September 11, 2024
By Alex Lloyd Gross There was no need to grease the poles and call out the riot squad to Cottman and Frankford Avenues last night, April 26, 2018. Still quite a few football fans showed up to a closed portion of the street, for a party to watch the NFL Draft. Cottman and Frankford is…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross SEPTA will stop selling tokens April 20, 2018. Those people that have been buying them and may have a stash of them have nothing to fear, says Leslie Hickman, who is chief officer Revenue Operations for the transit agency. “We will still be accepting them for fares for the foreseeable future,”…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross When Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer from New York sat down with Vice news to discuss his bill to decriminalize Marijuana, he is trying to garner support from both sides of the aisle. This is the right climate for pot to be decriminalized on a Federal Level. You can purchase it for…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Police in Lower Southampton were called to a fatal accident involving a motorcycle April 19 2018 on the 500 block of Bustleton Pike. According to Police Chief John Krimmel, the crash involved two vehicles, a delivery van and a motorcycle. Identities of both men were not available. Preliminary investigation has the…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Starbucks has disgraced itself with the reprehensible actions by a manager who had two black males arrested for doing nothing. That’s old news. Today, April 17, 2018 Philadelphia Police made available the telephone call and radio transmissions relating to the incident. you can listen to them here. The arrest has brought…
Read More about Police release radio transmissions for Starbucks incidentBy Alex Lloyd Gross You heard of Driving While Black and Walking While Black but now, in Philadelphia, Starbucks has brought out a new “crime”. It’s called “Waiting While Black”. This incident has the company scrambling to find out what went wrong and Philadelphia Police and Starbucks are bracing for a lawsuit that will almost…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross It’s been almost a year and half since the “Sweetened Beverage Tax” was launched and the city is still making attempts to laud it’s effectiveness. In some areas, such as center city, the tax is paid and sales have not dropped off . That’s due to the amount of tourists that…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Bensalem Pa. April 10, 2018 Two injuries were reported today, when a tractor trailer traveling south on I-95 exited the road onto the ramp for the Park and Ride. The truck then mounted the retaining wall and flipped over, dropping about 30 feet, onto the Interstate below, hitting a passenger car….
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Multiple people, including a juvenile passenger in the one of the vehicles sustain serious injuries from a near head on crash on the 300 block of W. Street Road in Upper Southampton Pa. The crash happened just before 9:30 PM April 7, 2018. Police are looking to chat with any witnesses…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Sylvester Stallone was in Philadelphia today, April 6 2018 and he paid a visit to his likeness, by way of the Rocky statue. This was supposed to be kept quiet and was not listed on the official schedule of the mayor. Stallone was going to show up, talk with Mayor Kenney…
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