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.
August 9, 2021
Investigations
Man wrongfully convicted of Barbara Jean Horn's 1988 murder in Northeast Philly does 'Dateline NBC' interview
Dateline NBC will examine the 1988 murder of Barbara Jean Horn in Northeast Philly and the wrongful conviction of Walter Ogrod, who was exonerated last year after spending 28 years behind bars, most of it on death row. The episode, title The Investigation, airs 10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13. Lester Holt will interview Ogrod, Barbara Jean's parents, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and others as the special shines light on decades of corruption and misconduct in Philadelphia's criminal justice system.August 6, 2021
Development
Penn unveils plans for new student performing arts center
The University of Pennsylvania plans to build a new student performing arts center on the Ivy League school's West Philadelphia campus. The project, still in its preliminary stages, would provide 36,000-square-foot space for a range of undergraduate student groups involved theater, dance, instrumental and vocal music, comedy and spoken word.August 6, 2021
Education
Community College of Philadelphia mandates COVID-19 vaccine for faculty, staff
Faculty, staff and students at the Community College of Philadelphia will be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming months, the college announced. CCP is the first public education institution in the Philadelphia region to mandate vaccines.August 6, 2021
Investigations
New Jersey man charged in fatal shooting of transgender woman, LGBTQ advocate
Daniel L. Smith, 36, of Ewing, has been charged with murder for allegedly fatally shooting of Shai Vanderpump, 23, in Trenton on July 30. Vanderpump was a transgender woman and LGBTQ advocate in New Jersey. She is the 32nd trans, nonbinary or gender-nonconforming person known to have died by violence in the U.S. this year,August 6, 2021
Development
Amazon signs lease for Southwest Philly warehouse, leaving SEPTA to mull other options for trolley project
Amazon has signed a lease for a 140,000 acre warehouse and fulfillment center in the Eastwick section of Southwest Philadelphia. The property at 6901 Elmwood Avenue had been targeted by SEPTA as a storage and maintenance location for modernized SEPTA trolley cars, but the online retailer outbid the transit authority. SEPTA continues to look for alternative locations for the trolley facility.August 5, 2021
Investigations
Murder charges filed against men at center of investigation into Bucks County woman's death in Miami
Evoire Collier and Dorian Taylor, both of North Carolina, are charged with murder for the death of 24-year-old Christine Englehardt, a Bucks County woman who was found dead in her Miami hotel room during a spring break trip in March.August 5, 2021
Business
Amazon Fresh grocery store opens in Bucks County
Amazon Fresh is now open at the Creekview Center in Warrington, Bucks County. It's the first Amazon Fresh grocery store to open in Pennsylvania, with another store planned in Bensalem and possible third rumored for a development project in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia.August 4, 2021
Obituaries
Eagles drumline leader mourned by family, team after suffering fatal heart attack
The Philadelphia Eagles community and family members of Kevin Chaffinch are mourning his death after the 41-year-old husband and father of two suffered a fatal heart attack in July. Chaffinch was a founding member of the Philadelphia Eagles Drumline.August 4, 2021
Wildlife
Pennsylvania girl suffers apparent shark bite at Maryland beach
A 12-year-old Pennsylvania girl suffered an apparent shark bite while visiting Ocean City, Maryland, with her family on Monday. The bite happened in shallow water off the 119th Street Beach, officials said. The girl required 42 stitches for 20 different cuts. The Ocean City Beach Patrol said the incident remains under investigation.August 4, 2021
Music
Blink-182 almost got M. Night Shyamalan to direct a music video
Blink-182's Mark Hoppus had former bandmate Tom DeLonge join him on his "After School Radio" podcast, where the two recalled once meeting M. Night Shyamalan in Japan and discussing the possibility of the director making a music video for them. Hoppus is undergoing chemotherapy treatment for cancer, inspiring a recent boom in Blink-182 appreciation.Just In
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