>>> Is there arson in the ranks of the Mummers? (We doubt it: After the racism, homophobia, alcoholism, repressed sexuality and constant replaying of the theme from Star Wars, the average Mummer brain doesn’t have much room left in it for arson.) Nevertheless, that is the question being asked by authorities after a fire ravaged the Greater Kensington String Band’s Tacony HQ. Sucks, guys, but look on the bright side: You have up until Dec. 31 to amass an entirely new shitheap of cardboard, feathers, sequins and jerry-rigged stereo speakers. [KYW]
>>> Driver plows right through front window of white-hot new restaurant Coquette in Queen Village. Dude, they’re called reservations. Much easier. Trust. [CBS3, with video]
>>> Westmoreland County prisons to Philly: Um, no thanks, you can’t lease space here for your overflow of the incarcerated. We don’t know what to tell you: Have you filled up all the jobs in City Hall yet? [PennLive]

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