September 11, 2024
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Stan Lee, the marvel who developed characters for Marvel and DC Comics died yesterday, November 12, 2018 from an undisclosed illness. He was taken from home to Cedar Sinai Medical Center. While he lived in California, Lee traveled to Philadelphia, well into his 90,s, making two convention appearances at Wizard World…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross K-Mart is a struggling retail outlet that partnered with Sears to save both companies. They were competitors at one time. They were both a formidable force to be reckoned with in the world of retail. Now both brand names are in a fight for survival as Amazon and Wal-Mart have taken…
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Crime
By Alex Lloyd Gross Philadelphia Police are looking for two vehicles that hit and ran over a pedestrian, who was trying to cross the street. The accident happened last night, November 9, 2018. The location was the intersection of Cottman and Torresdale Avenues. Police said it happened about 8:25 PM. A medic unit was close…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Police were called to the scene of a pedestrian accident in Tullytown last night, November 6, 2018. The accident happened just before 6:00 PM on the 300 block of Main Street, which is just after the bridge that brings motorists into town. Not much information is known, but at the scene,…
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Crime
On October 6, 2018, at 1:00 pm, the victim, a 26 year-old female, locked her bike, a Trek FX Grey and black in color, to a pole in the 1500 block of Locust Street. When she returned later that day the bike was gone. Surveillance video was recovered which depicts an unknown black male taking…
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News
by Alex Lloyd Gross Election Day is tomorrow. Lots of positions across Pennsylvania are up for grabs. Such as governor and state senate. Members of congress are fighting as well to stay on the job, while challengers are trying to win their seats in the house. Governor Tom Wolf spent about an hour in Middletown…
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Crime
By Alex Lloyd Gross Residents that need emergency city services are being asked to use a cell phone and not a landline to call 911. There is a switching issue with Verizon, which takes care of the phone service coming into the city call centers. The technicians are being called in to help fix the…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Larry Kudlow, an economic advisor to Donald Trump told reporters this week, that hat he refuses to talk about raising the federal minimum wage above $7.25 per year. In fact, he would like it to be abolished all together. Currently, people who work for this are below the poverty line and…
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Crime
By Alex Lloyd Gross If you were arrested for a minor crime but that arrest is holding you back from getting a job, you want to register for a work shop to get your criminal history expunged. That means it will not show up on a records check. you could be able to get a…
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Crime
By Alex Lloyd Gross Philadelphia Police were called to assist an ambulance with a hospital case inside a gold vehicle today, October 31, 2018. When medics arrived, on the 4500 block of Oakmont Street, they found a 54 year old man in a vehicle. He had been shot one time in the jaw. The first…
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