May 8–15, 1997 city beat Franks For the Memories By Scott Farmelant The Philadelphia Weekly‘s April 30 cover article on Dirty Frank’s bartender Sheila Modglin is a typical yarn for that publication. “Confessions Of A Bartender” (also billed as “The…

April 17–24, 1997 city beat Flying With Fumo What’s the deal with the senator and Sterling Heliport? By Scott Farmelant First in a series.   Jerry Schmidt looked outside his window that December day in 1991 and knew it wasn’t…

March 6–13, 1997 cover story   Coach For Temple’s legendary John Chaney, winning is still everything. By Scott Farmelant   John Chaney’s phone rings a day shy of his 65th birthday, a cold, clear Martin Luther King Day. It’s Bobby…

February 27–March 6, 1997 city beat Diamond in the Ruffcorn Not satisfied with running a city, the mayor tries his hand as baseball talent scout. By By Scott Farmelant The next baseball commish? Ed Rendell has proven himself as a…

February 13–20, 1997 city beat Vince Sue ‘Mo The Teamsters called Fumo a mob guy. The senator will see them in court. By Scott Farmelant Vince Fumo, South Philly’s state senator, has long despised the head of Teamsters Local 115,…

January 30–February 6, 1997 city beat Northern Liberation Artists, developers and dreams come together in Northern Liberties. By Scott Farmelant A smiling Rich Frizell, co-owner of Lionfish, is thinking back to a rainy night many months ago. A woman had…

January 23–30, 1997 city beat Taxed To the Max? Taxed To The Max? Nick Panarella, Philly’s “Rambo” tax collector, has sold his agency to an out-of-town firm. By Scott Farmelant Nick Panarella earned his “tax ferret” moniker the hard way.…

January 2–9, 1997 city beat Scarfo Revisited Is Little Nicky’s upcoming murder trial worth the effort? By Scott Farmelant The assassination of Frank “Frankie Flowers” D’Alfonso in 1985 stood among the many murders which defined the reign of South Philly…

January 2–9, 1997 city beat Scarfo Revisited Is Little Nicky’s upcoming murder trial worth the effort? By Scott Farmelant The assassination of Frank “Frankie Flowers” D’Alfonso in 1985 stood among the many murders which defined the reign of South Philly…