September 11, 2024
Crime
UPDATED WITH MORE INFORMATION SEPTEMBER 4 2018 by Alex Lloyd Gross A woman was struck by a pick up truck on the 10900 block of Academy Rd September 2, 2018. As she was laying in the street seriously injured, the driver sped away. There is no doubt the driver knew he hit someone. In this…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Usually, Oktoberfest is held in October. Not in Northeast Philly. It’s going on now and runs until Labor Day. The yearly even features beer, fine German and American food and more beer. Located at the corner of Academy and Holme Avenues. Parking is free. It’s not all beer and food, there…
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Music
By Alex Lloyd Gross The Dixie Hummingbirds have been playing music together for 90 years. That’s an achievement by itself. Of course, there have been line up changes. The gospel group made a name for themselves back in the 1920,s30,s .They traveled cross the country playing to who ever would book them. Before long, their…
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Crime
By Alex Lloyd Gross Falls Township police announced yesterday, August 27, 2017 they cracked the case involving the hit and run death of Emanuel Weintraub, who was struck and killed by a vehicle that did not stop, on New Falls Road. The August 21 accident was caught on security cameras and cops had distributed frame…
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Crime
By Alex Lloyd Gross A detective with the Philadelphia Homicide Squad has been removed from street duty by Police Commissioner Richard Ross after he admitted to writing a letter and leaving it taped to a wastebasket in the squad room. The detective was upset over the foul smelling trash that was placed in the wastebasket…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross A stubborn fire at a junkyard on the6200 block of Unruh Street slowed traffic and damaged a pile of junk vehicles. Travelers in New Jersey could look across the Delaware River and see a huge plume of smoke billowing in the air. In the Tacony section, curious people stopped and drove…
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by Alex Lloyd Gross Philadelphia sports fans are the most passionate anywhere, they are rabid true believers, no matter what and they are loyal to the team. With that being said, There was a gathering for them outside Xfinity Live at Broad and Pattison Avenues. It was held in the parking lot of the center…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross John McCain died Auguste 25, 2018. He was a Republican Senator from Arizona. he also ran for president in 2008 and that election campaign brought him to the Delaware Valley on October 21, 2008. He appeared at a business on Marshal Lane in Bensalem, Bucks County Pa. For those that are…
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By Alex Lloyd Gross Asa Khalif a leader in the Black Lives matter chapter of Philadelphia was front and center with his bull horn leading chants for Jeffrey Dennis a male who was shot by police earlier this week, That shooting on the 7100 block of Hegerman Street is being investigated. Dennis died after trying…
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Crime
By Alex Lloyd Gross An elderly male walking with the aid of a cane was struck and killed on the 8800 block of New falls Road late last night, August 21, 2018. The driver of a car was traveling south on the road when the vehicle struck the man , throwing his can several feet….
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