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He’s the boss The newly formed Furness choir is performing alongside Tony Danza at Northeast High, where the star has been teaching for an upcoming reality show.
A strong, unpleasant odor described as rotted eggs or burnt garlic filled the air last week following an equipment cleaning at Sunoco.
By Lorraine Gennaro
By Amanda L. Snyder
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ll smiles and wearing dress pants, a winter jacket and shirt, Tony Danza and an entourage of A&E producers walked into Furness High School’s auditorium Jan. 14, where the choir was rehearsing. “Hi, I’m Tony Danza,” the 58-yearold actor/singer/dancer said to the 10ththrough 12th-graders and their music teacher Ryan Miller, who was at the piano. Perhaps the famous star of the hit comedies “Taxi” and “Who’s the Boss?” felt See DANZA SHOW page 10
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nne DeStefano was unexpectedly awakened at 2 a.m. last Thursday, but not from a loud bang or somebody snoring. The resident of Broad and Pollock streets can blame her disturbed sleep on her sense of smell. “I was going to throw up,” she said of the unexpected stench that wafted into her home. “It smelled like bad, rotten food,” friend Tina Nardini, of 15th and Pollock streets, who became aware of the odor at about 5:30 a.m., added. Neither found out the source until later that morning. “Everyone thought they had a gas leak,” DeStefano said of conferring with her neighbors. The smell originated at the Sunoco Refinery following an equipment cleaning prior to a scheduled maintenance project, Sunoco spokesman Thomas Golembeski said. “It appears during the washing process some oil got on the roof of a large storage tank and odor from the roof of the tank drifted into the neighborhood on the wind,” he said. About a dozen calls from residents who determined the odor came from the refinery at 3144 W. Passyunk Ave. were made to Sunoco at about 9:15 p.m. Jan. 13. See SMELL page 9
Tiger on the prowl A pugilist from the 1800 block of South Taylor Street returns to the Mecca of Boxing this weekend for a shot at the WBA featherweight championship. By Bill Gelman..............Page 34