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Roxborough Woman Dead With Rope In Her Throat, Philadelphia School Funding Reduced, Camden Water

by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 06/22/12 10:53 am | updated: 06/22/12 10:53 am

A Roxborough woman is behind bars on charges she murdered a neighbor by stuffing a piece of rope down her throat. Philadelphia police say 49-year-old Geraldine Cherry is jailed on charges of killing 70-year-old Kathleen McEwan, who police say was in the care of Resources for Human Development. The piece of cotton rope was discovered after McEwanâ€™s body was taken to John J. Breyers funeral home in Willow Grove to be prepared for burial.

Despite pleas from Mayor Nutter, City Council Thursday held firm on its decision to reduce new funding for the School District. Council members spent the day meeting privately on whether to change the budget deal reached last weekâ€”a deal that appropriates $40 million in new money for the schools. Thatâ€™s less than half of the $94 million sought by the mayor and the SRC.

Low water pressure levels in Camden have prompted city officials to issue an advisory for residents to boil their water before usage. According to Camdenâ€™s Director of Public Works Patrick Keating, not everyone is covered by the boiling advisory. â€œAny sections east of the Cooper River, which is the Cramer Hill and East Camden sections, are not impacted, but all the areas on the west side of the Cooper River, which is everything from North Camden into Fairview, is impacted by the boil water alert.â€ There are also restrictions on non-essential water usage city wide, such as sprinkling lawns or filling pools.

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