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 24, 2016
Business
Pennsylvania oil and gas jobs drop 32 percent over last year
Pennsylvania lost 32 percent of its jobs in the oil and gas industry in a year-to-year comparison of second quarter data, according to new state labor statistics.December 24, 2016
Holidays
WATCH: 'Always Sunny' sends holiday love to man with cerebral palsy
The gang on "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia," now gearing up for a Jan. 4 premiere of their 12th season, has always come across as anything but altruistic in their foolhardy exploits. They are perhaps the most misanthropic sitcom characters to surface in the last 15 years.December 24, 2016
Development
Philly seeks ideas for 2017 installation at City Hall courtyard
Philadelphia's City Hall is an emblem of American municipal history, a 548-tall structure built over a 30-year period from 1871 to 1901. It's the tallest masonry-bearing wall structure in the world.December 24, 2016
Humor
Flashback: Man delivers 'South Philly Christmas' poem
Many, many things have changed since the year 2008.December 24, 2016
Investigation
Elderly woman killed at her South Philly grocery store on Christmas Eve
Philadelphia police are searching for a gunman after an 81-year-old woman was fatally shot Saturday morning at her grocery store in South Philadelphia.December 21, 2016
Universities
Joe Biden to 'set up shop' at Penn for post-government work
Vice President Joe Biden is reportedly on his way to Philadelphia once his time on the beltway comes to an end.December 21, 2016
Restaurants
Philly restaurant makes list of most beautiful spots in America
Philadelphia has emerged in the 21st century not just as a destination, but a premier player in the culinary landscape of the United States. The city has drawn rave reviews in The New York Times and earned high praise from big publications like Bon Appetit and Eater. Even better, the city's newest restaurants — Kanella Grill, Sate Kampar and Double Knot — are garnering some of the highest praise from local and visiting diners.December 21, 2016
Development
LED billboard becomes point of contention in South Philly conversion project
A proposed mixed-use project in South Philadelphia has Pennsport residents on edge over the developer's insistence that the entire plan is contingent upon the inclusion of a roof-mounted LED billboard.December 21, 2016
Lawsuits
New Jersey sues Rent-A-Center over manager's alleged slurs
A discrimination complaint filed Wednesday by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office alleges that Rent-A-Center, the Texas-based "rent-to-own" company, employed a manager who used racial slurs to refer to employees at two different store locations.December 21, 2016
Crime
Police seek burglar who raided cash register at Fishtown's Heffe Tacos
Philadelphia police are searching for a suspect who was captured on surveillance video robbing a taco restaurant in Fishtown on December 11.Just In
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- NHL Draft: Each of the Flyers' picks, as they happened
- How the Sixers can acquire significant rotation help via trade this offseason
- PennDOT work to close some highway lanes in Bucks, Chester and Montgomery counties into the fall
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