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Tune Into WWDB 860 AM’s 10,000 Watt Signal or On Facebook Live Two Full Hours, Five Days A Week (Philadelphia, PA,) March 5, 2018–  Due to the high level of community interest, and the generosity of sponsors, listeners, family, and friends,“Mark & Denise in the Mornings” is expanding to two full hours, five days a week. You can now…

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By MICHAEL R. SISAK PHILADELPHIA –A day after Hollywood’s first Oscars of the #MeToo era, Bill Cosby is going to court on Monday to stop some of his dozens of accusers from testifying at his April 2 sexual assault retrial. Cosby’s retooled defense team, led by former Michael Jackson lawyer Tom Mesereau, is due to…

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BOSTON (AP) — People along the Northeast coast braced for more flooding during high tides Saturday even as the powerful storm that inundated roads, snapped trees and knocked out power to more than 2 million homes and businesses moved hundreds of miles out to sea. Areas from Maryland to Maine remained under flood warnings. Officials…

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More than 700,000 electric customers across the Northeast are without power as a late-winter nor’easter pummels the region with high winds and driving rain. The poweroutage.us website, which tracks utilities across the nation, reported early Friday afternoon that New York was the hardest hit state with more than 208,000 homes and businesses without electricity. About…

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IT’S TAX TIME.  Erica Booth, owner of Erica Booth Tax & Accounting Services, LLC is ready for you.  Located at 31 N. Lansdowne Avenue,  in Lansdowne, PA (above the Lansdowne Theater), she has 11 years of experience with four years on her own.  In her words, “I feel grateful that I’m going into my office…

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On Friday, Philadelphia READS celebrated literacy and Dr. Seuss’s birthday with a Read Across America/Philadelphia celebration throughout the city! Participants doing a read aloud of this year’s selection “Horton Hears A Who!” included former Philadelphia Eagle Hollis Thomas, Jr., former WBA Cruiserweight Boxing Champion Nate Miller, and Author Ellen Langas from the Girls Know How®…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Justin Hale   PECO’s Justin Hale was recently recognized at the 2018 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) conference in Washington D.C. Hale was honored as a Modern Day Technology Leader. “Justin has my deepest congratulations,” said Craig Adams, PECO president and CEO. “These awards represent…

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In honor of W.E.B. DuBois, the students of the Kipp DuBois Academy joined with The Artists United and the I.C.A.R.E Academy to honor those working to help young people through the arts and education.   By Denise Clay The late W.E.B. DuBois was a proponent of helping the Black community be the best it can…

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ABOVE PHOTO:  Robert L. Listenbee  (Photo: Drexel University) Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner today announced that he has appointed Robert L. Listenbee, Esq. as First Assistant District Attorney for the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office. Listenbee, who was appointed as the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) for the U.S. Department…

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The Educational Nominating Panel has voted to recommend 27 candidates for the new Board of Education to Mayor Jim Kenney, who will make appointments to the 9-member Board. The vote was held at a public meeting in City Hall. Prior to the vote, the Educational Nominating Panel provided an overview of the work they had…

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