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Caring for Giulianna
An area family embraces the community’s support as it helps a 13-month-old member try to overcome cancer. Brooke Hoffman Review Intern
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hristy Troiano noticed a few things that didn’t seem right with her newborn, Giulianna. While each check-up came back fine, she was persistent there was bigger problem. When Giulianna was 9 months old, doctors informed the Troianos that their daughter had Neuroblastoma, an infant form of cancer that develops in the nerve tissue. For the past four months, Christy Troiano’s cousin, Nicole Messina, has been fundraising for the now 13-monthSee GIULIANNA page 8
Sports
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OCTOBER 6, 2011
Refusing refuse A Lower Moyamensing high school and a Passyunk Square parking lot will help six local civic associations to stem the area’s litter dilemma.
By Joseph Myers R E V I E W S T A FF WR I T E R
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luminum cans, cigarette butts and plastic wrappers bear little physical weight, but improper disposal of them and other items holds heavy ecological severity. To beautify their neighborhoods and to stress environmental concern, six community groups will hold a cleanup and an electronics collection event Oct. 15 to help to launch South Philly’s participation in the Streets Department’s 19-month-old UnLitter Us initiative. Travel + Leisure’s June issue tagged Philadelphia as the nation’s second dirtiest city, a title that trips throughout South Philly might help to justify, so the groups want to rally residents to treat trash as waste and not as street décor. South Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad St., will serve as the hub for ve of the associations 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., with the parking lot at ACME, 1400 E. Passyunk Ave., hosting the Passyunk Square Civic Association’s Electronic Collection Event by collecting “anything with a plug” noon to 4 p.m. A complement to the Philly Spring Cleanup, UnLitter Us aims for commitments to correcting apathetic views of debris’ effect on neighborhoods’ aesthetic, economic and familial identities. Next weekend’s outreach will work See UNLITTER page 11
Comrade Craig
Friends and family joined a West Passyunk teenager’s athletic mission against Down syndrome. By Joseph Myers.............Page 36