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Here are the highlights from Mayor Nutter’s Hurricane Sandy update: Heaviest rain has ended PECO: More than 437,000 without power in the 5 county reigon; 41,000 in Philadelphia Hurricane Sandy came ashore at 6pm hitting Sea Isle, NJ Still expecting 40-50 mph winds Coastal flooding expected at 2am Another inch of rain expected for Philadelphia […]
Mayor Nutter just gave an update on Hurricane Sandy response. Here are the highlights and pertinent information: 230 Philadelphia residents are without power. Heaviest rain will begin this afternoon and continue through the evening. Expect 5-8 more inches of rain. 10,000 people who live in flood prone areas have heeded official’s warnings and have relocated. 300 […]
The following timeline is courtesy of Philly.com 8 a.m.: Continued rain and sustained winds of 35 mph could cause power outages and damages throughout South Jersey where over two inches of rain will have fallen so far. Trees will likely begin to fall, low-lying areas will start to become impassible because of standing water and […]
Updated Monday, October 29th at 8:15am Emergency Phone Numbers Atlantic City Electric: 1-800-833-7476 Comcast: 1-800-266-2278 New Jersey Transit: 1-973-275-5555 PATCO: 856-772-6900 Peco customer service: 1-800-494-4000 Peco emergency: 1-800-841-4141 Philadelphia Gas Works: 215-235-1212 Philadelphia Water Department: 215-685-6300 PSEG: 1-800-436-7734 Philadelphia: 311 SEPTA: 215-580-7800 Verizon Communications: 1-800-837-4966 9:00pm Click here for a full list of Malls, Public […]
Below are a list of schools that are closed due to Hurricane Sandy. As we get more information we will update this list Just added:- Classes are cancelled at Penn and Temple. Philadelphia Public Schools and Administrative Offices are closed AGNES IRWIN SCHOOL: Closed All Step by Step Learning Centers: Closed ALLOWAY TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT: […]
Former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for sexually abusing children. Sandusky was accused of sexually abusing children he met through his charity for troubled youth. Sandusky was facing 400 years behind bars for 45 counts of child sexual abuse, but age 68 he will spend the […]
The non-partisan Committee of Seventy urged Pennsylvania voters who need an acceptable form of photo ID to show at the polls in order to vote on November 6 to seek the Department of State Voter ID “of last resort” (commonly referred to as the DOS ID). This advice follows today’s announcement by the PA Department […]
Police are investigating a video from the Puerto Rican Day Parade, which shows a Philadelphia police officer punching a woman in the face during for a reason unknown. The video, which was uploaded to youtube on Sunday Sept 30th, shows a number of police officers standing around a vehicle, when a woman appears from the left of […]
from: CBSphilly In a weirdly bizarre incident, a Doylestown zombie man was detained by police after gnawing on a women’s head and screaming like a crazed animal. According to police, 20-year-old Richard Ciminio Jr. got out of his car around Hudson street in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, and began to strip down to his underwear. He then stripped down completely naked […]
NEWSONE: Osvaldo Rivera, who reportedly goes by the nickname “Popeye,” has been arrested after allegedly slashing the throat of 6-year-old Dominick Andujor (pictured) in his home in Camden, N. J., on Sunday morning, the New York Daily News reports. Rivera also allegedly slashed the throat of Andujor’s 12-year-old sister, Amber, during the 2 a.m. attack. The boy died […]
Unfortunately, in not that shocking news the “City of Brotherly Love” was named amongst the ” rudest tweeters” in the country, this is not the first time Philadelphia have been accused of being rude. But how factual is this study? As Reported by an online news source a team called Vertaline has new project in the […]
Beanie Sigel has been arrested again following a traffic stop on I-95 on drugs and weapons charges. Sigel was a passenger in the tan Ford Fusion that was pulled over by State Troopers early Wednesday morning, for following another vehicle too closely and swerving out of its lane of travel. Troopers ordered the driver, identified as Gerald Andrews, out of the […]
