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Jan 16, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Dawn Timmeney
The BriefEagles super fan Amira Heep, from Chestnut Hill, has an ultimate dream to sing the national anthem at a Bird’s game. The 24-year-old, who has Down syndrome, is a gifted singer and has performed the national anthem at Special Olympics events in the past. Amira was named Star of the Game back in December by the Eagles Autism Foundation. The backstoryCHESTNUT HILL - Meet Amira Heep of Chestnut Hill. The 24-year-old is a huge Eagles fan.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
fox5atlanta.com | Dawn Timmeney
The mother of a Philadelphia Eagle is pleading with the thieves who took her dog to give her dog back and she has a $1,000 reward. The reward is being offered to anyone, including the thieves, who returns her adorable and pampered pup back home. Even though it’s been over a month, she is not giving up hope.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Dawn Timmeney
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia police are trying to track down a group of dog nappers who stole a little dog from a Philadelphia Target. In surveillance video just released by police, a small, black Shih Tzu is seen running out of the Target on Castor Avenue in Port Richmond. Moments later, police say a woman, not the dog’s owner, scoops it up, runs to her car with two men and another woman and drives off. Lexxi W.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Dawn Timmeney
BENSALEM, Pa. - A battle in a Bucks County school district with the Bensalem School Board making a long-awaited decision on the future of its middle school program. "My number one concern is having so many students in one age group in one building," parent Hope Cahill stated.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Dawn Timmeney
ABINGTON TWP., Pa. - Something stinks in Abington Township, and it’s not in the air. The water there has people holding their noses. Abington Township Commissioner John Spiegelman says, "I feel it tastes and smells plasticky."Spiegelman says he's received dozens of complaints about the smell and taste of the water in the last 48 hours. "Some people said it’s a heavy chlorine taste, like drinking a swimming pool. Other people, something metallic and rusty.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Dawn Timmeney
PHILADELPHIA - An urgent plea from Philadelphia’s only open-intake animal shelter. ACCT Philly says its kennels are beyond full and it needs people to adopt and foster animals to save their lives. The shelter is so overcrowded it is being forced to euthanize perfectly healthy dogs because they are out of room. "They just need homes," Executive Director of ACCT Philly, Sarah Barnett stated. "There’s nothing wrong with them. We’re in a crisis now.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Dawn Timmeney
MAYFAIR - A close call in Mayfair as a car slams into a gas pump at a gas station at the corner of Frankford and Tyson avenues. In cell phone video, a woman can be heard calling to the man in the car, saying, "Sir, are you okay? Was anyone else in the car?"The video was captured in the scary moments after a car slammed into gas pumps Thursday afternoon, around noon. The car then burst into flames.
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Oct 30, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Dawn Timmeney
EDDYSTONE, Pa. - A Delaware County family saved a shelter dog from North Carolina, and it ends up returning the favor—saving them. It all started when Gabby Bannon said, of Eddystone decided she wanted to help the victims of Hurricane Helene. "I’d been watching news coverage and seen the devastation of what's happening and said I really want to help," said Gabby Bannon.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Dawn Timmeney
PHILADELPHIA - An Eagles fan in Florida is going viral, even getting a shout-out from the team, for rescuing a bald eagle he found injured on the side of the road. And, millions of people have been following the saga. Avid Philadelphia Eagles fan, Ryan McEvoy, couldn’t believe his eyes when he spotted a distressed bald eagle as he was driving along the Suncoast Parkway in Land O’ Lakes, Florida, just before 11 a.m. Monday. He quickly pulled over. "Honestly, I went out on a limb," McEvoy explained.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
aol.com | Dawn Timmeney
Fox localOctober 10, 2024 at 11:32 PMNORTH PHILADELPHIA - A stray dog found inside a Temple University building finds a happy ending in a true rags-to-riches story. His name is Philly and the adorable little dog has become the star of the show. Sergeant David Ramos, with the Temple Police Department, adopted the Maltese Shih Tzu mix after he was found roaming the hallways of the College of Engineering back in August. He was a matted mess when Ramos got the call from security to come get him.
