By Sabina Clarke Several weeks ago, Denny Gaw, Pennsylvania president of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, AOH, was alerted to the fact that Spencer Gifts was selling tee shirts that depicted the Irish in a negative and shocking manner, “I got an email from our members in Pittsburgh that Spencer Gifts had these tee...
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Where to begin with this remarkable story. It’s heroic fantasy that movies are made of. It is about Jim McCans, Director of Paramedics for Haverford Township—a brave man who is all heart and Stache, his equally courageous black Labrador retriever ‘cadaver’ dog. This past October, Stache was honored by the ASPCA (American Society for...
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By Sabina Clarke Tommy Gibbons has vivid memories of riding with his Dad, Philadelphia’s First Police Commissioner and the City’s Top Cop in Car One, a big unmarked car with a blaring siren and flashing red spotlight. He remembers the time his father and namesake, Thomas J. Gibbons, Sr., suddenly turned a corner at...
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By Frank Dougherty A former movie house that began screening Hollywood silent films 93 years ago for Port Richmond residents is now headquarters for one of the largest and, from an Irish viewpoint, most interesting used bookstores in...
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