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Enterprising endeavors An East Passyunk Crossing school is seeking to encourage businesses to invest in the future of Catholic institutions.
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Seeing red and blue Local voters helped to determine the president of the United States by casting ballots on Election Day.
By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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ith 12 years of parochial schooling having aided his character’s formation, John Murawski undoubtedly cherishes Catholic education. Through an additional four years as president of Ss. Neumann-Goretti High School, 1736 S. 10th St., the Pennsport figure has ventured to keep South Philly’s neighborhoods teeming with youths eager to unite intellectual pursuits and religious beliefs. He joined equally committed community leaders Nov. 1 at Fishtown’s SugarHouse Casino to discuss the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit program, through See TAX CREDIT PROGRAM page 8
By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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ilbert O’Hare woke Tuesday with as much conviction as he could ever recall having summoned. Venturing early that afternoon to the South Philadelphia Branch, 1700 S. Broad St., he needed to wait only a few seconds before he could draw a voting machine’s blue curtains and inspect the collection of names gunning for various offices, including the nation’s president. He required even less time to make his selections, hoping enough national deciders will share his reasoning. “We must have Mitt Romney in the White House,” the resident of the 1800 block of South 16th Street said of the former governor of Massachusetts and the Republican Party’s presidential
Sports
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Four tennis Hall of Famers graced the Wells Fargo Center with their strokes and humor. By Joseph Myers..........Page 35
NOVEMBER 8, 2012
Eager voters kept workers at Barry Playground busy over the site’s 11 hours of operation. S ta f f P h o t o b y Greg Bezanis
nominee. “I cannot bear another four years of ineptitude and misguided thinking.” In the 57th quadrennial presidential election, Romney ended up falling to incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama for the right to guide the country as its top elected figure. Over what may be the most polarizing campaign cycle, Pennsylvania morphed from a presumed Obama backer See ELECTION DAY page 11