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Staying off track Without $50 million to back the resurgence of trolleys locally, SEPTA vows to keep talks open with residents about their potential return to the neighborhood. By Amanda L. Snyder R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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even years ago South Philly had two trackless trolley routes picking up and dropping off riders between Grays Ferry and Pennsport, but in 2003 they were switched to buses due to the need for new trolleys and several construction projects along the routes. The buses have remained, but residents haven’t backed off in requesting the trolleys’ return. SEPTA had promised to restore the trolleys to Route 29, which travels east on Morris Street and west on Tasker Street See TROLLEYS page 12
Her time on a reality television show brought Siobhan Allgood in contact with competitors who often acted like sharks. Here, in the Italian Market, she holds a less innocuous fish, a massive snapper. s ta f f p h o t o b y g r e g b e z a n i s
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A local chef matched bites and slights as a contestant on reality television cooking competition. By Joseph Myers r e v i e w s ta f f w r i t e r
Lending a helping forehand Aspiring young tennis players watched one of their game’s most accomplished stars ply her trade last week. By Joseph Myers................Page 37
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he internal makeup of Siobhan Allgood matches her external appearance flawlessly. The passionate chef immediately arrests one’s attention with her red mane, but her culinary flair sustains one’s interest and with much tastier results. Allgood used her skills to land a spot on season seven of “Hell’s Kitchen,” Fox’s reality cooking show that pits chefs against one another and the hypercritical persona of chef Gordon Ramsay. Although the resident of Broad and Wharton streets was eliminated in the June 29 episode — making her the eighth casualty
out of the group of 16 aspiring cooks vying for the executive chef job at Ramsay’s new restaurant at London’s Savoy Hotel — Allgood remains grateful of the opportunity. “The show picks people with a weird edginess to them,” Allgood, who had to send a video to New York to begin her selection process, said. “We were bound to clash, but I am thankful for the ride. I stayed true to myself, and I learned never to settle.” That attitude has blossomed since her brush with the brazen Brit and her castmates. “I wasn’t scared of chef Ramsay. He reminded me of my dance See ALLGOOD page 9