Regional Roundup: Fire Tears Through Villa Joseph Marie Building

Here are some highlights from across our region.

: A heavy basement fire spread up through the third floor of a school building on Monday morning.

: Patch users are continuing to debate the merits of the teachers’ demands and the school board’s position. Meanwhile, one blogger says the teachers while another calls the whole thing .

: Two men scammed a Newtown Township resident into letting them into his home Friday by falsely stating they were there to check the water.

: Police were summoned on claims of attempted fraud involving Craigslist.

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: The Horsham Preservation and Historical Association is working to conserve several land transfer documents from the 1700s and 1800s that trace early Horsham history.

: The football legend passed away Sunday and now the discussion of his legacy is in full swing.

: The 14 arrests included charges of criminal conspiracy, resisting arrest, theft, warrants, DUI, witness intimidation, assault and public drunkenness.

: In March 2006, doctors gave their colleague Dr. Deb Kimless-Garber a clean bill of health.  After a double mastectomy and the requisite rounds of treatment, Kimless-Garber was officially cured. But she still had to deal with two problems. “Pain and aesthetic,” Kimless-Garber said.