Last week, we heard the sad news that Norristown’s own Tommy LaSorda has passed away at the age of 93. LaSorda was born in Norristown in 1927 to Sabbatino and Carmella LaSorda. Sabbatino was an Italian immigrant, who, at the time of the 1940 census, was a truck driver. The family lived on Walnut Street,… Read More »Tommy LaSorda
In March of 1944, the District Attorney’s office announced that a “high Norristown Police official” was under suspicion. On March 30th the chief of police himself was placed under arrest and charged with malfeasance, misfeasance, and non-feasance in office, obstruction of justice, and bribery. The charges related to bribes Bausewine was said to have received from… Read More »George Bausewine, Chief of Police
Recently, we received a group of unidentified photos at our back door. They were left anonymously, so we don’t know much about them (again, please don’t anonymously leave things at our back door). But three of the photos interested me particularly because summer officially begins this Friday, and they show the classic summertime activity –… Read More »Atlantic Baseball School
Well, the longest championship drought is over, and the lovable losers of baseball are losers no more. As we all say goodbye to the 2016 baseball season, I thought we might look back on some of Montgomery County’s baseball history. Now, you may already know that Hall of Famers Tommy LaSorta and Mike Piazza were… Read More »Baseball in Montgomery County