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Cloudy future for bourbon has Jim Beam closing Kentucky distillery for a year
5+ hour, 50+ min ago (353+ words) Demand is slumping due to Trump's tariff fight with Canada and Europe and lower domestic consumption. Bourbon maker Jim Beam is halting production at one of its distilleries in Kentucky for at least a year as the whiskey industry navigates…...
Coaching Richmond star Maggie Doogan can be ‘stressful’. Aaron Roussell wouldn’t have it any other way.
1+ mon, 5+ hour ago (1416+ words) Since her days at Cardinal O'Hara, Doogan has been a basketball sponge. The senior "wouldn't want to spend my last year anywhere else" after leading the Spiders' rise. NEW YORK " Maggie Doogan turned and launched a three-pointer from the top…...
Reports: James Franklin to become Virginia Tech coach
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (480+ words) Franklin appears set to take over a program that was once an ACC power but last won the conference championship in 2010. Just over five weeks after being dismissed by Penn State, James Franklin has reportedly landed his next coaching job....
A Port Richmond man sold T-shirts for a war memorial that opened this week in Philly history
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (459+ words) Steve Kwasiborski singlehandedly brought in more than $100,000 for the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which debuted on Oct. 26, 1987. He was a 5-foot-nothing 60-something with a three-pack-a-day Pall Mall habit and a hard name to pronounce " let alone spell. He shoved it…...
16-year-old boy shot in face in Port Richmond, 15-year-old boy detained
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (202+ words) It was not immediately clear if the Gaul Street shooting, which left the victim hospitalized in critical condition, was an accident or intentional, police said. A 16-year-old boy was hospitalized in critical condition after he was shot in the face…...
67-year-old man dies after fire erupts in Port Richmond house
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (93+ words) The fire was reported'in the basement'of a house on the 3200 block of Almond Street, police said. A 67-year-man died after a fire erupted at a house Thursday evening in the city's Port Richmond section, police said. The fire was reported…...
In Port Richmond, suburban developers seek to fill vacant lot with houses and apartments
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (689+ words) The Jenkintown-based developers are proposing 162 houses and apartments. One of the last large vacant lots in Port Richmond may be on its way to getting filled in, as Jenkintown-based developers hope to build 162 housing units. At 2620 Castor Ave., a 94-unit…...
The Port Richmond library has finally reopened with a new roof and fresh honeybees
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (761+ words) The Free Library branch had been closed since December while it underwent a Rebuild renovation project. When the Richmond Library closed in December, the bees died. Inside the Port Richmond Free Library branch, a window has been outfitted to house…...
Virginia police identify body found in 1972 as 4-year-old Philadelphia boy
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (686+ words) Police believe Carl Matthew Bryant and a 6-month-old sibling were killed during trip from Philadelphia to Virginia. A 4-year-old Philadelphia boy whose unclothed body was discovered in a Virginia creek in 1972 has been identified, and police believe his mother and…...
Two picketing city workers are seriously injured after hit-and-run in Port Richmond
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (265+ words) One of the injured city employees was pregnant and is expected to recover, police said. The other is in critical condition. Two striking city employees, including one who is pregnant, were seriously injured Thursday night after a hit-and-run while picketing…...