We're coming to the end of 2018. How will you spend the last hours of this year, and the first hours of 2019? If you're ready to party your way through New Year's Eve, we know where you should go in Philly.In our roundup, we found parties with great views of SugarHouse's fireworks over the Delaware River, posh parties with open bars and parties where everyone will be on the dance floor.Below are 15 of the best places to ring in the new year. Don't wait to make plans – you want to start off 2019 right.Thom Carroll/PhillyVoiceIt's almost 2019!In addition to sponsoring fireworks over the waterfront, SugarHouse is hosting a New Year's Eve party.Enjoy an open bar, a Champagne toast at midnight, appetizer stations, a performance by The Rockets and festive hats, horns and noisemakers.Beginning at 10 p.m. | $100View the midnight fireworks show from the waterfront hotel. Included in the ticket price is an open bar, live entertainment and dancing.8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. | … [Read more...] about 15 places to party on New Year’s Eve in Philly
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More than 30,000 kids in gangs including 10-year-olds being groomed as drug dealers
MORE than 30,000 schoolkids have been sucked into violent street gangs, a damning new report has revealed. The bombshell analysis reveals how hardened criminals are targeting children as young as ten to work as drug runners. The study - ordered by Children's Commissioner Anne Longfield - shows that a total of 70,000 youths aged up to 25 belong to gang networks. She told The Times: “Just like with paedophiles and traffickers, they trap victims into a triple trap of debt, threat, and enticement. "The children are seen as disposable in these drugs organisations. On Saturday a 15-year-old boy became London's 77th murder victim when he was stabbed to death outside a birthday party in Romford, East London. The lad was the capital's 51st victim of a fatal stabbing. Dame Louise Casey, who conducted the inquiry into the Rotherham sex abuse scandal, said there were clear parallels between the “grooming” of young girls by paedophiles and the recruitment of teenage boys into … [Read more...] about More than 30,000 kids in gangs including 10-year-olds being groomed as drug dealers
UPDATE: Calumet Avenue in Hammond closed after site inspection discovers massive cavity below roadway
HAMMOND – Calumet Avenue between Michigan and Sibley streets is closed until further notice after a site inspection Thursday revealed a massive cavity beneath the roadway tied to INDOT's reconstruction work. An Indiana Department of Transportation contractor accidentally pierced the top of an 84-inch brick sewer May 4 during the course of INDOT's reconstruction of the Calumet Avenue Bridge over the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, according to a city news release. Southbound lanes are closed due to the ground underneath being washed out.Northbound lanes were still open as of Thursday afternoon, but a city engineering department official said northbound lanes will have to be closed to traffic during repairs. Attempts by the contractor to shore up the area and keep the roadway open have been unsuccessful since the May 4 incident. The roadway was being supported by only a 6-inch slab of reinforced concrete slab. INDOT’s contractor will begin immediately … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Calumet Avenue in Hammond closed after site inspection discovers massive cavity below roadway
Calumet Avenue in Hammond closed after site inspection discovers massive cavity below roadway
HAMMOND – Calumet Avenue between Michigan and Sibley streets is closed under further notice after a site inspection today revealed a massive cavity beneath the roadway tied to INDOT's reconstruction work. Southbound lanes are closed due to the ground underneath being washed out. Northbound lanes are open for now, but a city engineering department official said the northbound lanes will have to be closed during repairs. During the course of the Indiana Department of Transportation's reconstruction of the Calumet Avenue Bridge over the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad, an INDOT contractor pierced the top of an 84-foot brick sewer on May 4, according to a city news release. Attempts by the contractor since then to shore up the area and keep the roadway open have been unsuccessful. The roadway was being supported by only a 6-inch slab of reinforced concrete slab. Hammond Sanitary District Sewer Maintenance crews performed a visual inspection of the inside of … [Read more...] about Calumet Avenue in Hammond closed after site inspection discovers massive cavity below roadway
Indiana sees largest year-over-year gas price hike of 30 percent
Filling up your tank in Indiana costs an average of 66 cents per gallon more than it did a year ago.That's the highest year-over-year increase for gas prices in the nation, according to AAA.The average price of gas has risen 18 cents per gallon over the last month to $2.84 a gallon, and it's climbed 19 cents per gallon over the past month to $3.06 in the greater Chicago metropolitan area. Neighboring Illinois' average gas prices has shot up by 62 cents per gallon, the fifth-highest amount in the country.“Many motorists may have been surprised by the steady increases in prices at the pump this past month,” said AAA Chicago Director of Public Affairs Beth Mosher. “April brings a switchover to the summer blend of gasoline, which causes prices to rise. We expect prices to stabilize now leading into summer travel season.”In Lake County, the average cost of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline stands at $2.74 a gallon, which is up 22 cents per gallon from the previous … [Read more...] about Indiana sees largest year-over-year gas price hike of 30 percent