September 11, 2024
by Alex Lloyd Gross It’s been a while since Josh Shapiro rode a train. Now that he is Governor of Pa, he can ride one anytime he wants. Today, he wanted to. He took a SEPTA train from Rydal to Langhorne to talk up new funding he hopes to spend on public transportation. Specifically, a…
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Reading, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Aging today announced 45 Senior Community Centers (SCCs) from 26 counties across the Commonwealth will receive one of the Department’s 2023-24 competitive grants totaling $2 million, ensuring older adults are supported in familiar, local places with services to stay healthy and connected to their communities. Hundreds of other SCCs that didn’t compete for the larger…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Kensington Avenue near Allegheny Avenue has not looked this clean since the last time there was a Kensington Initiative. Homeless encampments, were removed and trash was cleaned from the streets. By noon, the area looked clean. By 12:15 PM, homeless people started to come back with their belongings. They did not…
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Tom Rush, the iconic folk singer with a career going back 60 years is going to be at the Newtown Theater on April 27, 2024. “I am going to have a young man named Seth Glear with me. He’ll be playing the piano and stealing the show and I am going to pay him to…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross The spring is time that graduating seniors from high school pull a senor prank. Once such prank that could have serious consequences is being played in Lower Moreland Twp, Montgomery County Pa. It is called “Senior Assassin”. Police say it involves students shooting each other with water guns, until one student…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross It happens every year. It starts in Bensalem and ends here. It’s a time when veterans come together. They meet at Parx Casino, board a series of buses and take a day trip to Washington DC. While they are there, they tour museums and visit monuments dedicated to the wars they…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross food service workers for Aramark have gone on strike for one day. This is the company that serves food at the sports complex, among other places. Sports fans in attendance at area games that get services by Aramark were greeted by striking workers from local 274 ,with inflatable rats and signs….
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Many saw some of the eclipse . Many more missed out, due to cloud cover. The day started out nice with very little cloud cover in this region. By about 1:30 PM things started to cloud up. This made those with hopes and plans to see the eclipse very uneasy. By…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Today, you can look at the eclipse, through special glasses only. After that, you can work on your resume and go to the Spring Mill Manor in Ivyland from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tomorrow. Recruitment Queen’s annual job fair will feature hundreds of career opportunities from local and regional employers….
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by Alex Lloyd Gross A block party was held outside Citizens Bank Park earlier today, and the new uniforms that the Phillies will wear to every home game PLAYED ON A FRIDAY were revealed. They are not red. In fact, they have no red in them at all. They are blue. Fans are mostly supportive….
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