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| Hurricane Irene Drives Supply Sales |
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 by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/26/11 11:57 am | updated: 08/26/11 11:57 am |
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Hurricane Irene is boosting business at places like Home Depot, Lowes, Tru Value and Ace hardware stores.
People are standing in lines purchasing bottled water, batteries, flashlights, as well as big ticket items like generators.
Many stores have already sold out of these essentials, which is driving the stress level even higher on many consumers.
Demand for hurricane-related supplies is giving some retailers a boost that's expected to continue as... Read More |
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| Ackerman Speaking Out (of turn)? |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/26/11 11:56 am | updated: 08/26/11 11:56 am |
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Arlene Ackerman is speaking out in interviews this week with Education Week, Fox 29 and WURD-AM.
On WURD-AM, she said Mayor Nutter forced the SRC to get rid of her after she wouldn't "play politics" on funding for full-day kindergarten.
She also told Education Week that the SRC put her on its hit list when she refused to support an unnamed politician who wanted her to back a bid by Foundations Inc. to run Martin Luther King High School as a charter.
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| Mandatory Evacuations of South Jersey Ordered |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/25/11 11:23 pm | updated: 08/25/11 11:23 pm |
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Hurricane Irene is expected to hit South Jersey sometime starting late Saturday Evening into Sunday. With this powerful storm likely to bring powerful winds, flooding rain, severe beach erosion, surging tides, and crippling power outages, NJ Gov. Christie has ordered all residents and visitors to evacuate Cape May County and costal areas of Atlantic and Ocean Counties.
In Cape May County, A mandatory evacuation is in effect immediately for the barrier islands, including Ocean... Read More |
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| New Jersey Shore Braces For a Direct Hit by Hurricane Irene |
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 by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/25/11 2:12 pm | updated: 08/25/11 2:12 pm |
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New Jersey Governor Christie has declared a state of emergency and offered this advice for renters and vacationers - If you had plans to go to the Jersey shore this weekend, don't go. Computer models now show the eye of Hurricane Irene passing directly over South Jersey. Christie suggested voluntary evacuations of New Jersey's barrier islands and warned he could call for mandatory evacuations at any time.
!! UPDATE 4:25pm !!
Time to leave Cape May County. A... Read More |
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| Hurricane Irene Most Powerful East Coast Storm in Decades |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/25/11 6:51 am | updated: 08/25/11 6:51 am |
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As Hurricane Irene tracks up the East Coast, it has the potential to become the most powerful Hurricane to hit the Philadelphia area in decades. Residents of the Philadelphia area rarely get close contact with hurricanes and may not be prepared. Proper preparation in advance will help survive the worst storms. Hurrican experts suggest the following:
Hurricane Survival Kit - Essential Items
During a hurricane, and possibly for days or even weeks afterward,... Read More |
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| Joey Vento, Owner of Geno's Steaks, Dies of Heart Attack |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/23/11 10:59 pm | updated: 08/23/11 11:01 pm |
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Joey Vento, the colorful and sometimes controversial owner of the famous cheesesteak shop Geno's Steak at the equally famous corner of 9th and Passyunk in South Philly, has passed away tonight of a massive heart attack. He was 71.
Vento learned the cheeseteak business from his father, who started Jim's Steaks in the early 40s. Also, according to the Geno's website, Joey opened Geno's in 1966 "with $6 in his pocket, two boxes of steaks and some hot dogs." He choose to place his... Read More |
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| Rare Earthquake Felt in Philadelphia |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/23/11 1:07 pm | updated: 08/23/11 1:30 pm |
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| At approximately 1:51 pm on August 23, 2011, an earthquake measuring a magnitude of 5.8 at the epicenter shook the Philadelphia and New Jersey areas. The epicenter of the earthquake was in Viginia about 9 miles from Mineral, VA according to the USGS earthquake monitoring... Read More |
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| Private Money for Ackerman Questioned |
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by: iradiotom - Philadelphia, PA
started: 08/23/11 9:35 am | updated: 08/23/11 9:35 am |
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Arlene Ackerman is out, but the story is far from over. $405,000 of her $905,000 payoff came from anonymous private donations. The private donations are legal and they helped the city taxpayers who only footed $500,000 of the settlement. However transparency watchdogs want to know who made the donations. Zack Stalberg, President of the government watchdog group, The Committee of Seventy, has called on officials to release the donors' names.
According to Stalberg, "The public... Read More |
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| Philadelphia City Hall Scaffolding Gone |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/22/11 3:08 pm | updated: 08/22/11 3:08 pm |
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Philadelphia City Hall's scaffolding is finally gone
The most recent phase of the monumental restoration project - the cleaning and sprucing up of City Hall's interior courtyard - has been going on for a couple of years.
The whole project, has cost about $83 million in capital funding for the facades. Cleaning the tower sculptures ran about $2 million in public and private funding.
The multi-decade project is thought to be the largest restoration of... Read More |
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| Arlene Ackerman: Out |
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by: Rebel - Havertown, PA
started: 08/22/11 3:06 pm | updated: 08/22/11 3:06 pm |
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Arlene Ackerman is out as Philly superintendent.
Her departure has been confirmed by the Philadelphia School District.
Acting Superintendent Leroy D. Nunery II said his immediate focus is very short term - on hiring teachers, preparing buildings and organizing buses to open schools successfully on Sept. 6.
On Thursday, Arlene Ackerman publicly challenged her bosses to release her at the annual principals' convocation.
She will be paid... Read More |
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