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Winner! Lotto Ticket Sold Online In NJ Nets Big Bucks
A Powerball ticket sold online matched four numbers and the red Powerball in the drawing held on Saturday, June 20, winning $50,000. The ticket was sold online via the Jackpocket app, which is based in Hewitt in Passaic County. The winning numbers were 18, 25, 31, 40, 57 and the...
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 ‘uncooperative' after being critically stabbed at the Wells Fargo Center
Police are investigating after a man was stabbed at the Wells Fargo Center over a week ago in South Philadelphia. According to the police, on Saturday, July 13, at around 10:45 p.m., police responded to a call for an assault at the Wells Fargo Center at 3601 S. Broad Street.
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival presents Alice Walker’s The Color Purple
Alice Walker's seminal 1982 novel, The Color Purple, has undergone numerous adaptations, beginning with the 1985 Steven Spielberg-directed film. In 2005, it became a Broadway musical backed by Oprah Winfrey; in 2015, John Doyle directed a revival; and then there was a 2023 movie musical based on the 2005 production. That adaptation is also the basis of the musical now onstage at Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF), with a book by Marsha Norman and music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray.
Philadelphia and Main Line area Latin and Greek nonprofits receive continued funding from The Dr. Rudolph Masciantonio Fund for Classical Studies
In 2007, Dr. Rudolph Masciantonio created a trust fund under the auspices of the Philadelphia Foundation to encourage the study of Latin and Greek among students of all ages. In mid-July of 2020, numerous nonprofits along with the officers of the Philadelphia Classical Society received very special envelopes from the Philadelphia Foundation.
Reverend presides at blessing of Saint Edmond’s ‘Mary’s House’
On July 22, Saint Edmond’s Home for Children, part of the Developmental Programs Division of Catholic Social Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia (CSS), blessed and dedicated Mary’s House, a community-based home for young adults with disabilities. The residence is the second of its kind opened by Saint Edmond’s.
Former Delaware County 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.
COUNCILMEMBER JAMIE GAUTHIER REACTS TO NEW REPORT SHOWING SCOPE OF PHILLY’S HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS
PHILADELPHIA – Today, Councilmember Jamie Gauthier (3rd District), Chair of City Council’s Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless, issued the following statement in response to Pew Charitable Trust’s report on Single-Family Home Sales in Philadelphia. “We pride ourselves on being a city where most residents,...
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...
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