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Longtime Philly Pizza Shop Owner 'Heartbroken' After Building Collapse Longtime Philly Pizza Shop Owner 'Heartbroken' After Building Collapse
Longtime Philly Pizza Shop Owner 'Heartbroken' After Building Collapse The longtime owner of a Philadelphia pizza shop says she is heartbroken after a building collapse forced her to close the business and lay off her employees. Sharon Labens Garro has been the owner of Key Food Pizza in the Fishtown neighborhood for nearly three decades.  "In the past 26 years I have raised my 4 children here," Garro wrote in a post published on a local Facebook group page. "I have seen many customers grow up and to now see them have children of their own. My employees are my family and I am heart broken for what happened today. We will miss our customers tremendously." Vi…
Lehigh Valley Coach Turns To Community For Support In Flood Cleanup Of Southside Little League Lehigh Valley Coach Turns To Community For Support In Flood Cleanup Of Southside Little League
Lehigh Valley Coach Turns To Community For Support In Flood Cleanup Of Southside Little League A Lehigh Valley coach is turning to the community for help after his little league field was damaged by Hurricane Ida's remnants, which left southeastern Pennsylvania severely flooded last week. Southside Little League coach Roy Ortiz hopes to raise $10,000 on a GoFundMe page to clean up the field, replace damaged equipment, and rebuild the team's concession stand that was destroyed in the flood. The campaign for the Bethlehem-based league raised over $500 as of Sept. 10. "Blood, sweat, and tears went into our beautiful park and within a few hours we are back to square one," Ortiz wro…