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Yo, Philly in the News

Yo, Philly in the News

  • The city outlined its planned review process for the Foxwoods casino proposed for the Gallery at Market East yesterday, which includes yet-to-be-scheduled community meetings in Chinatown and Washington Square West. In addition to the City Planning Commission—which ultimately will approve or reject the Foxwoods plan—the casino design will be vetted by an inter-agency group including the city's Commerce and Law Departments, the Mayor's office of Transportation and Utilities, and the Redevelopment Authority. Though the final development plan is not expected to be finished for several months, Planning Commission Executive Director Alan Greenberger said the review process would begin well before then.
  • Someone sent a threatening letter containing a suspicious substance to Barack Obama's South Philadelphia campaign office at 15th and Christian streets. The office was evacuated, but initial tests determined the substance was brown sugar. Meanwhile, McCain was unveiling his new plan for the economy in Montgomery County.
  • The Philadelphia School District is suffering from a high number of teacher vacancies, which experts say points to systemic problems in the hiring process.
  • New Jersey Attorney General Anne Milgram was ticketed for speeding last Friday after being clocked at 69 mph in a 50 mph zone. Ms. Milgram admits she was wrong and plans to pay the $176 ticket. She’ll also receive four points on her license.

    The Attorney General's Office has accused Former State Rep. Frank LaGrotta of giving his relatives fake jobs in order to pay them thousands in taxpayer dollars. A cheval-de-frise (an iron-tipped log that's placed in a riverbed along with many others in order to gore the hulls of enemy warships) was recently found at the bottom of the Delaware River at the Sunoco Logistics pier in South Philadelphia. It's a relic from the mid-1770s, and...

  • A dude in Elk County, PA thinks he shot some photos of Bigfoot in the Allegheny National Forest, and the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization agrees; they say it's probably a juvenile sasquatch. But they're asking that the guy not reveal the exact location where he took the pictures, for fear that people will destroy the animal's habitat. Park rangers, btw, say it's probably just a skinny, mangy bear. (Via Jen)
  • The Daily News takes a look at the aftermath of the body parts scandal and how it has affected relatives of the deceased.
  • "A recently completed 'citizens' inspection' of a third of the 140 parks operated by the Fairmount Park Commission and the city Recreation Department" revealed that said parks are in bad shape, and that the park system itself needs a lot of work. There seems to be some argument, however, over whether this means the charter should be changed, or whether it just means they need more money.
  • Holy crud! The bill banning trans fats in Philly eateries (pre-packaged foods are excepted, so our beloved Tastykakes are safe, thank God) has already passed! Of course, it doesn't begin to take even partial effect until September 1st of this year, and only finally goes into full effect a year after that. But still, that was fast!
  • The recent surge in violence in the city just may have something to do with our little gang problem.
  • As fall settles in and another calendar page gets turned, thoughts turn from bbq's and vacations to holidays and the realization that '06 is coming to an end. With all that going on, with change in the air, we wonder what is it the -ists ponder?

  • Joseph White, the drummer for Philly soul band The Stylistics, was sentenced on Tuesday to 4 1/2 to 10 years in prison for "offering to pay a woman $5,000 to slit the throat of his girlfriend." Say it ain't so, Joe!
  • This has been a rough week for your -ist pals, though you wouldn't know it from the great posts all over the network. Plagued with server problems, our tech team (led by the great Neil Epstein) toiled around the clock to solve the glitches as they arose. Seriously, we've said, typed, and thought the phrase "server problems" more in the past week than we have for the last 35 years combined. Why not say it a few more times, just for fun? For example, SFist is sure the San Francisco Chronicle wishes they could blame server problems for this error. But this San Francisco man that appeared on "The Daily Show" is, sadly, no glitch in the system.

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