ISLANDIA, NY — A Long Islander is about to run 100 miles for a good cause. Dr. Christine Astarita, who is the founder and CEO of Breakthrough Intensive Physical Therapy, will run to spotlight special needs children and their families. Click Here: Astarita is doing the 3rd Run to Breakthrough, but this marks the first […]
CONCORD, NH — For the second time in a week, community firefighters have taken to the Merrimack River to recover an unsecured boat and ensure no one would need a water rescue. The latest call came from Bow at around 11:15 a.m. on Friday after firefighters were sent to the area of the Route 3A, […]
HATBORO / HORSHAM TOWNSHIP, PA —The pickleball craze is picking up in Hatboro and Horsham. One week after plans were announced for a new pickleball facility will open this summer in Hatboro, Horsham Township Council discussed plans for more pickleball courts. At its meeting Monday night, the council reviewed a plan to build an indoor […]
MARLBOROUGH, MA — Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan has charged the owner of several local businesses after he failed to pay excise taxes on vape products, according to Ryan’s office. Ashraf Youssef, a Hopkinton resident, owns the AAA Smoke & Vape Shop in Marlborough, the Sudbury Sundries store and gas station and a similar business […]
CENTRAL ISLIP, NY — Breeze Airways will soon offer air service from Long Island MacArthur Airport to Fort Myers, Florida. Beginning in October, Breeze will fly two times weekly to and from Fort Myers on Wednesdays and Saturdays, the airline confirmed with Patch on Wednesday. Round-trip flights between Islip and Fort Myers will begin on […]
JOLIET — Wednesday night’s Joliet Police Department public safety forum at the Bicentennial Park was not only to let everyone know that none of the 15 Des Plaines River deaths, in recent years, has been connected to foul play. Police Chief Bill Evans also shared his agency’s crime statistics, and the statistics are showing that […]
HOBOKEN, NJ — New Jersey law protects all tenants in the state from “unconscionable” rent increases, but doesn’t specify a percentage — so last June, Hoboken Mayor Ravi Bhalla, faced with tenant displacement amid rents that became among the highest in the country, announced that the city was filing a “test case” on behalf of […]
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Brace yourselves, Bloomfield – property taxes may be about to go up. Many Bloomfield residents recently got an unpleasant surprise when they checked their latest tax bill estimate and saw a huge increase. But while the sticker shock may be due to processing “errors” that were inadvertently mailed out, there is still […]
ARDMORE, PA — Merion Art & Repro is closing after more than 50 years of doing business on the Main Line. And to celebrate the store’s farewell, owner Ed Gamburg is throwing a community party. The party will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday at the store, 17 W. Lancaster Ave. in […]
CHICAGO — Describing it as “distinctive, [with] punchy undertones and a brisk pace,” an online language learning marketplace recently ranked the Chicagoan accent among the “least appealing” in the United States. Only four others are considered less desirable, according to Preply. Preply said that the Chicagoan accent is “distinguished by ‘th’ sounds turning to ‘d’s […]