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Philadelphia animal shelter paying people to foster dogs, cats to help with overcrowding
It's a challenge that usually comes with the summer season: overcrowding at animal shelters.But shelters say this year is even worse."Last year in May and June we took in 60 dogs under seven months old. This year we took in 125," said Sarah Barnett, the executive director of ACCT Philly.The shelter in Hunting Park is now doing something it's never done before: paying people to foster animals."We're asking people to just open their homes for a month," said Barnett." Every adult cat you foster you get $100, or like a cage of kittens, if you do it for a month,...
Why subs and heros are called ‘hoagies’ in Philadelphia — and the bizarre history behind the name
Who came up with this jawn? In Philadelphia and environs, sandwiches have been given an iconic name reserved mostly for metro-area munchers: the hoagie. Residents of the City of Brotherly Love have coined one of America’s most famed regional cold cut sando synonyms — all apologies to the various homes of the grinder, the hero, the wedge, the torpedo and the sub. But how on Earth did this one come to be? Sink your teeth into this bit of stuffed submarine roll history. Reports from The Philadelphia Inquirer date it back to the World War I era and the city’s Hog Island shipyard —...
A Thousand Diners to Gather in Newtown for Alfresco Black and White Dinner This September
A thousand black-and-white clad diners will gather on Newtown Borough’s closed-down North State Street for an alfresco dinner. A thousand black-and-white clad diners will gather on Newtown Borough’s closed-down North State Street for an alfresco dinner on September 7, according to The Reporter. Tickets are now on sale...
Discount clothing chain has going-out-of-business sale in NJ
FREEHOLD — If you like to shop for discount clothing and shoes, listen up. All Bob’s Stores, a subsidiary of GoDigital Media Group, are closing after the company filed Chapter 11 on June 18. The stores are now holding a liquidation sale, including their one New Jersey store...
Philly airport passengers frustrated from delays, cancellations in major Microsoft outage
Frustration, anger and out-of-patience is the feeling of several passengers flying out of Philadelphia on Friday, after an overnight IT outage stormed through systems used by several airlines nationwide. “They just cancelled my flight and rebooked me for a flight tomorrow morning,” said Sheila Ortiz, a passenger who was booked on a Delta flight to […]
Doylestown Native Pink Celebrates Wedding Anniversary By Sharing Rare Photos with Husband Carey Hart
Doylestown native Pink celebrated her 18th wedding anniversary by sharing several photos of her and her husband Carey Hart. Doylestown native Pink celebrated her 18th wedding anniversary by sharing several photos of her and her husband Carey Hart, writes Annie O’Sullivan for Cosmopolitan. The gallery features pictures from when...
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