July 5, 2025
by Alex Lloyd Gross Thousands of people showed up and had a blast yesterday at Pleasant Hill Park, which is more commonly known as the Delaware Avenue Boat Launch on Linden Avenue. Every year this event get larger and larger, put on though One River Alliance and State Street Events, t a great spot where…
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all photos by Emergency News Network A quick moving storm flooded roadways, knocked down trees and possibly caused a building fire in Bristol Twp. The sky turned a dark, menacing grey and little raindrops started to fall about 3:15 PM . These raindrops gave way to a torrential downpour that caused a motorist to get…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross The Chinese Lantern Festival returns for another season. Located at Franklin Square, ( 6th and Race Streets) near the Historic District of the city. This features a dazzling display of Paper Mache sculptures, that light up the night. The park is free to get into during the day. About 5:00 PM…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Field Day is an emergency preparedness exercise for Amateur Radio Operators in North America. Operators will join clubs and those clubs will set up radio stations all cross the region and communicate with each other. It’s simple, it’s fun and it can be frustrating all in one breath. At Tyler State…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross If you are reading this, the Roy Rogers fast food establishment on Haddonfield Road in Cherry Hill NJ is now open. A ribbon cutting will happen later today at 10:00 AM. According to owner Jim Plamondon “This is a corporate store, not a franchise. We had a very large footprint in…
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PHOTO COPYRIGHT BY ROGER BARONE #FOTORSFROMPHILLY What a perfect weekend to see some new things and meet creative people in the Manayunk section of the city, on Main Street. Dozens of people showed up to show off what they had done and talk about their art projects they hoped to sell. It was the annual…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross THIS STORY IS BASED OFF OF PRELIMINARY INFORMATION. IT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE WHEN MORE INFO COMES IN AND IS CONFIRMED. UPDATE 7:30 PM Police said the shooter and victim knew each other. This was a targeted shooting. Just before 5:30 PM today, a person was shot inside the Oxford Valley…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Clift A. Seferlis, 55, of Garrett Park, Maryland, is behind bars, charged with mailing threatening letters to Jewish Organizations across the area, including Philadelphia. Federal authorities said the threats started in 2024. Many of these letters threaten the Jewish institutions and contain references to Gaza, Israel, or events in which Jewish…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross SEPTA and other public transportation agencies across the state need more money. It is imperative that they get that funding to survive and Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis was in Croydon to talk about that very subject. “Without additional funding, bus routes will be eliminated and Regional Rail Service would be curtailed….
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Traffic signal maintenance will be replacing a traffic light at the intersection of Rhawn and Lexington Streets, after a car plowed into the signal just prior to noon today. There were no injuries. Some of the traffic signals are out , while others display all colors . Motorists are urged to…
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