September 17, 2024
Digital Reporter – Jeff Bohen As Spring approached, with the ending of school year in sight, locals in Bristol Borough wondered aloud what could be offered the children of the community as something to do as warmer days approached. In about two weeks time, after a conversation at the Bristol Elks lodge, Bristol Wildcats Flag…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Lynne Carter, A very distinguished boxing judge from Philadelphia was honored by Mayor James Kenney at Philadelphia City Hall. In a ceremony that lasted about an hour June 19, 2019, Carter was spoken fondly of by such boxing luminaries like ring announcer Nino Del Buono and International Boxing Federation President and…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross In the shadow of a rough housing project , sits the Gambrel Recreation Center, on the 4800 block of Ditman Street. Yesterday, June 8, 2019, no one was fighting anyone or doing anything wrong. A project initiated by the Donovan Williams Memorial Foundation had teams from across the city and across …
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Digital Reporter- Jeff Bohen Its December 2014. Tamara Monroe is at the Bristol Township Council Meeting. The budget for the new year is being announced. Monroe is sitting in the back row of the meeting on the left hand side. You could sense something was wrong by the way her body, slowly but surely,…
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Digital Reporter – Jeff Bohen Tomorrow Bristol Borough will kick off its Spring/Summer event season with its First Friday event. Sponsored by the Bristol Borough Business Association and the borough’s First Friday organization, the family -friendly series of events will include an array of activities for all to enjoy. Highlights include: • Amusements &…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross It’s gone. Just yesterday, April 20, 2019, this news site urged fans to go to the Wells Fargo Center, where the Flyers play, if they wanted to see the Kate Smith statue. It was covered and wrapped in a black drape. Now, less than a day later, it’s gone in the…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Kate Smith was a sports icon in Philadelphia, even though she never played. Her live appearances singing God Bless America was thought to bring the Flyers good luck and superstition has it, she was partly responsible for bringing them two Stanley Cups. She had a stature erected after her. Now, in…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross In 2026 The United States of America will be 250 years old. There is no better place to celebrate it than in Philadelphia. For the Sesquicentennial there will be hundreds of things to do. For one weekend, most probably in July, there will be the All Star Game which will be…
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The Phillies will host a public event in the historic district Tuesday, in what has to be the worst kept secret of this century. Philadelphia will be announced as the city to host the 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. This will coincide with the 250th birthday celebration of the United States. The press conference…
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Sports fans will be safer this baseball season when opening day comes around. Security bollards are being placed all around Citizens Bank Park. This procedure will protect fans when they arrive onto the property, from vehicles. Huge posts spaced about two feet apart are being cemented into the ground. The project will be completed by…
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