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.
May 23, 2016
Eagles
Eagles bring in Villanova's Jay Wright to meet with team, coaches
With the Eagles offseason program getting underway and the team ushering in a new coaching regime, the organization chose wisely on Monday to bring in Villanova head basketball coach Jay Wright to help instill the kind of championship atmosphere that led the Wildcats to NCAA title earlier this year.May 23, 2016
Environment
Ex-DEP head dropped an 'F'-bomb in email before resignation
Five weeks before John Quigly resigned from his post as secretary of Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection, he fired off a stinging email to state environmental groups he felt were absent in the legislative battle over new oil and gas regulations.May 23, 2016
Crime
New Jersey parents charged in disposal of missing newborn
Two New Jersey parents are facing charges after they allegedly disposed of their infant son immediately after he was born late last week, according to the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office.May 23, 2016
Travel
2016 Jersey Shore beach guide: North Wildwood
The trio of Wildwoods in Cape May County all cater to different beachgoers who have a particular set of goals for their trip, but North Wildwood may be best known for striking a happy medium between family-friendly fun and the throwback nightlife of yesteryear on Five Mile Beach.May 23, 2016
Travel
2016 Jersey Shore beach guide: Beach Haven
Beach Haven, alternately known today as Queen City, is one of Long Beach Island's top destinations, a resort town established in 1873 to attract wealthy Philadelphia residents for summer outings. While most vestiges of the town's early days were wiped out by fierce storms in the 1940s, including the Great Atlantic Hurricane of 1944, some of its traditional Victorian and Edwardian structures remain intact in the Historic District, recognized by New Jersey and the National Register of Historic Places.May 23, 2016
Education
Top-ranked Villanova School of Business appoints new dean
Villanova is in the midst of a banner year in 2016. The Wildcats dramatically sealed an NCAA men's basketball championship and the university's School of Business was recently ranked the best undergraduate business program in the United States.May 23, 2016
Odd News
Brooklyn man gives N.J. State Police an alias, gets arrested for stranger's warrant
Getting pulled over by the police, whether it's on the highway or in a populated area, is universally something to be avoided at all costs, preferably by not breaking the law. If it happens, barring an obvious violation of your rights, your best bet is just to cooperate with authorities. Otherwise, your fabrications could be subject to the inescapable influence of Murphy's Law.May 22, 2016
Evacuations
Underground cable failure prompts evacuations near Washington Square
Multiple residents in the area of Philadelphia's Washington Square were left without power Sunday morning after an underground cable failure forced a series of evacuations overnight.May 22, 2016
Arrests
Local activist Tony Soto charged in dispute with off-duty cop
A local man who describes himself as a civil rights activist faces multiple charges in connection to a May 18 incident in which he allegedly impersonated police and pulled a gun on an officer.Just In
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