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.
December 25, 2017
NFL
Twitter reacts to Andy Reid dressing up as Santa Claus
There is hardly a shortage of adjectives to describe Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid during his long tenure in Philadelphia, but merry and mirthful? Those don't really fit the bill.December 25, 2017
Holidays
Ugly Christmas sweaters flood social media with holiday cheer
Social media timelines offer a cornucopia of feel-good photos around Christmas and New Years. Families and friends share their food, their hoverboard fails, their vacation views and their incredibly ugly sweaters.December 25, 2017
Wildlife
Celebrity great white shark Mary Lee goes missing in Atlantic
Marine researchers are searching for an answer to the mysterious disappearance of Mary Lee, a popular great white shark whose movements along the Atlantic coast have been tracked for the past five years.December 25, 2017
Lawsuits
Lawsuit: Comcast enrolled customers in programs without their consent
Philadelphia-based cable giant Comcast is being sued by the state of Washington on grounds that it deceptively enrolled hundreds of thousands of customers in a service protection plan they never agreed to joining.December 22, 2017
Medicine
Jefferson receives $2.8 million grant for lung cancer screenings
Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health will soon offer expanded lung cancer screenings to vulnerable populations in Philadelphia thanks to a $2.8 million grant from the Bristol-Meyers Squibb Foundation.December 22, 2017
Eagles
Nearly 50 years later, Eagles try to mend Santa-snowball beef
As the Eagles prepare to face the Oakland Raiders on Christmas night, the organization is hoping to close a historical wound that got so infected it created a monster.December 22, 2017
Obituaries
'Mamie Prayer,' oldest woman in New Jersey, dies at 110 years old
For the second time in 2017, New Jersey said goodbye to one of the oldest people in the state, the country and the world.December 22, 2017
NFL
Carson Wentz almost got a Browns tattoo before Cleveland blew it
It may seem unfair to pick apart the lowly, 0-14 Cleveland Browns. They're so predictably terrible and inept that it would be kinder to ignore them than to pity them.December 21, 2017
City Services
Philly creates overdose response unit to address addiction crisis in Kensington
Philadelphia's push to confront an ingrained heroin epidemic in Kensington, highlighted by the long-overdue cleanup of Conrail's abandoned train tracks, received new reinforcements this week as the city announced the plans for a mobile overdose response unit to service the neighborhood.December 21, 2017
Nieghborhoods
Website grades Philly's best neighborhoods for families, safety and more
Determining the relative quality of neighborhoods often comes to down to subjective measures, especially once you get past issues of crime and affordability.Just In
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- Fishtown vintage market will bring 50+ local vendors to Frankford Avenue
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