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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.
Asking Eric: What’s the best way to tell a co-worker you have to use the restroom?
DEAR ERIC: I haven’t worked in an office for some time. I’ve been working remotely for years, and my last office job was at a small business with just a couple of guys. I need to brush up on my etiquette. At my last place, you could refer to “hitting the can” or whatever and no one batted an eye, but some might consider that a bit uncouth. What’s the best way of telling someone you have to use (or were in) the restroom?
2nd Golfer, Jordan Spieth, Joins Tiger Woods in Backing Cobbs Creek Project
A rendering of the TGR Learning Lab planned for the Cobbs Creek Golf Course as part of the $100 million restoration project. Tiger Woods has been joined by professional golfer Jordan Spieth in backing a $150 million restoration and expansion of the Cobbs Creek Golf Campus in West Philadelphia and Upper Darby, writes John George for Philadelphia Business Journal.
Vigil at LOVE Park honors Palestinian lives lost in Israel-Gaza war
Community members gathered in Philadelphia’s LOVE Park on Saturday to remember the more than 41,000 Palestinians killed in the past year by Israeli offensives in Gaza and the West Bank. The commemoration comes a year after the Israel-Gaza war started on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis...
Cheesesteak-gate: Autism event turns into McCormick campaign stop
(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate nominee Dave McCormick came to Max’s Steaks in North Philadelphia on Friday for a meet-and-greet with Black voters. But Max’s didn’t know it — until the campaign bus rolled in. Manager Mike Sfida Sr. didn’t kick them out, but he didn’t appreciate the misdirection. Contacted a few days ahead of time, he was told that it would be an event for autism. ...
18th Annual Mutt Strut raises $130,000 for Philly's largest nonprofit animal rescue
Hundreds of people and their dogs donned their best costumes for the Mutt Strut Saturday, an annual fundraiser supporting the Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), the city's largest nonprofit animal rescue.Nicki McGuigan, a PAWS volunteer, was among the attendees, with her dog Parker in what she said was her 11th Mutt Strut."I love him so much. He's our first baby, so he's the best," McGuigan said.The event brought together dog lovers and their pets to raise money for PAWS, which provides low-cost veterinary care and matches adoptable dogs with families. Attendees also got a chance to meet dogs available for adoption."[The dogs]...
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