Media Mentions

A vehicle parade took place on Saturday morning at the Villages at Pine Valley to celebrate the belated 100th birthday of Aurelio (Ray) Patrick Lodise. Residents waved American flags as Lodise watched Warriors’ Watch Riders, the Rockledge Volunteer Fire Company,...

Last year, when the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Romans JV (fifth and sixth grades) football team arrived to scrimmage St. Jerome, the Doylestown-based squad sported nice uniforms. Brian Trymbiski, then a Romans sixth-grader, noticed St. Jerome players were wearing...

Hundreds of people gathered last week at Frankford and Cottman avenues to celebrate not one, but two local championship teams. The St. Hubert Large Varsity Division II and JV Gold cheerleading teams captured national championships in February in Orlando. The Father...

PHILADELPHIA - A group of Pennsylvania Senate Democrats are demanding a vote on gun bills that they say are commonsense and can save lives. A contingent of state and local leaders, including Senator Vincent Hughes and District Attorney Larry Krasner, gathered Tuesday...

State Sen. Jimmy Dillon (D-5th dist.) on Friday attended the Northeast YMCA Camp Family Engagement Night to present a $50,000 grant to Y executive director Shea Trogdon. The Northeast Family Y, 11088 Knights Road, will use the money to make improvements to its...

Fox Chase Cancer Center last week thanked state Rep. Kevin Boyle and Sens. Jimmy Dillon and Tina Tartaglione for their support in securing $1.5 million in funding for the modernization of its research facilities.

The Robert A. Borski Jr. Lifetime Achievement Award went to City Councilman and former state Rep. Mike Driscoll for his efforts to revitalize the Delaware River waterfront. Meanwhile, Driscoll and Kathryn Ott Lovell, commissioner of the city Department of Parks and...

State Sen. Jimmy Dillon, state Rep. Pat Gallagher and City Councilman Mike Driscoll last week presented Anne Prisco, president of Holy Family University, with a check from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program for $2 million. The money will be used to renovate...

State Sen. Jim Dillon (D-5th dist.) on Monday opened a second office at 10007 Ferndale St. “I’m excited to be up here,” Dillon said. “The office should be a great asset.” Dillon also has an office on the east side of Roosevelt Boulevard, at 12361 Academy...

The Block Gives Back on Saturday night held a “Gala Edition” beef and beer at Philadelphia Ballroom, 2014 Hornig Road. The evening included music, dancing, raffle baskets, a 50/50 and merchandise sales. State Sen. Jim Dillon presented the group with a $50,000...

Local legislators say that in Philadelphia -- and throughout the entire state of Pennsylvania -- there are no meaningful protections in place that keep landlords from raising rents exponentially. But Philadelphia City Council and state legislators are working on ways...

Sens. Tina Tartaglione, Jim Dillon and Art Haywood were at Fox Chase Cancer Center last week to present a $1.1 million grant to Temple Health to fund mobile health services. Accepting the check was Mike Young, president and CEO of Temple Health System.

State Sen. Jimmy Dillon, state Reps. Matt Bradford and Joe Hohenstein and others were at Caring for Friends, 12271 Townsend Road, on Monday to present $1.25 million to the agency. The money will go toward a proposed 15,000-square-foot cold storage facility. The total...

DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — State Sen. Steve Santarsiero on Monday afternoon announced $50 million in available state funding to investigate and prosecute gun violence crimes in Pennsylvania. “The people we serve call on us to find solutions that will safeguard their homes,...