September 21, 2024
by Alex Lloyd Gross Cherelle Parker is now the 100th Mayor of the city of Philadelphia. She took the oath office at the Met, on North Broad Street earlier today. This is the same ceremony that saw Kenyatta Johnson get elected President of City Council. In a ceremony filled with political dignitaries, Parker took the…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross The 2024 Mummer Parade went off today, It ranged from truly talented to truly bizarre. All of it was consumed by the hundreds of thousands of people that went down to center city to see the parade or stayed home to watch it on TV. ALEX LLOYD GROSS Photo-Delaware valley News.com…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross For the past 15 years, the Pennsylvania State Legislature has refused to budge on raising the minimum wage. It is $7.25/hr. Still. That means that your billion dollar a year employer can legally exploit your services by paying you $7.25/hr. There have been attempts to raise it but in the past,…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Mayor Kenney did not sign Bill 230510. He sent it back to council unsigned and now it becomes law. Effective immediately Ski masks are no longer allowed to be worn in public in the city of Philadelphia. While you still may be able to wear it in the cold , while…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Two police officers were shot in the city of Philadelphia early today. The suspect who allegedly shot them was also shot. The incident started in the area of Cottman and Roosevelt Blvd. and ended on the 8100 block of Frankford Ave. Police said that two officers responded to a call of…
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Ppolice in Plumstead , Bucks County report that two Asian males allegedly tried to pull a gift card scam. They were alerted by Giant employees that reported the two came into the store with gift cards that had their serial numbers compromised. The couple left the store before police arrived . This happened during the…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Sandra Day O’Connor has died. She was 93 years old and she was the first woman ever elected to the US Supreme Court. That happened under Ronald Reagan in 1981. In 2006 she retired and was replaced by Sam Alito. Having a woman on the US Supreme Court was a bold…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Gino Hagenkotter was serving time in the Riverside Prison, which is part of the Philadelphia Prison system. He was a non violent inmate, doing time for theft and burglary, officials said. He was on a work detail and scheduled to be released on Thursday to a less restrictive program. “Prior to…
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Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture warns that consumers should discard “Hilltop Meadow Farm” brand ’60 Day Aged Pepper Jack Raw Milk Cheese’ with sell by dates of 9/21/2023 or earlier. Testing of this cheese confirmed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. The Pepper Jack Raw Milk Cheese from Hilltop Meadow Farm, located at 153 Martin…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross On October 7.2023 the cowardly Hamas parachuted from the sky into a music festival in Israel. This unprovoked attack was part of the day of terror that started the Hamas war. While Hamas fighters were losing to Israel at every turn, the propaganda machine was in full operation. They would tell…
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