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BBQ Pitmaster From NJ Dies After Brief Illness BBQ Pitmaster From NJ Dies After Brief Illness
BBQ Pitmaster From NJ Dies After Brief Illness A Pennsylvania BBQ pitmaster and business owner with roots in New Jersey has died suddenly, according to his obituary posted by Huff & Lakjer Funeral Home. Michael "Mike" C. Wister, 58, originally of Elizabeth, NJ, but most recently of Lansdale, PA, passed away suddenly after a short illness at home on Saturday, Sept. 28, as detailed in his obituary. For 20 years, Mike ran small roadside BBQ stands, then he ran Wister’s Barbecue on Main Street for five years before moving to Broad Street in Lansdale where it's been for over two years, as explained in his obituary.  In his spa…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Pregnant Wife Of PA Firefighter Dies In Crash Pregnant Wife Of PA Firefighter Dies In Crash
Pregnant Wife Of PA Firefighter Dies In Crash The pregnant wife of a Pennsylvania firefighter died in a car crash last week, authorities said. Kellie Adams, of Lansdale, and the baby girl she was expecting with husband Jason died in a crash on Thursday, Aug. 25, according to her obituary. Kellie and Jason, married for eight years, also shared two boys together. Jason is a firefighter in Upper Providence Township. Please keep Firefighter Jason Adams and his family in your thoughts and prayers. FF Adams tragically lost his wife and unborn daughter in a fatal car accident on Thursday. Posted by UPT Fire & Emergency Services on Sa…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Support Surges For Family Of PA Mom, 30, Who Died From Heart Attack While 8 Months Pregnant Support Surges For Family Of PA Mom, 30, Who Died From Heart Attack While 8 Months Pregnant
Support Surges For Family Of PA Mom, 30, Who Died From Heart Attack While 8 Months Pregnant Support is surging for the family of a Pennsylvania mother of two daughters who suffered from a fatal heart attack while almost nine months pregnant with a son. Formerly of White Haven, Samantha Ann Cowin of Pocono Lake died after a severe heart attack while pregnant with a son on Feb. 5 at the age of 30. Born in Lansdale, Cowin was had a passion for helping others and a “generous spirit,” her obituary says.  More than $3,100 had been raised as of Thursday afternoon on a GoFundMe for Cowin and her son’s memorial services. “Dearest family and friends, it is with sad hearts that we lay…

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by Valerie Musson
News
Amie Harwick's Accused Killer Ex-Boyfriend Finally Has Preliminary Hearing Date Amie Harwick's Accused Killer Ex-Boyfriend Finally Has Preliminary Hearing Date
Amie Harwick's Accused Killer Ex-Boyfriend Finally Has Preliminary Hearing Date The alleged killer and ex-boyfriend of renowned Los Angeles sex therapist and North Penn High School graduate Amie Harwick has been granted a preliminary hearing date, NorthPennNow reports. Garret Pursehouse 41, is accused of strangling 38-year-old Harwick and throwing her over the third-floor balcony of her Hollywood Hills home -- the latter of which killed her on Feb. 15, 2020, the LA medical examiner said. Purehouse was arrested in February 2020 and posted on $2 million bond, then re-arrested in April 2020 after pleading not guilty to both charges of murder and robber…

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by Nicole Acosta
Police & Fire
Police: Planes Divert To Avoid Drunk PA Airport Trespasser Who Tried Making Snow Plow Getaway Police: Planes Divert To Avoid Drunk PA Airport Trespasser Who Tried Making Snow Plow Getaway
Police: Planes Divert To Avoid Drunk PA Airport Trespasser Who Tried Making Snow Plow Getaway Planes diverted at Reading Regional Airport earlier this week to avoid a drunken Lansdale man rolling in the grass, who then climbed an airport fence and hopped in a snow plow in an attempt to make a quick getaway, police said. Bern Township police responded to Route 183 near the airport around 2:20 p.m. on Dec. 15, where a man later identified as Norman J. Lee was rolling in grass and jumping in front of vehicles, authorities said in a press release. When he saw the police coming, Lee climbed over the 10-foot barbed wire-rimmed fence at near Millennium Aviation then broke into a red compan…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
COVID-19: National Guard Boosts PA Nursing Home In Midst Of Major Outbreak COVID-19: National Guard Boosts PA Nursing Home In Midst Of Major Outbreak
Covid-19: National Guard Boosts PA Nursing Home In Midst Of Major Outbreak The Pennsylvania National Guard is coming to aid a Montgomery County nursing home in the midst of a major COVID-19 outbreak. The Elm Terrace Gardens in Lansdale on Dec. 10 reported 43 new cases, five hospitalizations and seven deaths, NorthPennNow reports. Four days later, families learned in an email an email from President and CEO Timothy Murphy that seven people had died. “It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that seven additional residents from Skilled Nursing have succumbed to complications from coronavirus,” Murphy said, noting an additional 15 cases. “We continue to keep these…

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by Cecilia Levine
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5-Month-Old Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Montgomery County, Hospitals Severely Strained 5-Month-Old Tests Positive For COVID-19 In Montgomery County, Hospitals Severely Strained
5-Month-Old Tests Positive For Covid-19 In Montgomery County, Hospitals Severely Strained Montgomery County's hospitals haven't seen numbers like this before.  As of Wednesday, Dec. 9, the county's hospitals had 539 people with COVID-19, according to Dr. Val Arkoosh, chair of the Montgomery County Board of Commissioners. Additionally, 239 cases were reported since Tuesday, Dec. 8. Among them, a 5-year-old baby and a 95-year-old individual, Arkoosh said.  Despite hospitals being much better equipped to face the pandemic than they were in March or April, the county's healthcare system has never had this many COVID-19 patients before -- even at the onset of the pandemic, the phys…

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by Cecilia Levine