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15 Years Ago: Bob Dylan Gets Detained by the New Jersey Police
Bob Dylan once sang, "In Jersey anything's legal as long as you don't get caught." But he did get caught by the New Jersey police on July 23, 2009. Dylan was then on tour with Willie Nelson and John Mellencamp, performing in minor-league baseball parks across America. On that day, they'd played a show in Lakewood, New Jersey, roughly an hour and a half's drive outside New York City.
Showers, storms threaten NYC area for days — and then heat returns
Storms are back in the forecast for the next few days, after a relatively quiet weather stretch for the tri-state area, and you'll want to keep the umbrella on hand for whatever pops up. A series of low-pressure systems will be moving through the area this week, keeping our weather...
Answering the big questions surrounding the Campanile vs. NJSIAA football transfer case
NJSIAA attorney Steve Goodell informed attorney Patrick J. Jennings that the state’s governing body for high school athletics will not retroactively punish any school found to have breached the transfer rule in a judge’s future ruling. This was one of the biggest requests in the July 10 hearing, when Jennings sought that Bergen...
Listeria outbreak linked to deli meats hospitalizes dozens and kills one in NJ
The CDC has issued an alert over a multistate listeria outbreak it says may be linked to sliced deli meats. So far, there have been 28 hospitalizations in 12 states, most of them on the East Coast. ...
16-year-old dies after being shot 4 times in Northeast Philadelphia, police say
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A 16-year-old has died after he was shot four times in the Oxford Circle section of Northeast Philadelphia on Tuesday afternoon, according to police.Police said officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 1200 block of Van Kirk Street shortly after 4 p.m.According to police, the teen was found with four gunshot wounds to his torso.The teen was rushed to Jefferson Frankford Hospital, where he later died, police said.Investigators did not recover a gun at the scene, and no arrests were made. Police said more than 50 shots were fired and they're looking for several suspects with automatic weapons. The investigation is ongoing.
In the midst of new contract bargaining, PHL airport contractors demand back wages they say they are owed
About 100 subcontractors working at the airport turned out in numbers Tuesday at the American Airlines terminal to demand that their employer pay them wages that were promised to them.
Man sentenced for secretly recording females in King of Prussia Mall fitting rooms
NORRISTOWN — A former Delaware County man faces several years of court supervision as a sex offender after he admitted to using a pen camera to secretly record females in fitting rooms at stores in the King of Prussia Mall, and to secretly recording a former romantic partner without her consent.
Philly DA names 10 sought in separate Northwest Philly murders
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner, on Tuesday, released a list of suspected killers in a number of slayings that happened in the city's Northwest Philly neighborhood. These individuals are being sought in crimes that date back to 2021. During the day, Krasner was joined by Philadelphia Sheriff Rochelle Bilal, who...
Another Jersey diner closes. Is it the end of an era?
So many diners in my area have closed within the past year. Word came this week that the Voorhees Diner on Route 73 in Voorhees had closed abruptly. They had trouble staying open full-time since the pandemic. Some days or weeks they were closed and some they were open. They’ve had some financial troubles following a lawsuit by former employees back about five years ago.
Antisemitism runs rampant in Philadelphia schools, Jewish group alleges in civil rights complaint
The Philadelphia school district has failed to protect Jewish students from “a virulent wave of antisemitism” that swept through classrooms after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, according to a federal complaint filed Tuesday. The district, among the largest public school systems in the U.S., has ignored persistent...
NJ Rocker is Now a Billionaire
How many people, described as blue-collar workers can say they also have a billion dollars in the bank?. I'm guessing that number would be quite small. However, they do exist. According to Forbes, we have one right here in New Jersey. Welcome to the Billioniares Club. Bruce Springsteen, The Boss,...
Delaware County announces Summer 2024 Safe Streets initiative
Delaware County has announced a Summer 2024 Safe Streets Program which was created to address a shortage of patrol officers in the Chester Police Department by assigning County employees for non-patrol duties which frees up CPD officers to perform patrol duties and helps add more officers to the streets. “The County is hopeful that this […]
Dozens of vehicles damaged by vandals in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia
The search continued Tuesday for vandals who damaged about two dozen vehicles overnight in the Fairmount section of Philadelphia.Action News found more than 20 vandalized cars along part of 22nd Street alone, as investigators search for even more possible victims beyond this stretch.People who live in this area say this neighborhood has been targeted repeatedly."The window smashing happens, without fail, once a week. Sometimes multiple times a week. It happens a lot around here," said Josh Mayer.Investigators say this latest spree unfolded sometime between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. Tuesday.RELATED: Vehicles hit by vandals in South Philadelphia parking lot for...
The Eagles' 2024 100-Percenter Club
PHILADELPHIA - The annual 2024 Philadelphia Eagles' 100-percent club is 36 deep heading into 2024 training camp. First things first, 100% means 100%, not so and so is going to make the team because of feelings and assumptions. In other words, there is no avenue where a player on this...
Why Philly Chef Dropped Plans for Ocean Casino Restaurants
In February, Ocean Casino Resort announced a partnership with celebrated chef and restaurateur Michael Schulson to bring two fine-casual concepts to Ocean's Casino Resort's culinary roster. Pearl & Mary and Samuel's were both set to open this summer. They were to be the first of four new eateries he would...
Anime-themed Izakaya Fishtown serves happy hour sushi, sake, cocktails for Fishtown Taps Tuesdays
When Connor Lucas was 4-years-old, he saw one of his first cartoon movies, a Japanese animated fantasy called My Neighbor Totoro. Years later, he incorporated his love for anime into restaurant-bar Izakaya Fishtown. “Izakaya means ‘bar’ or ‘tavern’ in Japanese,” said Lucas, the director of operations at Izakaya Fishtown. “I...
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