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Gay Couples Denied Marriage Licenses in Philadelphia [Updated]

Update: Though city officials said they were sympathetic, the request was denied. The AP reports:

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Montco Commissioner May Run for Congress

Now that 6th District U.S. Congressman Jim Gerlach ain’t running for re-electing (woe be you if you’re a moderate Republican these days, amirite Jon Runyan?), […]

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D. Bruce Hanes Appeals PA Court Ruling on Gay Marriage

Today, Montgomery County Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes filed an appeal against the Commonwealth Court’s Sept. 12 ruling that banned him from issuing marriage […]

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Report: Montco GOP Chair Will Be Charged with Sexual Assault

The Daily News has a juicy, juicy scoop: According to the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, [Montgomery County Republican Party] Chairman Robert […]

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MontCo Same-Sex Marriage Hearing Delayed Until 2014

Looks like Montgomery County Register of Wills D. Bruce Hanes will have to wait out the holidays to have a Commonwealth Court hear his appeal […]

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Fetters Mill Bridge Closes

The perpetually troublesome Fetters Mill Bridge, which is more than a century old, has been shut down by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.

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Look Out, Abington: the Red Light Cameras Are Coming

Red light cameras: not just for the city anymore. We all have Abington Township , the first municipality outside of Philly to install the cameras, […]

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Those Invalid Montco Gay Marriage Licenses? Still Valid

Homosexuals, like 12-year-olds, cannot marry, which makes the licenses issued to them in Montgomery county invalid—or so goes the word from the Tom Corbett Gang. […]

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Pennsylvanians Don’t Support Montgomery County’s Same-Sex Marriage Licenses

According to a new Franklin and Marshall College poll, Pennsylvanians support gay marriage, but not in the way it’s been handled by the rogue matrimony-makers […]

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Lower Merion’s Hymie’s Deli Closed After Pickup Truck Slams Into Storefront

Montgomery County’s sandwich wars are taking a brief intermission today, with the beloved Hymie’s Deli out of commission after a serious accident. At around 5:50 […]

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Mark Your Calendars: Montco vs. Tom Corbett in Early September

You may have heard that Montgomery County has been thumbing its nose at the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, issuing same-sex marriage licenses in defiance of state law. […]

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4 Burning Questions About Montgomery County’s Gay Marriages

Since July 24, Montgomery County has issued more than 35 marriage licenses to gay couples, in open defiance of a state law that forbids same-sex […]

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Missing Montco College Student Mysteriously Found in North Carolina

21-year-old Schwenkvsville native Matthew Royer went missing one week ago, after texting his mother that he was on his way back from college in Rhode […]

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Kobe Bryant Countersues to Keep High School Jerseys

Last week, we learned that Kobe Bryant’s mom was trying to sell off her son’s old Lower Merion jerseys, among other memorabilia, in the hopes […]

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Weekly Standard Tries to Connect Kermit Gosnell and Allyson Schwartz

Exhibit A that conservatives will try to use Allyson Schwartz’s past against her during her gubernatorial run. Today’s headline in the Weekly Standard: “Did Pennsylvania […]