Saturday, May 18, 2013
One poll suggests that, while Pennsylvania voters might support medical marijuana use, they aren't in favor of legal pot.
Pennsylvania voters aren't in favor of legalizing marijuana, according to one pole. The Frankin and Marshall College poll of Pennsylvania voters for May 2013 showed that 54 percent of voters polled opposed to legalizing marijuana in the state. A similar F&M Poll at the beginning of February found that 55 percent of respondants were against legalizing marijuana. While voters don't support its outright legalization, 82 percent of those polled favor the use of marijuana for medical reasons if prescribed by a doctor. The poll, which was conducted between April 30 and May 5, gathered responses from 526 registered voters, including 265 Democrats, 196 Republicans and 65 Independents. The full poll is available for review here. The following …
Friday, May 17, 2013
The U.S. Census Bureau says black turnout nationwide, by percentage, exceeded white turnout last year for the first time.
A recent U.S. Census Bureau report shows that blacks had the highest voter turnout among racial identifications in the 2012 general election. Nationwide, 66.2 percent of black citizens voted, exceeding for the first time the turnout of white voters, which was 64.1 percent. In 2008, 66.1 percent of whites voted, to 64.7 percent of blacks. Back in 1996, white turnout was 60.7 percent and black turnout was 53 percent. Black turnout also exceeded white turnout in Pennsylvania last year, 65.2 percent to 62.5 percent. Read a Huffington Post report on the census findings, and see below for statistics comparing other voting demographics: Voter turnout is expected to be far lower in Tuesday's off-year primary election. Polls will be open from 7 a.m…
Eric Savage left the VW/Audi world to work on MINIs and BMWs in Manayunk.
It’s possible to walk past Helix Motorsports on Umbria Street in Manayunk and not know what happens in the building. Nestled between row homes and close to a bar, an elementary school and a purveyor of tomato pie, Helix’s headquarters could pass as a law or a dental office. It’s modest, just the way owner Eric Savage likes it. Savage comes across as a mellow guy, but he’s taken some risks in his career … and they seem to have paid off, as his MINI and BMW tuning business is now a pretty heavy hitter in the car community. In 2001 Savage left AWE Tuning, a Willow Grove-based VW/Audi-focused company, to start something of his own. He then bought a MINI, rented some brewery space and then moved to Manayunk. “Basically, the way we started, we…
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Also, royalty visits a Radnor family, honoring a fallen firefighter and a new business for Bryn Mawr.
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The Art Garage builds community through art.
When Linda Slodki started the Mt. Airy Art Garage she had one thing on her mind. “I wanted it to be a dream factory,” Slodki said. “I wanted it to be a place where we could build a community, and artists could make connections.” Slodki tells the story of a local bass player to illustrate her point. “Every week, we have a jazz jam,” Slodki said. “There was this bass player who came one week, and he kind of just sat back and watched.” Slodki added, “The next week he jumped in and now he’s part of the group. He told me that he’d been looking for a place to play for a long time. “ For Slodki, the art garage is as much about connections as it is about community. “A lot of artists feel isolated,” Slodki said. “But we try to give them a place…
A woman wakes up to find her outdoor furniture missing.
A Mt. Airy woman told police that her porch furniture had been stolen overnight the morning of May 7. The woman, who lives in the unit block of Gowen Circle, last saw her furniture the night of May 6, at 10 p.m., police said. The next morning she went to take her dog for a walk at 7 a.m., and the furniture was gone, police said. Police valued the furniture at $600.
The newly launched site offers tips, info and digital know-how for small business owners.
Patch has launched a new site, Small Business Patch, to educate and empower small businesses with the digital tools, social media strategies and marketing know-how needed to ensure long-term growth. Readers will have access to exclusive interviews with well-known founders and CEOs and small business industry experts who share their experiences, advice and tips for success. One of the latest articles features an exclusive interview with successful real estate entrepreneur, Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group. In this Q&A, Corcoran discusses the how to take advantage of the size of a small businesses, and why making big “mistakes” made all the difference in her success. Click here to read about the tactics Corcoran used to grow …
The teen was last seen in the company of an adult male.
Chester and Montgomery counties have issued alerts for a 13-year-old girl from Reading, who was last seen Wednesday. Destiny Hernandez is described by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children as an endangered runaway. Destiny may be in the company of an adult male. She has a scar on her left hand. When Destiny was last seen, she had red and orange highlights in her hair. -according to her missing poster. Hernandez is described as being 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighing about 180 pounds with black hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information should call the Reading Police Department at (610) 655-6116.
The drawing is at 10:59 p.m. Saturday. Several Northwest businesses sell Powerball tickets.
Saturday night's Powerball jackpot has climbed to $550 million—the second highest Powerball prize of all time. A winner who matches all five numbers and the red Powerball can get a $350.1 million cash payout (before taxes). The Powerball drawing is held every Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. The largest Powerball Jackpot cash payout to date was $384 million and was won in November 2012 in Arizona and Missouri. Here are some Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy retailers that sell Pennsylvania Lottery products, including the $2 tickets for Powerball: To find other Powerball vendors in the Philadelphia area, plug an address or ZIP code into the Pennsylvania Lottery website's retailer-locator application. The drawing takes place at 10:59 p.m. …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
YouTube celeb Caleb Lawrence McGillvary has been arrested by the Philadelphia Police Department at a Greyhound Bus Terminal. He is accused of killing a New Jersey man.
Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, a.k.a. Internet celeb "Kai the Hatchet-Wielding Hitchhiker," was arrested at the Greyhound Bus Terminal in Philadelphia Thursday evening by members of the Philadelphia Police Department, New Jersey authorities announced. McGillvary has been charged with the homicide of Joseph Galfy Jr., 73, which occurred Sunday in Clark, N.J. McGillvary will be processed in Philadelphia and returned to New Jersey in the coming days. His bail was previously set at $3 million and he will be lodged in the Union County Jail in Elizabeth, according to Union County Prosecutor Theodore J. Romankow. "I am grateful for the overwhelming response and dedicated effort by the public and law enforcement that led to this arrest," Romankow said…
Cadillac Man
4:29 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2013
No one asked me in a poll?! Yes, legalize it already!! Tax it, sell it to adults over the age of 21 like State Stores do, and bring money into the State of Pennsylvania! We'll be out of debt in a week too!!!! We'll ok ... A year! more ›