September 16, 2024
By Alex Lloyd Gross The City of Philadelphia hosted a lunch for veterans yesterday, May 10, 2016.The event was held in city hall, around the corner from the Mayors Office. Close to 200 people were fed and thanked for their service. It’s sobering to learn that a good majority of the class of 1964 from…
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The City of Philadelphia and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) today celebrated the grand opening of its new South Philadelphia Community Health and Literacy Center. The $42.5 million, 96,000-sqaure-foot LEED-certified facility includes a CHOP pediatric primary care center; Philadelphia Department of Public Health community health center; state-of-the-art Free Library of Philadelphia South Philadelphia Library; and…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Patrick Murphy, a former democratic congressman from the 8th Congressional District and candidate for Attorney General of Pennsylvania was issued a city citation yesterday, May 5 2016 by Philadelphia City Council. He was presented with a copy of the resolution before a council session. Spearheaded by Councilman Kenyatta Johnson, the resolution…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Hillary Clinton won the Pennsylvania Primary, and came up huge on Super Tuesday winning Maryland, Delaware, Connecticut, but losing Rhode island to Bernie Sanders. Tonight, April 26, 2016, Clinton is well on her way to become the Democratic nominee and should face off against Donald Trump in November. Trump won all…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross The City of Philadelphia has become the latest municipality to ban travel to North Carolina and Mississippi , over their support of the Religious Freedom bill. Commonly referred to “The bathroom bill”. The law does not allow transgender persons to use the restrooms of the opposite sex. This come on the…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross If all 25 plaintiff’s sign off on the settlement, the city can put the debacle that was Occupy Philadelphia and a civil rights lawsuit behind them finally. The protestors were arrested during the final days of the protest and sued the city. All of the protesters who were arrested saw their…
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Mayor Jim Kenney, Kathryn Ott Lovell, Parks & Recreation Commissioner, Miriam Enriquez, Director of the Office of Immigrant Affairs, officials from the Philadelphia Union and representatives from various immigrant communities announced the first annual Philadelphia International Unity Cup (PIUC), a city-wide soccer tournament that will use the universal language of sport to bring people together…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross City of Philadelphia Mayor James Kenney has made official his appointments of a new Fire and Prison Commissioner today, April 12, 2016. During an afternoon media availability ,he introduced Adam Thiel as the new Fire Commissioner and Blanche Carney as the new boss of the Philadelphia Prison System. Both have a…
Read More about New Fire and Prison heads introduced in PhillyBy Alex Lloyd Gross Bernie Sanders Just came off a rally at the Liacouras center, on the campus of Temple University yesterday, April 6, 2016.. The crowds were so huge Sanders camp had to hold an impromptu rally across the street inside a different building. An estimated 11000 people crammed into the arena to see…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross With the Pennsylvania Primary coming fast, candidates running for President are starting to swing through the area. Today, April 6, 2016 Bernie Sanders made two stops on Broad Street. The first, was for a very small intimate crowd at the Tindley Temple United Methodist Church at 750 South Broad Street. This…
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