Lifelong Community Activist Receives Gift Of Warmth From Montco Company
A company out of Harleysville, Montgomery County gave the gift of a warm home to a Southwest Philadelphia woman who has literally helped feed thousands over the last 40 years.
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A company out of Harleysville, Montgomery County gave the gift of a warm home to a Southwest Philadelphia woman who has literally helped feed thousands over the last 40 years.
The state House has made an unexpected about-face and is now poised to vote, as soon as Wednesday, on a budget agreed to by the Senate and Governor Wolf.
Attorney David Rudovksy, president of the board of trustees for the Defenders Association of Philadelphia, says the high court unanimously rejected arguments that the governor's reprieves of death sentences were only temporary.
With a temperatures forecast to be in the 70's on Christmas Eve, it's tee-times rather than lift tickets this year.
Jahlil Okafor and Isaiah Canaan, of the Sixers, surprised local YMCA children with a holiday shopping spree.
It happened around 7 p.m. Monday along the 300 block of Horton Street in the Carroll Park section of the city.
A hearing took place today on whether or not Supreme Court Justice Michael Eakin should be suspended while investigated on charges he violated judicial conduct rules.
Police are investigating the death of a man found who was found with a belt wrapped tightly around his neck in a hotel in Philadelphia's Center City.
Doctors say the mild weather we've had has helped keep the flu away. This Christmas brings us the gift of low influenza numbers, but it's not expected to last.
Why the sustained warmth? The overall jet stream pattern has been stuck up to the north, keeping the cold air locked in Canada. And there's no snow cover. Snow reflects the sun's rays back into the atmosphere, keeping it cool.
Prosecutors challenged Wolf's decision, saying reprieves had never been used to indefinitely delay an execution.
The recall affects approximately 6,700 cases of the chocolates sold at one unnamed major retailer with stores across the United States, including Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
The state House voted 149 to 52 on Saturday against the proposal to put newly hired teachers and state workers into a hybrid system made up of a traditional pension along with a 401(k)-style benefit.
A Philadelphia man will spend 12.5 to 25 years in state prison, after being sentenced in Bucks County Court, for selling the illegal drugs that caused a 19-year-old Bucks County man's death in 2014.
More than 100 homes in the Mayfair section of Philadelphia have every inch of their lawns, windows, stairs and more decked out for the Mayfair Christmas Decoration Contest!
