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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?
Lansdowne Resident Has Dedicated Decades of Service to Community in Her 96 Years
Mary Lou Jennings, a ninety-six-year-old lifelong Lansdowne resident, has dedicated decades of service to the community as a Girl Scout leader, CCD teacher, and a chair of the Shade Tree Commission, among many other roles. Mary Lou Jennings, a ninety-six-year-old lifelong Lansdowne resident, has dedicated decades of service to the...
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.
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.
10 most expensive homes sold in Winslow, Sept. 23-29
A house in Berlin that sold for $570,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Winslow in the past week. In total, 26 residential real estate sales were recorded in the area during the past week, with an average price of $328,106, or $186 per square foot.
Chinatown activists rally again in Philly to stop development, this time a sports arena
PHILADELPHIA — Vivian Chang works on a narrow Philadelphia street that would have been consumed by a Phillies stadium had Chinatown activists not rallied to defeat the plan in the early 2000s. Instead of 40,000 cheering fans, the squeals of young children now fill the playground at Folk Arts-Cultural Treasures Charter School, which opened in 2007.
Cherokee grinds out win over Shawnee behind Therien
EVESHAM — The play is called "Wildwood," and for big guys like Cherokee's Chris Therien, it's a dream come true. "It's kind of like the tush push (that the Eagles run)," said Therien said. "When you get a good push and get three yards on it, that's always great." ...
Philly Restaurant Bans GOP Candidate After He Claimed Campaign Stop Was Autism Event
“You’re not welcome back.”That’s the message the manager of Philadelphia cheesesteak joint Max’s Steaks had for Pennsylvania Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dave McCormick, after his campaign held an event outside the restaurant Friday that the eatery was told would be about autism awareness.Mike Sfida—who agreed to hold the event because his niece and nephew have autism—was alarmed when he saw Donald Trump signs being hung outside the beloved North Philly spot on Friday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. McCormick arrived, gave a campaign stump address, and then handed out free sandwiches.“We didn’t sign up for that at all. Zero,” he told...
Man Nabbed After Stealing Apple Watch At Knifepoint, Fleeing Into Patterson: Police
The robbery happened in Litchfield County on Monday, Sept. 30, when the suspect followed a victim home in New Milford after they picked up a FedEx package containing an Apple Watch at their parent's residence, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said on Friday, Oct. 4. The suspect, identified as Philadelphia,...
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...
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