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The Mooryln 4 Theatre on the Ocean City boardwalk has been acquired by Town Square Entertainment, the same movie theater chain that his cinemas in Ventnor and Stone Harbor. The company plans to renovate and reopen the property, which has not operated as a theater since 2018. The Moorlyn Theatre first opened as a movie…

The Philadelphia City Council voted on Thursday to make the summertime curfew for teens a permanent city fixture. Teens 14 to 17 would have to be inside by 10 p.m., while those 13 and younger would have to be home by 9:30 p.m. The bill is intended to keep children safe from gun violence. Top…

The holiday shopping season is now in full swing, and small businesses throughout the greater Philadelphia and Delaware region are looking to capture consumers’ spending to propel their business to financial success in 2023 and beyond. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

The Schuylkill River is one of four rivers nominated for Pennsylvania River of the Year in 2023. The others include the Perkiomen Creek, Conestoga River and Susquehanna River-North Branch. The award, given by the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, earns a $10,000 grant for the organization that nominates the winning river. Top Featured Tags:…

A 41-year-old Philadelphia woman was among four people killed in a head-on crash Wednesday night on Interstate 495 near New Castle in Delaware County. A 48-year-old man from Elkton, Maryland was driving his Ford F-150 pickup truck the wrong way in the northbound lanes when he collided with a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck. Both drivers…

An armed suspect has died following a lengthy police chase in Delaware that began Friday morning in Newport, New Castle County, and ended on I-95 South in the area of Newark, near Route 896, Delaware State Police said. The suspect exchanged gunfire with police at multiple locations and carjacked two drivers during the pursuit. The…

The iconic Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! museum on the Atlantic City boardwalk will close on Dec. 31 after 26 years in New Jersey. The museum features 14 themed galleries and more than 400 artifacts, in addition to a laser maze challenge. The museum is inspired by cartoonist and entrepreneur Robert Ripley’s original newspaper panel…

A transgender woman was fatally shot inside her mother’s Germantown apartment just after midnight on Thanksgiving Day, the District Attorney’s Office said during a press conference on Thursday. She is the 35th trans person killed in the U.S. in 2022. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

The FBI and U.S. Marshals are urging people to report any suspicious calls from scammers impersonating agents and demanding money in lieu of going to jail. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

Philadelphia District Attorney filed a legal petition to stop his impeachment proceedings. The prosecutor asked the court to declare his impeachment unlawful Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

Comcast’s cable TV and internet customers will see a national average increase of 3.8% on their bills beginning in December 2022 and heading into 2023. Most of the price changes come from rising TV broadcast and regional sports network fees. In the Philadelphia market, the TV broadcast fee will increase approximately 11.2% from $19.15 to…

Assemblyman Reginald Atkins has proposed a law that would require all adults to use helmets when riding bikes, push scooters and motorized scooters. Although local bike organizations encourage the use of helmets, many are opposed to legislation requiring them. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

The former Logan Generating Plant, one of New Jersey’s last two coal-fired power stations, was demolished Friday morning in Swedesboro after nearly 30 years of operation at the site overlooking the Delaware River in Gloucester County. The plant was built in 1994 and shut down in the spring, along with the Chambers Cogeneration Plant in…

The Berks County migrant detention center, long decried by activists and local politicians will close Jan. 31. The federal government informed Berks County officials this week that it would end its contract with the Berks County Residential Center, a 96-bed, women-only detention center in Leesport. The ICE contract is set to expire on January 31,…

New Jersey could soon become the eighth state to mandate state-regulated private health insurance plans cover abortion, as part of Gov. Phil Murphy’s ongoing efforts to expand abortion rights across the state. The Department of Banking and Insurance is drafting changes to the regulations that would require plans on the state’s health care marketplace to…

The city of Philadelphia announced road closures and parking restrictions and SEPTA route detours ahead of the tree lighting ceremony and holiday parade. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News Press Release Distribution Service

ICONA resorts reportedly has offered $6.5 million to acquire the historic bank building at 801 Asbury Ave. in Ocean City, New Jersey. The goal would be to renovate the property into a luxury hotel with a ground floor restaurant and retail space. The building’s current owner is in bankruptcy, meaning the approval of a sale…

A woman was found decapitated on the kitchen floor of a home in the Lawndale neighborhood of Northeast Philly on Tuesday, leading to the arrest of 34-year-old Ahmad Shareef. The 41-year-old woman was identified as Leila Al Raheel. Shareef is charged with homicide, abuse of corpse and related offenses. Top Featured Tags: – Philadelphia News…

Repeat DUI offenders in Pennsylvania now face stricter penalties and sentencing guidelines. Deana’s Law, signed by Gov. Tom Wolf in July, took effect, Monday, Nov. 28. The honors Deana DeRosa Eckman, a 45-year-old Delaware County woman who was killed by a drunk driver on Feb. 16, 2019 in Upper Chichester. It requires consecutive sentencing for…

Ricardo Carrion, 42, otherwise known as ‘PR,’ was sentenced to 19 years and four months in federal prison for his leadership role in a drug trafficking organization that distributed thousands of doses of narcotics, including heroin stamped with the label ‘funeral’ to advertise its potency. The case is part of a larger joint investigation from…

Adrienne Breslin, 46, of Upper Southampton, was sentenced to two to five years in state prison after pleading guilty to vehicular homicide and related charges stemming from a March 2021 crash in Lower Southampton that killed U.S. Army veteran and Korean War survivor Irwin Linder, 87. Breslin also pleaded guilty in two unrelated DUI cases…

Philadelphia police arrested three people wanted for robbing a Verizon store in Voorhees, New Jersey on Monday night. The suspects stole $30,000 to $40,000 in cash and electronics from the store on Route 73 around 9 p.m., police said. Three of them were caught in Northern Liberties following a police chase; a fourth remains on…