjustment last week, Batoff contended that the Department of Licenses & Inspections erred in classifying a Pizza Hut outlet. The department's mislabeling forced his appeal for a zoning variance, he said. Pizza Hut's takeout centers are not "takeout restaurants," he said at the session Thursday in City Hall Annex.

Pizza Hut of America Inc. is seeking special permission from the Haverford Township Zoning Hearing Board to build a restaurant on Township Line Road south of Darby Road. The board focused its attention on traffic that would be generated onto Township Line Road, already a heavily traveled four-lane roadway, when it heard Pizza Hut's application Thursday night. The board noted that the state Department of Transportation (PennDOT) must approve changes affecting Township Line Road, which is a state highway.

Four-hundred three-on-three basketball teams took to the court at St. Joseph's University over the weekend to compete in the Pizza Hut/Pepsi Hoop- It-Up tournament. The teams battled it out in a double-elimination competition for the right to advance to the national finals in Las Vegas Dec. 11-13. Philadelphia was the 10th stop on the 18-city Hoop-It-Up tour.

A Philadelphia man was convicted Wednesday of five armed robberies over nine days in October 2008 and faces a sentence of more than 100 years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Devon Brinkley, 24, and four codefendants robbed two Dunkin' Donuts shops in Philadelphia, a Dunkin' Donuts and a Pizza Hut in Upper Darby, and a McDonald's in Radnor, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release. Brinkley's codefendants had all pleaded guilty. Brinkley was convicted of robbery, conspiracy, and weapons charges carrying a mandatory 107-year sentence, prosecutors said.

When you hear about 16-year-olds shooting people for their sneakers or 15- year-olds shooting elderly shopkeepers for a few dollars from their cash registers, you wonder why these punks need protection from the state. The state, you might argue, needs protection from them. District Attorney Lynne Abraham is playing on such fears in the series of hard-nosed policies she has proposed toward juvenile offenders. These measures sound good to people afraid that violent teen-agers are getting away with murder because of legal technicalities.

The West Deptford Board of Education has decided to take part next year in a national program to encourage youngsters to read. The program, known as Book-It!, is based on a simple premise: Encourage children to read by rewarding them with pizzas. Sponsored by Pizza Hut, the program was introduced last year in elementary schools across the country, with more than 7.2 million schoolchildren involved, according to Mark Jacobs, a member of the Book-It! staff hired by Pizza Hut. This year, Jacobs said, Pizza Hut expects more than 14 million children to be involved.

A bloodstained wallet left at a robbery scene in Lawnside on Sunday helped lead authorities to a 17-year-old boy charged in the baseball-bat beating and holdup of a pizza deliveryman, according to Camden County authorities. County prosecutors told a judge Friday that the wallet, with the defendant's pay stub inside, was covered with blood. They said that the order from a Pizza Hut in Magnolia was traced to a phone belonging to the Somerdale boy's foster mother, and that when the boy was arrested his clothes appeared to be stained by blood.

A Philadelphia man who participated in a string of neighborhood robberies was sentenced Tuesday to more than 107 years in federal prison. Devon Brinkley, 24, and four other men robbed two Dunkin' Donuts shops in Philadelphia, a Dunkin' Donuts and a Pizza Hut in Upper Darby, and a McDonald's in Radnor over nine days in October 2008. A jury convicted Brinkley in May of multiple counts of conspiracy, robbery, and gun offenses. U.S. District Judge Berle M. Schiller also ordered Brinkley to make restitution of almost $21,000.

A Philadelphia man was convicted Wednesday of five armed robberies over nine days in October 2008 and faces a sentence of more than 100 years in prison, federal prosecutors said. Devon Brinkley, 24, and four codefendants robbed two Dunkin' Donuts shops in Philadelphia, a Dunkin' Donuts and a Pizza Hut in Upper Darby, and a McDonald's in Radnor, the U.S. Attorney's Office said in a news release. Brinkley's codefendants had all pleaded guilty. Brinkley was convicted of robbery, conspiracy, and weapons charges carrying a mandatory 107-year sentence, prosecutors said.

Excerpts from Thursday's Ask Gonzo chat on Philly.com with columnist John Gonzalez: Gonzo: After a much-needed but not-well-earned hiatus, Ask Gonzo is back. For the unfamiliar, it's the chat where you ask me things and then I answer by mashing the keyboard with my palm and pretending like I care. And we're off . . . Comment From Brett: Biggest concern for the Eagles: [Michael] Vick's health, Clay Matthews, Charles Woodson, or Aaron Rodgers? Gonzo: Can I go with none of the above?

Nobody in journalism likes to grab a lead right from the press release, but today we make an exception to turn this space over to adidas Golf, despite the annoying lower-case first letter in its name: "College graduates and social media enthusiasts are facing what economists are calling 'the worst U.S. labor market since the Great Depression.' adidas Golf is stepping in to offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for web savvy golf enthusiasts to submit their resumes to compete for a chance to become the company's new social media catalyst," the press release trumpets.

To: Jensen, Mike; Salisbury, James T. Subject: Draft day The Sixers reverted to their old logo during draft week. Guess the throwback theme means we can expect draft choices of the Al Henry, Shawn Bradley, Shaler Halimon ilk. By the way, Cohen and Al Henry went to Wisconsin together. In fact, I think Henry once spilled some Russian dressing on Cohen's letter-sweater.   So on Sixers retro night, do we now get last year's uniforms? Unless Andre Miller is giving Ed Stefanski signals that he isn't offering the rest of the world, this draft is obvious - Ty Lawson.

Traffic in Port Richmond yesterday was a mess in the morning, after a lot of motorists were caught unaware that I-95 had been severed near Richmond Street and drove straight into a detour. It was a mess all day. And it was a mess during the evening rush - though by that time anyone who had read a newspaper, listened to the radio, or watched television should have known to stay clear of the area. Those motorists did not heed PennDot spokesman Gene Blaum's advice: "Stay off 95!

Pete Mavroudis, owner of Apollo's Family Pizzeria in Bensalem, is feeling the economy's squeeze from all sides. The rising price of gasoline is making deliveries more expensive. The cost of his biggest ingredient - flour for the crust - is going up even faster than oil prices. And newly cost-conscious customers have cut back their orders 15 percent to 20 percent. This week, Mavroudis threw away 5,000 menus that offered 16-inch pizza for $8.50 and replaced them with new models that raised the price 50 cents.

Jacksonville Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio hired close friend and former Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Tice as an assistant head coach yesterday. Tice will work on the offensive side of the ball. Andy Heck was promoted to offensive line coach. Pro Bowl guard Brian Waters agreed to a six-year contract extension with the Kansas City Chiefs. Terms were not disclosed. Fullback Richie Anderson, 34, signed with the New York Jets so the former Penn State star could retire as a member of the team.

Since 1958, Woodbury Pizzeria has served tomato-and-cheese-topped pies to a loyal customer base with a no-gimmick approach: pizza only; five standard, simple toppings - and no delivery. But owner Doris Samborski doesn't see the arrival of two fancy national chain pizza giants in the city as a threat to the three-person shop. "We have people who have been coming here for generations, since they were kids," she said. "They're grown now and still come back. " With national pizza restaurant chains exploding in the last decade, local mom-and-pop stores have managed to survive, and thrive, making up 46.3 percent of the market, according to industry magazine Pizza Today.