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Whitman Council has shut down its office and services — at least temporarily — as it deals with unpaid legal fees stemming from a federal harassment suit. By Amanda L. Snyder R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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ypically Whitman Council’s office is busy this time of year, organizing weatherization workshops and offering rent rebates to its senior population. Instead, the office has been dark and empty since early last month. “This office is temporarily closed until further notice,” the answering machine message stated when a call was placed to its office. The space at 2455 S. Third St. has been See WHITMAN page 11
Sports
An eye doctor by profession, Gerald Ross dabbles in real estate on the side and has bought, rehabbed and recently sold two homes in his Newbold neighborhood. S ta f f p h o t o b y G r e g B e z a n i s
ZIP-top shape
Despite the continued stalling of the housing market from coast to coast, two local areas are hot when it comes to sales, even getting noticed by a national Web site.
Eye of the nation As March Madness approaches, athletes with local ties are making headlines with their respective top-25 squads. By Bill Gelman................Page 37
By Lorraine Gennaro R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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n November, Gerald Ross was watching CNBC when a story came on about the housing market. Viewers were told to visit the channel’s Web site to see the hottest ZIP codes in the country. Ross and numerous others found two were local — 19145 and 19148 had
made the list. These two of the area’s four ZIP codes that also includes 19147 and 19146 span Tasker Street south to the Navy Yard, which has its own ZIP code, 19112. The east-west boundaries for ’45 and ’48 cover the Schuylkill to Delaware rivers. Neighborhoods included in the hot zones — were deemed so based on having the biggest year-over-year price See ZIP CODES page 9
The Review’s occasional series will look at how the area has fared in the face of what is widely viewed as the Great Recession.