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3 weeks ago | 
fox29.com | JoAnn Pileggi |Joann Pileggi
CENTER CITY - Temporary barricades have been placed at the Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza, due to events in the city over the weekend, but visitors will soon see more full-time security at the memorial, after someone scrawled a Holocaust denial message on a memorial panel. What we know: In the shadow of City Hall, in Center City Philadelphia, stands a 61-year-old bronze statue at Horowitz-Wasserman Plaza, the nation’s oldest public Holocaust Memorial.
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3 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | JoAnn Pileggi |Joann Pileggi
The BriefMillions of Jewish lives were killed in the Holocaust and a permanent symbol of remembrance sits on the corner of 16th and Arch in Center City, with the Horwitz-Wasserman Holocaust Memorial Plaza. The park is adding a new security measure aimed at stopping antisemitic vandalism. They say the goal is to also teach visitors about the memorial while serving as an added layer of security.
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1 month ago | 
fox5ny.com | JoAnn Pileggi |Joann Pileggi
The summer season in Seaside Heights, Ocean County, has begun with a surge of violence, prompting police to deploy SWAT teams and backup officers to maintain safety on the boardwalk. Residents and visitors are expressing concern over the unruly behavior of teens and young adults flooding the area. What we know: The boardwalk in Seaside Heights has been bustling with visitors due to prom weekend, Memorial Day, and favorable weather conditions.
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1 month ago | 
fox29.com | JoAnn Pileggi |Joann Pileggi
SWAT on standby in Seaside Heights ahead of start of summer violence The summer season in Seaside Heights, Ocean County, has begun with a surge of violence, prompting police to deploy SWAT teams and backup officers to maintain safety on the boardwalk. SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - The summer season in Seaside Heights, Ocean County, has begun with a surge of violence, prompting police to deploy SWAT teams and backup officers to maintain safety on the boardwalk.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | JoAnn Pileggi |Joann Pileggi
The BriefSummer is off to a rocky start in Seaside Heights, Ocean County, as police had to deploy SWAT teams on the boardwalk due to violence and unruly juveniles. Residents and visitors are expressing their concern regarding the safety of the boardwalk. SEASIDE HEIGHTS, N.J. - The summer season in Seaside Heights, Ocean County, has begun with a surge of violence, prompting police to deploy SWAT teams and backup officers to maintain safety on the boardwalk.
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1 month ago | 
fox29.com | JoAnn Pileggi |Joann Pileggi
Gaudreau fundraiser raises money for new playground for children with special needs Jane Gaudreau, the mother of late brothers Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau, is helping the special needs children at the school where she works who are in need of a new playground. Here's how she's doing it. WESTVILLE, N.J. - Matty and Johnny Gaudreau volunteered at this special needs school when they were teenagers. Their mother works here, and their grandmother did as well.
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2 months ago | 
fox29.com | JoAnn Pileggi |Joann Pileggi
BENSALEM, Pa. - Reaching the Ivy League is for the best and brightest and well-rounded students, and for the tens of thousands who apply, only a fraction get in. Here, though, one student has five Ivy offers! What we know: "I applied to, yes, seven. I was expecting zero in all reality. I was not expected to get into any," said Victoria Mathieu, who received five Ivy acceptances.
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2 months ago | 
yahoo.com | JoAnn Pileggi |Joann Pileggi
The BriefA video is going viral on TikTok, with millions of views about a Pennsylvania high school senior who got accepted into five Ivy League universities. She's hoping to inspire other young girls. FOX 29's JoAnn Pileggi got a chance to meet her. BENSALEM, Pa. - Reaching the Ivy League is for the best and brightest and well-rounded students, and for the tens of thousands who apply, only a fraction get in. Here, though, one student has five Ivy offers!What we know"I applied to, yes, seven.
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2 months ago | 
fox29.com | JoAnn Pileggi |Joann Pileggi
Donations collected for victims impacted by Millville fire Many organizations and community members are coming together to help the nearly two dozen people impacted by the deadly fire that occurred in Millville last week. MILLVILLE, NJ - The donations keep pouring in for fire victims in Millville, New Jersey. So many organizations and people are coming together to help the nearly two dozen people impacted by the deadly fire on April 9. What they're saying: How do you quantify abundance?
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2 months ago | 
fox29.com | JoAnn Pileggi |Joann Pileggi
TRENTON, N.J. - Police in Trenton and the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office are still investigating the killings of a mother and daughter. On West State Street in Trenton, just a couple of blocks from the Capitol complex, a family is grieving an immeasurable loss. The backstory: Trenton police were called to a home on the 300 block of West State Street Saturday morning, about 10:30, on a report of two people shot, according to authorities.
