Michael Tanenbaum
Michael Tanenbaum is a senior staff writer for PhillyVoice.com, with interests ranging from technology and behavioral health to local community initiatives and cultural life. Michael has written for the Argentina Independent and Bespoke Magazine and previously served as a news editor for Xfinity.com before joining PhillyVoice. He received his B.A. in The Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.
September 12, 2022
Investigations
Teen fatally shot in Northeast Philly while walking dog with friend, police say
A 17-year-old girl was fatally shot on Horrocks Street in Northeast Philadelphia Sunday night while she was out walking her dog with a friend. The victim was identified as Teryn Johnson. She was shot in the chest and taken to Temple University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. No arrests have been made and no weapons were recovered at the scene. An investigation remains ongoing.September 12, 2022
Food & Drink
Wards Pastry, a fixture in Ocean City for 98 years, to close this month
Wards Pastry on Asbury Avenue in Ocean City, New Jersey, will close after 98 years in business. The bakery has been owned by the Hohman family since the 1940s, when current owner Walter Hohman's grandfather purchased the business from the original owner and kept the Wards name. Over the last decade, the business has been well-known for its scrapple pies, which pay homage to the favorite mystery meat of the Pennsylvania Dutch.September 12, 2022
Courts
Britt Reid, son of former Eagles coach, pleads guilty in drunken crash that seriously injured 5-year-old girl
Britt Reid, the son of former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Andy Reid, has accepted a plea deal in the drunk driving crash that severely injured 5-year-old Ariel Young in the days before the Super Bowl in February 2021. Reid, who was an assistant under his father for the Kansas City Chiefs, slammed into two cars on the side of the road and admitted that he was intoxicated at the time of the crash.September 9, 2022
Investigations
Cold case of Celina Mays, missing South Jersey girl, to be featured on 'In Pursuit with John Walsh'
An episode of 'In Pursuit with John Walsh' will feature the investigation int the disappearance of Celina Mays, a 12-year-old girl who went missing from her Willingboro, New Jersey, home in December 1996. Mays was pregnant at the time. The case has gone unsolved for more than 25 years. The show airs Wednesday Sept. 14 at 9 p.m. EST on Investigation Discovery. It also can streamed on the Discovery+ app.September 9, 2022
Opinion
LeSean McCoy witnesses pitiful fan fight after attending Bills-Rams game
Former Philadelphia Eagles and Buffalo Bills running back LeSean McCoy witnessed a fight among fans outside SoFi Stadium in Englewood, California for the NFL's season opener between the Bills and the defending Super Bowl champion Los Angeles Rams. In a video of the fight, McCoy, now retired, is heard saying, "They can't fight."September 9, 2022
Investigations
Father drowns, son rescued at unguarded Ocean City beach
A man died in Ocean City, New Jersey, on Thursday after he and his son had to be rescued from the water neat the 12th Street beach. Shawn Reilly, 56, of Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania had been in the water with his 21-year-old son. Because it is off season, there were no lifeguards stationed at the beach. The son survived and investigators say he had attempted to rescue his father.September 8, 2022
Social Media
That 300-pound bench Philly skaters stole from New York City? It's already gone
A 300-pound, curved metal bench that has become a piece of skateboarding history was stolen last month from New York City's Tompkins Square. A group of Philadelphia skateboarders took credit for driving up in a U-Haul and bringing the bench back down I-95. For the past week or so, it had been at Cecil B. Moore Station Plaza near Temple University. Now it's gone again after Temple Police reportedly gave it a person who provided them with evidence of ownership of the bench.September 8, 2022
Investigations
Man fired from pharma job after racist, homophobic rant on plane at Philly airport
A Pennsylvania man who had a drunken outburst on an American Airlines flight last week has been fired by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline, which called the chemical engineer's racist and homophobic rant "reprehensible." Zach Easterly, of York County, also was charged with assaulting a federal employee.September 8, 2022
History
Queen Elizabeth II presented the U.S. with a replica Liberty Bell while visiting Philly in 1976
Queen Elizabeth II, who died Thursday at age 96, presented a Bicentennial Bell to the United States during an appearance at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia in 1976. The bell, which was cast at the same London foundry where the Liberty Bell was cast, has been in storage since 2013, but there are plans to put it back into public view as part of a renovated garden at Third and Walnut streets.September 8, 2022
Investigations
Cucina Carini owner killed in car crash outside the Mount Laurel restaurant
Glenn Keen, the owner of the Italian restaurant Cucina Carini in Mount Laurel, died Sept. 3, 2022 from injuries suffered in a car crash outside his business at 1373 Hainesport-Mount Laurel Road. Keen was leaving the parking lot of the restaurant when he was struck by another driver, who was taken to an area hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. An investigation into the crash remains ongoing. A funeral was held for Keen on Thursday morning at Sacred Heart Church in Riverton.Just In
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