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Parker kicks off LGBTQ+ History Month with 2 executive orders, commission expansion
Mayor Cherelle Parker kicked off LGBTQ+ History Month Friday by making history of the old Office of LGBT Affairs. She signed two executive orders and expanded the Commission on LGBT Affairs from six members to 25.
Prison for N.J. man who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, helped attack cops
A South Jersey man was sentenced to federal prison Thursday after spending hours on the U.S. Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021 and confronting police officers while egging on other rioters to continue their assault on the building. Michael Oliveras, 51, of Lindenwold was given a five-year prison sentence and...
In a failing retail landscape, another CVS is closing in NJ
The CVS Pharmacy in Clementon, New Jersey, has announced they are closing, with a final date set for Oct. 23rd. CVS first opened across the street from its current location as one of the original tenants in the Clementon Lake Village Shopping Center, which opened around 1990. CVS Clementon customers...
Customer Did $8K In Damages To Crown Chicken & Grill: PPD
The incident happened when a woman became irate with employees at Crown Chicken & Grill, 2201 North Broad Street, at 2:50 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 24, police said. She demanded free food items, and when the employees didn't comply she began vandalizing the store. She climbed onto the counter and...
Oh, no! Port strike could trigger booze shortage in New Jersey
🍷 The majority of imported beer, wine and spirits arrive at East Coast ports. 🍌 Fresh fruits and veggies are rotting at Port Philadelphia. The strike by dock workers in New Jersey, Philadelphia and along the entire East Coast shows no signs of ending anytime soon and the possibility of product shortages grows by the day.
Parker enjoys many offensive choices at Winslow Township
WINSLOW — For Winslow Township sophomore quarterback Jalen Parker, there is no such thing as having too many options. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound has so many choices, a true luxury of riches in a high-octane offense. “I had a lot of weapons last year, but I have more this year,” Parker said. The soph...
South Jersey man faces felony charges in latest Jan. 6 arrest
A Salem County man who allegedly joined the mob that rushed the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 riot was arrested Thursday and charged with numerous felonies and misdemeanor crimes. Predrag Jovanovic, 64, is charged with felony assault, resisting, impeding certain officers, and obstruction of law enforcement during a...
Tuxedo rental shop in Havertown sending relief supplies to Helene victims
A small business in Delaware County is answering the call for help in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.Iacobucci Formal Wear in Havertown is collecting donations like food, water, batteries, diapers and even chainsaws to donate to the survivors of Hurricane Helene."You can only watch so much on the news without getting involved," said Steve Cassel, owner of Iacobucci Formal Wear.Cassel's friend Bruce McClay is planning to drive the goods down to western North Carolina Friday night or Saturday morning."I'm retired and I have the time," McClay said. "I don't have a big huge trailer or anything, but it's what I can do."McClay and his wife Sherry packed up boxes of relief supplies in the parking lot on Friday morning as people in the community continued to drop off donations."Giving back is what I wanted to do," Kathy Ransone from Havertown, who donated a hedge trimmer, said. "I mean how could you not? It's a catastrophe zone down there."Joe Roan from Drexel Hill came to donate socks, shampoo, toothbrushes and toothpaste."The folks desperately need help and it's time for us to step up," Roan said.
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