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.
April 3, 2025
Business
Stephen Starr to open 2 new restaurants in Atlantic City — his first there since the pandemic
Stephen Starr is opening two new restaurants this summer at Ocean Casino Resort in Atlantic City. One will serve Thanksgiving fare and the other will serve steak frites. Starr previously operated two restaurants, Buddakan and Continental, at the former Playground Pier in Atlantic City from 2006 to 2020.April 3, 2025
Environment
Without more rain, Pine Barrens in South Jersey is primed for wildfires this spring
The Pinelands National Reserve in South Jersey could face more wildfires than usual during the peak spring season due to months of drought conditions that have not let up. The New Jersey Forest Fire Service has warned that there will be unpredictable fire behavior unless the region gets more precipitation soon.April 2, 2025
Education
Tiger Woods' foundation opens science education center at Cobbs Creek Golf Club
Tiger Woods' TGR Foundation has opened a new learning lab at Cobbs Creek Golf Club in West Philadelphia. The facility will offer science education classes and other programs to students and community members. It's part of the $150 million plan to restore and reopen the century-old golf club.April 1, 2025
Food & Drink
FDR Park's Southeast Asian Market opens for the season this weekend
The Southeast Asian Market at FDR Park in South Philadelphia returns Saturday, April 5 and will be open Saturdays and Sundays through the end of October. The decades-long tradition brings dozens of vendors to the park to sell traditional dishes, street food, produce and other good.April 1, 2025
Government
Phillly's street-sweeping program returns for seasonal cleaning in 14 neighborhoods
Philadelphia's street-sweeping program will run from April 1 to Oct. 30. The program uses mechanical brooms, sidewalk sweepers, push brooms and backpack blowers to clear trash from sidewalks and streets in areas of the city that have the highest amounts of litter.March 31, 2025
Jobs
Aramark workers at Philly stadiums reach tentative contract to secure raises, health care
Aramark employees at Citizens Bank Park, Lincoln Financial Field and the Wells Fargo Center announced they have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract with the food service provider. The deal includes hourly pay increases up to $6 and health care benefits that most workers will be receiving for the first time, officials with Unite Here Local 247 said Monday.March 31, 2025
Development
SEPTA approves plan for 300-unit apartment building near Conshohocken Station
SEPTA has approved a plan for a private developer to build 300 apartments on property the transportation authority owns near the Conshohocken Station. SEPTA is early in the process of pursuing similar housing developments near several of it's stations in the Philadelphia region.March 28, 2025
Transportation
Lombard Circle ramp to I-95 to close for 2 years due to highway capping project
The Lombard Circle ramp that connects Columbus Boulevard to Interstate 95 North in Philadelphia will close for 2 years beginning April 7, 2025. The closure is needed so workers can build new cap over I-95 that will support Penn's Landing Park on the Delaware River Waterfront. Motorists will be detoured to the I-95 ramp at Summer Street.March 28, 2025
Real Estate
Philadelphia Housing Authority 'aggressively' buying apartments to boost affordable housing inventory
The Philadelphia Housing Authority is buying struggling apartment buildings to create affordable housing, planning to spend $500 million for 2,000 units in coming months.March 27, 2025
History
Penn archaeologists help uncover 3,600-year-old tomb of Egyptian pharaoh
Working with their Egyptian colleagues, archaeologists from the Penn Museum have unearthed the tomb of an ancient pharaoh who ruled about 3,600 years ago. The discovery in January was made 23 feet underground in a desert surrounding the sacred city of Abydos, whose ruling dynasty from that era is lesser-known than others in Egypt due to economic and political strife at the time.Just In
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