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Gov. Shapiro accuses Donald Trump of promoting "antisemitic tropes"
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro accused Donald Trump of promoting "antisemitic tropes" after the former president called him a "highly overrated Jewish governor."The former president made the comment on his social media site, Truth Social, just after midnight Thursday. Shapiro addressed the Democratic National Convention a few hours earlier."I think it's clear over the last few weeks, Donald Trump is obsessed with me and obsessed with continuing to spew hate and division in our politics," Shapiro said. "He's someone who's routinely peddled antisemitic tropes like this."Rabbi Beth Janus is co-president of the Board of Rabbis of Greater Philadelphia,...
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Pierogis and Pints in Carbon County
PALMERTON, Pa. — Pierogies are on the menu at Blue Mountain Resort near Palmerton this weekend for the Pierogi's and Pints festival. The event is the first of its kind for Blue Mountain Resort and it kicks off Saturday at 11am. "There's going to be pierogi sampling, 20 draft...
Medically Tailored Nutrition Improving Health Outcomes, Reducing Costs
A recently released study says Pennsylvania has the potential to realize the second highest level of health care cost savings in the nation if medically tailored meals or MTMs, a proven treatment for reducing hospital admissions, readmissions and ER visits, were accessible for more patients with health issues from diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease to cancer and HIV.
VP Nominee Tim Walz Gets Caught Up in Wawa/Sheetz Debate
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz neatly sidestepped the Wawa-Sheetz debate here in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania’s decades-long Sheetz or Wawa debate has latched on to Democratic Vice President nominee Tim Walz, writes Bill Shannon for YourErie. Walz, current governor of Minnesota, was having breakfast Monday with Pennsylvania delegates when the...
Allentown Fair: Ranking each of the 2024 grandstand headliners
ALLENTOWN, Pa. — There will be plenty to do at Allentown Fair, which kicks off its 172nd year on Wednesday, Aug. 28 — from its Agri-plex full of agricultural and related exhibits to its extensive carnival midway to its outdoor farm animal features. But the fair’s main Grandstand...
US Secretary of Education to visit Green Bay in September
GREEN BAY, WI – (WGBW & WISS) – U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona will visit Green Bay next month. Starting September 3rd Cardona will visit schools in Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Pennsylvania as part of the “Back to School Bus Tour. The theme of the...
Kenilworth Historical Society to Hold 2024 Bus Trip to Wind Creek Bethlehem Casino
KENILWORTH, NJ - Please see the following message from the Kenilworth Historical Society regarding the upcoming fundraiser to Wind Creek Bethlehem Casino. The Kenilworth Historical Society will host a bus trip to Wind Creek Bethlehem Casino in Bethlehem, Pa., on Saturday, September 21.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER The trip will depart Kenilworth (St. Theresa’s School parking lot) at 8:30 a.m. and return to Kenilworth at approximately 5:30 p.m. Cost of $56 includes comfortable motor coach transportation, an approximate 6-hour visit to the casino and $25 in free slot play. There will be a...
N.J. trooper involved in fatal police chase ID’d by state investigators
Authorities have identified the New Jersey State Police trooper involved in a police pursuit earlier this month that led to the death of a motorcyclist in Warren County. The trooper, Christopher Bird, was trying to pull over an SUV driven by Sean Mamakas, 32, of Berks County, Pennsylvania, on Route 80 eastbound in the area of milepost 11 at 10:19 a.m. on Aug. 13, the New Jersey Attorney General’s office said Friday.
Warren County man arrested for DWI at twice legal limit
PEAPACK & GLADSTONE BOROUGH, NJ (Somerset County) – A Warren County man was charged with driving while intoxicated after he allegedly drove at twice the legal intoxication limit in Peapack & Gladstone Borough. On Aug. 20, at 3:23 p.m., officers responded to the area of Highland Avenue for the...
Lehigh Valley breaks its 6-game slide with a 6-2 win over Rochester
ALLENTOWN, Pa - Lehigh Valley snapped its six game skid on Friday night with a 6-2 win over Rochester. The IronPigs struck early and often to get its first win of the home stand. All six of the IronPigs runs came in the first and second inning to jump out...
Motorcycle crash leaves one dead
KINGSTON, Pa. — A person was killed after a motorcycle crash late Thursday night in Luzerne County. It happened at Rutter Avenue and the North Cross Valley Expressway ramp in Kingston. The coroner says the person riding the motorcycle was killed. The crash is under investigation. Check back for...
Fight involving a gun erupts in church parking lot after funeral of 13-year-old cheerleader
Police arrested two male juveniles Friday amid a melee that broke out in a church parking lot after the funeral of a 13-year-old girl who was killed in a homicide. The fight occurred around 1 p.m. as hundreds of people were exiting the Greater Zion Missionary Baptist Church at 212 N Progress Ave. in Susquehanna Township. Pallbearers had just finished loading Na’Ryah Wright’s casket inside a horse-drawn carriage when people started screaming and yelling across the parking lot.
Palmer Park Mall bids farewell to arcade, welcoming another
PALMER TWP., Pa. – After about eight months of business, an arcade featuring retro and modern games has closed at the Palmer Park Mall, but a new arcade – a second location of a popular Allentown area arcade – is set to open at the same shopping mall.
PA Boy Dies Days Before Starting 8th Grade: Officials
A 13-year-old boy passed away less than four days before starting eighth grade, Donald H. Eichhorn Middle School Principal Michael Sokalzuk told Daily Voice on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Jaxon Snyder, of Lewisburg, died after "a brief and unexpected illness," on Monday evening, Aug. 19, Sok…
Kennedy siblings rip RFK Jr. for endorsing Trump: ‘A betrayal’ of family values
Members of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s extended family called it a “betrayal of the values that our father and our family hold most dear” on Friday after the independent presidential candidate announced that he was endorsing former President Trump. “We want an America filled with hope and bound together by a shared vision of a…
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