Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Doctor's called the 6-year-old boy's condition "one of the worst cases of malnutrition they've ever seen."
According to several media outlets, Victor and Olaifa Ramos, of Bridgeport, are facing charges including simple and aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child and criminal conspiracy for starving their 6-year-old son. The boy weighed only 29 pounds when doctors at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia encountered him. According to ABC Action News, the investigation into the couple began three months ago when the couple brought the boy to CHOP at death's door. Doctor's at the time reportedly said the boy looked "more like a 3-year-old than a 6-year-old." “This child was not given proper nutrition, proper calories to maintain a healthy body weight for his system, for his development,” Assistan District Attorney Samantha …
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Local business owner creates the official drink of Patch.
Local business owner Chris Gimaro, of Gimaro Seafood and Steakhouse in Montgomeryville, recently concocted a delicious new drink recipe inspired by the team behind the Montgomery County region of Patch. The drink, which Gimaro has dubbed "Patch'd", features a tasty mixture of Sour-Apple Pucker Vodka mixed with none-other-than a Monster energy drink. "I know you guys are always busy with writing and reporting, so it was important to mix it with an energy drink," said Gimaro. "After all that hard work though, you'll need something stronger to unwind, so I tossed in some apple vodka." In order to achieve the Patch Green color, Gimaro said he had to add in two drops of green food dye, and by doing so, his masterpiece was complete. "It is green…
Sunday, June 24, 2012
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
Father Liam Murphy, formerly stationed at St. Patrick's Church, posted his remarks about the Monsignor Lynn verdict and the ongoing rift in the church over the scandal to Facebok.
By now most readers are familiar with the case against Monsignor William Lynn. Lynn was charged with several counts of endangering children and conspiracy for his alleged role in covering up instances of sexual abuse of children by priests in Archdiocese of Philadelphia. [See this timeline of the case put together by The New York Times.] On Friday, Lynn, a former aide to Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua, was found guilty of endangering children and became the first senior official of the Roman Catholic Church in America convicted of covering up sexual abuses by priests. Lynn was acquited of conspiracy and another count of endangerment by the jury. Many local Catholics have struggled for years with their faith and loyalty to the church in the …
The list of new White House interns includes a familiar name.
There are paper-pushing internships. There are amazing, career-boosting internships. Then there are White House internships. Akbar Hossain of Norristown, is going to find out just how different that is this summer. You may remember Hossain for a previous post on Norristown Patch highlighting a feature Philly.com did on Hossain when he was awarded the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship back in April. Well, the White House announced his participation in their 2012 internship program this week. White House interns work in one of several departments, from the Office of the Chief of Staff to the Office of the White House Counsel. More information about the program is available here. The application for the Spring 2013 program is available…
The Einstein Healthcare Network also announced it's chief operating officer and clinician leadership team for the Einstein Medical Center Montgomery scheduled to open in East Norriton in September.
The Einstein Healthcare Network issue a release announcing that job openings for the Einstein Medical Center Montgomery now being constructed in East Norriton are now being posted on EinsteinMontgomery.com. Einstein says they expect to fill more than 350 positions before the opening in September. The jobs range from food service workers to physicians and can be searched by following this link. Some positions will require training and will begin in July or August, and all applications are now being accepted with more job postings showing daily. There are currently 195 positions listed, the bulk of those being healthcare and medical positions. Barry R. Freedman, President and CEO of Einstein Healthcare Network has announced that Beth …
Friday, June 22, 2012
Frank Theatres is the first movie theater company on the East Coast to introduce motion effect seats. The Montgomeryville location has 30 seats in one theater, available Friday evening
For 20 minutes on Friday morning, I was Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in "Fast Five." I felt the punches thrown. I felt the acceleration of the vehicles. I felt the tingling of the car engine being revved. I felt the impact of trucks and cars crashing into buildings and trains. And when the screen panned back or revolved around an object, my seat moved back and hula-hooped in a circle. At one point, I was also part of the group on the front of a runaway train in "The Polar Express" animated film. The seat I was in rumbled with each hit of the roller-coaster train track at one scene in the film. "It's its own script," said Frank Theatres Montgomeryville Stadium 12 manager Russell Davis. "It moves with the movie." This new seat technology at …
A 23-year-old Norristown man was flown to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania with a gunshot wound to his leg.
According to reports from the Norristown Police Department, officers responded to the 700 block of Stanbridge Street at approximately 12:45 a.m. on Friday, June 22, for a report of a shooting. On the scene, police made contact with the victim's wife who directed police to her husband lying on the kitchen floor of their home at 750 Stanbridge Street. Officers reportedly found the 23-year-old black male lying on the floor in a large pool of blood, wearing only boxer shorts. The victim was conscious and reportedly told police that he did not know the identity of the man who shot him. Police say the man was trying to eject people who had been visiting his wife from the home and as he was following two of the males out, one reportedly turned …
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Severe Thunderstorm Watch in effect through 9:00 p.m. for most of Greater Philadelphia Area
The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Montgomery, Chester, Bucks, Delaware and Philadelphia Counties through 9:00 p.m. Friday. NWS radar at 3:20 p.m. Friday showed a line of storms about 45 miles west of Allentown, moving east at about 20 miles per hour. No existing storm cells were visibly headed toward Montgomery County, but the NWS forecast calls for "likely" showers and thunderstorms in the area by 9:00 p.m. tonight. Some of the storms "could produce gusty winds and heavy rain," the NWS said.
Joanne G
10:46 am on Friday, June 29, 2012
Can anyone please tell us who makes these decisions to return a child to their parents when a child is brought in to a hospital in the condition he was in and then spent a month there recovering. When God was handing out "brains", these people thought he said "trains" and they didn't want any!! Our justice system needs a complete overhaul and people with an ounce of common sense. more ›