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October 2008 Articles:

 Seniors volunteer to do maintenance 
on World War II sub at Penn’s Landing

By Bill Kent

wwII.jpg On Tuesdays, Fridays and the first Saturday of every month, you’ll find Tony Finnochio, 77, somewhere inside the Becuna, a World War II submarine permanently anchored at Independence Seaport Museum on Penn’s Landing.

A tool kit is usually in his hand.  More


A legacy of words: Matthew Hopkins
introduces Philadelphia kids to Scrabble
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By Joe Clark

It had been decades since Matthew Hopkins and his mom had played Scrabble. But there they were, at the kitchen table, playing the word game that Hopkins learned at his mother’s knee close to 50 years earlier.

No one really cared who won or lost, says Matthew Hopkins. “It was more about playing than winning.”   More



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