December 28, 2024
PHILADELPHIA – Acting United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams announced during a press conference today that Moshe Porat, the former Dean of Temple University’s Richard J. Fox School of Business and Management (“Fox”), has been indicted on charges that he conspired and schemed to deceive the school’s applicants, students, and donors into believing that the…
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Colin Deppen of Spotlight PA Spotlight PA is an independent, non-partisan newsroom powered by The Philadelphia Inquirer in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, TribLIVE/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and WITF Public Media. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Five female Republican state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would ban transgender students in Pennsylvania from playing women’s…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross No one likes to read about a child struck by a car in a school zone. Still, in Bensalem that happens more than anyone would like. Just last year, Olivia Adelman, a student was struck by a speeding vehicle on Bensalem Boulevard. You can read that story here. For a while, police…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross This year, the Roxborough Football Team is mostly new. They are young and inexperienced. They played the Frankford Pioneers at the Frankford home field. Almost from the start, The Roxborough indians could not get anything going in their favor. From penalties to plays getting called back, they were getting clobbered. …
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Raffaela Spone, of Chalfont, is in trouble with the police. She is becoming famous for all the wrong reasons. Police allege that she sent text messages to team mates on her daughters cheer team. “You should kill yourself”. She also is accused of taking photos that were on that team mates…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Charles Barton, is behind bars and is charged with serious offenses involving drugs. Police in Upper Southampton responded to a burglary call on June 1 2020. When they arrive at a house on Belmont Station there were three people who were there. In plain view was what appeared to be a…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross When COVID-19 shut down schools across the country, few people though the March and April closures would extend into the start of the new school year. In October 2020, Bensalem Schools are still not open. They are doing virtual learning, which means the lessons are on a computer. There is limited…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Francis James Reppert, submitted a guilty plea to charges of indecent exposure and invasion of privacy. You may recall reading this article where he was caught by students zooming in on photos of a student that he surreptitiously photographed in his class. He used to be a teacher at Palisades High School…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross 2020 is a year that makes no sense. The latest thing tossed on it’s head is High School Sports. No fans are allowed. Not even parents of the players. This is all due to the COVID-19 and restrictions. It is done for the safety of everyone there, especially the students. No…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross A small but vocal group of parents who have children in the Bensalem School District met for a protest at the Bensalem School Administration Building on Donallen Drive. They want an option to have the schools open, at least part of the time. “This does not work for a lot of…
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