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| Haverford High School Post-Prom BLAST needs Volunteers and Support |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/12/15 3:29 pm | updated: 10/12/15 3:29 pm |
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iRadioPhilly is a proud supporter of the BLAST. Please volunteer or make a pledge to this event designed to save lives.
KEEPING OUR KIDS SAFE! The 23rd Annual Haverford High School Post-Prom BLAST is scheduled for Friday May 6, 2016 from 11:00 pm until 5:00am. The High School is transformed into a magical setting to allow the graduating seniors and their guests to celebrate in a safe, alcohol and drug-free environment. The event is free for all seniors and their guests. The... Read More |
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| Princeton Prof Wins Nobel; Brother Accused in Murder Found; Towne House in Media to Close |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/12/15 9:04 am | updated: 10/12/15 9:04 am |
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| Princeton University's Angus Deaton has won the Nobel prize in economics for "his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare." Sixty nine year old Deaton was born in Edinburgh but now works at Princeton in New Jersey and has both U.S. and British citizenship. Deaton's work revolves around three central questions: How do consumers distribute their spending; how much income is spent and saved; and how do we best measure and analyze welfare and poverty? Deaton describes himself as "someone... Read More |
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| Fallen Firefighter Needs Help |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/09/15 4:51 pm | updated: 10/09/15 4:51 pm |
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A special friend of the iRadioPhilly family needs help. First responder Vince "Lenny" D'Achille a 38-year veteran firefighter and EMT was injured while fighting a fire in early August and was hospitalized due to complications from smoke inhalation.
Lenny is in a difficult situation - a victim a few times here. You see Lenny worked for two fire departments - one full time and one part time - to make ends meet. Unfortunately, Lenny was injured fighting a fire at his part-time... Read More |
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| NBC10 Strike; Christie Demands Margate Land for Dune Protection; Satullo to Committee of Seventy |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/09/15 10:39 am | updated: 10/09/15 10:39 am |
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The strike by 65 NBC10 camera operators and broadcast technicians is getting tense. Philadelphia's #2 local news station posted on job sites to hire replacement workers. Meanwhile, IBEW Local 98 has targeted Comcast, which owns NBC10 through its NBCUniversal subsidiary, as a strike tactic. The union has picketed the Comcast Center and posted an inflatable rat outside its doors.
New Jersey Governor Christie called Margate "selfish" for refusing to give up land needed for the... Read More |
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| Another Mom Arrested for Heroin Injection; Orchestra Negotiation; Jerry Mondesire Services |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/08/15 5:48 am | updated: 10/08/15 5:48 am |
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| A Montgomery County mother has pleaded guilty to injecting her 14-year-old daughter and her daughter's boyfriend with heroin. 36 year old Patricia Davenport of Harleysville entered a guilty plea last week and her trial begins today. Another mom was arrested for a similar crime in Chester County last week. Prosecutors there filed charges in a nearly identical case against Jessica Lynn Riffey of Honeybrook who was arrested for supplying heroin to her 14-year-old daughter and her daughter's... Read More |
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| Wildwood Home Not Missed By Some; Wolf Budget Vote; NASA Launch Tonight |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/07/15 9:23 am | updated: 10/07/15 9:23 am |
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| The owner of the Wildwood home that washed into the bay is paying to have the home and debris removed from the water. Meanwhile some neighbors are saying good riddance to the Grassy Sound home swept off its pilings Saturday. They say it was a structurally unsound nuisance and the home was doomed to wind up in the bay. Others say it's been falling apart for five years and blame local officials for ignoring repeated complaints. The home's owner, Stuart Tait, said over the weekend that he had... Read More |
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| NJ Junior Miss Dead; Police Injured in Crash in SW Philly; Shore Beach Damage |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/06/15 8:05 am | updated: 10/06/15 8:05 am |
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A former America's Junior Miss from New Jersey died after being found unconscious in a doorway in New York. Kiersten Cerveny, who grew up in Gloucester County, was found unconscious Sunday in the doorway of a New York City apartment building. She was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. The 38 year old mother of three was a dermatologist and lived on Long Island. Toxicology and autopsy reports are pending.
Two Philadelphia Police officer were injured... Read More |
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| Violence Threat at Philly College; Irving Fryar Sentenced; Former NAACP Leader Jerry Mondesire Dies |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/05/15 9:41 am | updated: 10/05/15 9:41 am |
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| Authorities at Philadelphia-area universities and colleges are closely monitoring what officials are calling a "threat of violence" that was made online. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosive (ATF) informed officials at schools that the threat was made online against "a university near Philadelphia." The posting states that an action could take place at 2 p.m. eastern time on Monday, October 5. Colleges are encouraging the community to be very aware of the surroundings and... Read More |
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| Hall and Oates Open Fillmore; Joaquin Tracks Away; Vatican Pushes Kim Davis Back |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/02/15 9:48 am | updated: 10/02/15 9:48 am |
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Hall and Oates christened the new Fillmore in Fishtown last night before a sold out crowd of 2,500. Sixty-eight year old Darryl Hall joked that he used to be afraid to go to Fishtown 43 years ago. Hall and Oates started the set with "Maneater" and went on with a blue eyed-soul-pop evening filled with classic hits. The club complex is the seventh Live Nation-owned Fillmore in the United States, named after the original Fillmore founded by Bill Graham in San Francisco in 1965.
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| Stormy Weather; Pope Visit Expense Reimbursement; PA Christmas Tree for White House |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 10/01/15 9:55 am | updated: 10/01/15 9:55 am |
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The Philadelphia area's first serious hurricane scare in three years has meteorologists and emergency management officials warning that "dangerous" conditions are building and major flooding could arrive by the end of the week. That would be before the potential main event - Hurricane Joaquin gets anywhere near here. More flooding is possible early next week. The threats include heavy rains, flash flooding, widespread river flooding, beach erosion, and power-line-ripping winds.
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Tom Kelly
