Arts & Entertainment
2025 Fancy Brigade Results
Mummers Fancy Brigade Captain Results
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Arts & Entertainment
2025 String Band Results
1 – South Philadelphia (TIE)1 – Quaker City (TIE)3 – Fralinger4- Uptown5 – Avalon6 – Polish American7 – Woodland8 – Aqua9 – Ferko10 – Greater Kensington11 – Hegemen12 – JerseyDQ – DuffyDQ – Durning Mummers String Band Captain Results It is unknown what caused the disqualification for Duffy and Durning.
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Music
2025 Mummers Parade Marches Down Broad Street
by Alex Lloyd Gross It was a beautiful day for a parade. Thousands came out along South Broad Street to watch the Mummers do their thing today. It’s a New Years tradition. Most of the festivities are outside, with the Fancy Brigade doing a massive show inside the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Alex Lloyd Gross Photo-Delaware…
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Crime
Man Killed In Bustleton Ave Apartment On New Years Eve
by Alex Lloyd Gross Homicide Detectives are on the scene of an apartment building on the 9600 block of Bustleton Avenue. They confirmed that a 59 year old male was found stabbed to death in the kitchen of his apartment. Medics got a call just before 4:00 PM. When they arrived the found the male…
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Elected Officials
Fifteen Years In A Row PA’s Minimum Wage Has Not Budged Past $7.25/hr
by Alex Lloyd Gross According to Pennsylvania State Senator Art Haywood, the senate republicans should be ashamed of themselves. The minimum wage has not been raised one cent. Meantime, the pay for house lawmakers has risen every year, do to the cost of living raises they voted for themselves. It’s now close to $100 thousand…
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Center City Philadelphia
Wallet Thieves Wanted By Philly Cops
by Alex Lloyd Gross As a patron dined at the Hard Rock on the 1100 block of Market Street, the individuals were inside and had other things on their mind besides food. When the victim was not paying attention, they reached onto her purse and removed her wallet. Within minutes, they left the restaurant and…
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Central Bucks County
Shoplifters Arrested For Small Time Theft In Warrington
by Alex Lloyd Gross Two out of town young adults went to Wegmans in Warrington where they were arrested for consuming food without paying for anything. Police said that it was on December 10,2024 when 21-year-old Dante John Alise from Pine Beach N.J. and 18-year-old Hannah Elizabeth Mandell from New Hope ordered food from the…
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Fire & Accident
Tragedy Averted In Bustleton Ave Crash
by Alex Lloyd Gross One person was hurt this evening just before 7:00 PM during a two vehicle crash on Bustleton Avenue. The vehicle occupied by a driver and no passengers was north on Bustleton Ave. on the 9100 block when he hit a parked car, bounced off of the car and flipped over. The…
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Elected Officials
Remembering Jimmy Carter and Some Of His Philadelphia Visits.
by Alex Lloyd Gross Former President Of the United States Jimmy Carter had died in his home in Plains Georgia. He was 100 years old and had been in declining health for several years. Of course, when he was campaigning and when he was president, he visited this area frequently. When he left office he…
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Community
Chanukah Parade Kicks Off Tonight On Ben Franklin Parkway
by Alex Lloyd Gross Tonight is the fourth night of Chanuka and it will be celebrated with an amazing menorah parade. Hundreds of cars with all kinds of menorah’s decorated on the roof will converge at 21st and Ben Franklin Parkway, then make their way down to 5th and Market Streets. It is a spectacle…
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