Today marks the 24th Annual Greater Philadelphia Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. It is the largest collective day of service in the country with over 150,000 volunteers participating in events and activities throughout the region. Girard College, in the Fairmount neighborhood, is the center of it all with over 5,000 participants and 150 different activities in that location alone. Some...
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An early morning two-alarm fire in Old City has displaced 3 residents and destroyed their building. The call came out around 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning, 1/20, for the 300 block of North Front Street. The four story building which included some apartments was evacuated. Firefighters could not go inside because the second floor collapsed causing dangerous conditions. Instead they kept pumping...
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A online threat that caused Upper Merion Area School District to close all schools on Friday, 1/18, was traced to an anonymous poster in Canada. Upper Merion police say that a suspect has been taken into custody by authorities in Montreal. The suspect has not been identified. Police say that they do not know if the individual has any connection to Upper Merion or why they made the threat....
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Officials in Montgomery County are saying that there is no evidence a crime was committed in the deaths of an elderly couple found outside their Whitemarsh Township home last month. 81-year-old Rhoda and 86-year-old Ross Woodward were found by a postal worker at their home on Bethelehem Pike near the PA Turnpike on December 4, 2018. The coroner's office said that Ross died from...
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There was a development in the case of a missing Malvern woman, who hasn't been seen since April 2017. 43-year-old Anna Maciejewska disappeared from her suburban Philadelphia home over a year-and-a-half ago. Today, 1/17, Pennsylvania State Police detectives and other officials served a search warrant on a townhome in West Chester. Officer used a ram to open the door to the house around 4...
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A Philadelphia jury has found Joshua Hupperterz guilty on all counts for the August 2017 murder of 22-year-old Temple University student Jenna Burleigh. The jury deliberated for about an hour-and-a-half on Thursday afternoon, 1/17, before coming to the verdict. Hupperterz was immediately sentenced to the mandatory life without parole. He was also sentenced to two and a half to five years for...
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The North Philadelphia mother and restaurateur known for throwing lavish prom send off parties has pled guilty to federal fraud charges including multiple counts of wire fraud and acceptance of government benefits. 44-year-old Saudia Shuler applied for Social Security disability in 2014 after having cancer and suffering a stroke. She then continued to accept disability payments and failed...
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41 employees (including 4 supervisors) of a human services non-profit in Delaware County have been charged in an overtime rigging and kickback scheme. They are all accused of stealing nearing $1 million from the Elwyn Organization over a 21-month period. The supervisors would adjust employee's time sheets and add overtime hours. The employees would not actually work the overtime. In turn,...
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The Susan G. Komen foundation announced on Tuesday, 1/15, that it will be replacing the Race for the Cure with a new event called the More Than Pink Walk. The race tradition has been held annually on Mother's Day for 28 years. By next year, all 66 Komen affiliates will switch over to the new walk only format. The foundation says that rising expenses forced them to rethink the overall...
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January 12/13 Playlist - Michael Tearson's ATTIC - Some Songs About Gypsies
1) "Whistling Gypsy" by Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem
2) "Gypsy" by Suzanne Vega
3) "Gypsy" by Van Morrison
4) "Gypsy Life" by John Gorka with Nanci Griffith
5) "Wanderings" by Josh White
6) "Gypsy Woman" by Impressions
7) "Gypsy Queen" by Gabor Szabo
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA | January 21, 2019 7:02 pm
