A big hit: Archbishop Ryan junior pitcher Nikki Michalowski homered and pitched a complete game in her team’s 7-5, extra-inning win over Little Flower. MARIA POUCHNIKOVA /TIMES PHOTOS

Ragdoll redemption

If last Friday afternoon’s regular-season softball finale between Archbishop Ryan and Little Flower offered any indication, the Catholic League playoffs should be quite a doozy. With

Run like the wind: Smith (right) is a decathlete star for Towne. He’s also a basketball standout and has been class president for all four years. PHOTO PROVIDED BY FRANKLIN TOWNE CHARTER

Franklin Towne’s Smith is a big man on campus

For Steve Smith, becoming “the man” at Franklin Towne Charter started out almost accidentally. Smith, a senior track and basketball star at the school, has also

Not a fan: City Controller Alan Butkovitz released a report he said shows the inaccuracies in the city’s Actual Value Initiative. TIMES FILE PHOTO

Butkovitz continues to criticize AVI assessments

It’s no secret that City Controller Alan Butkovitz is no fan of the city’s Actual Value Initiative. Last week, Butkovitz released a report he said showed

Business Expo is booming: Michelle DeSimone (right) and Christy McCabe at the Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce Expo on May 8. MARIA POUCHNIKOVA / TIMES PHOTOS

Networking is the name of the game at Expo

Hundreds of people turned out at Holy Family University on May 8 to mingle, chat, network and nosh at the Greater Northeast Philadelphia Chamber of

Sammy Sanchez participates in the baseball clinic for children with disabilities at Sluggersville, organized by the Blue Sox. Local high school volunteers also helped some kids swing baseball bats for the first time. MARIA POUCHNIKOVA / TIMES PHOTOS

Special-needs kids get a turn at bat

Billy Killian lost his anonymity forever on April 20, 2004. On that night, the off-duty Philadelphia police officer was shopping at his local convenience store when

Pomp and circumstance: Bernice Appel, 79, will graduate from Community College of Philadelphia on Saturday.

At 79, she’s finally set to graduate from CCP

Bernice Appel, 79, watched her two daughters graduate from Community College of Philadelphia. Now, it’s their turn to watch their mom don cap and gown to

Proud father: Brian (left) smiles with his father Joe McBride. Brian will soon graduate from Holy Family University with a degree in criminal justice. MARIA POUCHNIKOVA / TIMES PHOTOS

Like father, like son

When a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer was shot to death, allegedly by the Boston Marathon bombers, Joe and Brian McBride could relate. “It was

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