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Martha Graham Cracker and Dito Van Reigersberg were a gift to Philly

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By Alison McCook Verified
| The Philadelphia Inquirer Verified
Oh, Martha. You’ve broken our hearts once again. In the last 20 years of my life, the performer I have seen most often — by a wide margin — has been Martha Graham Cracker, the cabaret singer brought to life by local theatre actor Dito Van Reigersberg, who died Monday of leukemia at age 53. Up until yesterday, if anyone were to ask me what made Philadelphia special — what the city had that no other did — one of the items on that precious list would be Martha Graham Cracker.
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A Pennsylvania boy was told he had a learning disability. Vision screening missed the real problem.

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By Alison McCook Verified, Rina Risper
| The New Citizens Press Verified
Laura Koenig and her son Nathan in front of aids he used to help him with his eye issue. It took dozens of sessions of vision therapy, but now Nathan is reading at grade level. (Steven M. Falk/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS) By Alison McCook The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) Nathan Koenig was articulate, with an impressive vocabulary. As early as age 3 in preschool, he showed a knack for storytelling, creating detailed characters and plotlines.
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Philly’s only dedicated center for treating adult sexual assault never has enough funding, its leader says

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By Alison McCook Verified
| The Island Packet Verified
PHILADELPHIA - Many patients come to Allison Denman after the worst experience of their lives. As the clinical director and forensic nurse manager of the Philadelphia Sexual Assault Response Center, Denman runs the only dedicated resource for conducting adult rape exams in the city.
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