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.
December 11, 2017
Autism
CHOP enters partnership for pediatric study on medical marijuana and autism
The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia will soon join forces with an Australian pharmaceutical research firm to investigate the effectiveness of medical marijuana treatment in pediatric patients.December 11, 2017
Parking
PPA launches new version of mobile payment app meterUP
The Philadelphia Parking Authority, looking to bounce back from a week of heavy scrutiny by state auditors, announced the return of its meterUP mobile payment option on Monday, relaunching the app exactly eight months after it went belly-up due to financial problems with its service provider.December 8, 2017
Restaurants
'Dining on a Dime' visits El Compadre for giant shrimp tacos
Six months after Christina Martinez and Ben Miller relocated their acclaimed South Philly Barbacoa to the storefront of El Compadre, business is booming just as Miller had predicted.December 8, 2017
Schools
Chester County principal sleeps on school roof after students call bluff
Lionville Middle School principal Jon Ross camps out on school roof after students win fundraiser bet for Alex's Lemonade Stand.December 8, 2017
Late Night
Stephen Colbert, Neil Patrick Harris roast Pa. lawmaker's 'heterosexual' touching complaint
Republican Pa. State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe created waves this week after interrupting a hearing to let everyone in the room (and in the nation, thanks to a camera put on earth for this exact reason) that he is not a gay man.December 8, 2017
Arrests
Philadelphia man arrested in fatal hit-and-run on Bucks County teen
Authorities in Lower Southampton Township have arrested a Philadelphia man in connection with the hit-and-run incident that killed a teenage girl and seriously injured her boyfriend late last month.December 7, 2017
Public Health
Pennsylvania Sheetz store installs blue lights in bathroom to ward off drug use
A Sheetz convenience store in Westmoreland County installed blue overhead lights in the restrooms of one of its stores. The theory is that the blue glow makes it difficult for drug user to locate a vein for injection.December 7, 2017
Space
WATCH: Exploding meteor captured by New Jersey police dashcam
Among the advantages of a world festooned with cameras practically everywhere, the one bonus that doesn't get enough play in debates about our surveillance society is the capacity we have to better document things randomly exploding in the sky.December 7, 2017
Media
Former NBC10 anchor goes viral for calling out woman's racist email on air
Television viewers in Atlanta were in for an unexpected twist to their newscast Wednesday night when anchor Sharon Reed, a familiar media personality in Philadelphia, unleashed on a woman who sent her a racist email in reference to her coverage of the city's mayoral election.December 7, 2017
Investigation
N.J. orders shutdown of club that inspired 'The Sopranos' Bada Bing
The owners of a gentleman's club made famous by the hit HBO series "The Sopranos" have been ordered to cease providing live entertainment at two venues accused of multiple violations, the New Jersey Attorney General's office announced on Thursday.Just In
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