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Alfred Lubrano

@AlfredLubrano

poverty reporter at Philadelphia Inquirer

Joined September 2011
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Montco boy in the finals of a nationwide mullet-wearing contest inquirer.com/news/pennsylvan… via @phillyinquirer
Montco boy in the finals of a nationwide mullet-wearing contest

Montco boy in the finals of a nationwide mullet-wearing contest

Rory Ehrlich of W. Pottsgrove is a finalist in the USA Mullet Championships, a contest that raises money for wounded veterans and celebrates the mullet, "business in the front, a party in the back."

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After 34 years, Sister Mary Scullion will leave the nonprofit she co-founded, Project HOME inquirer.com/identity/sister… via @phillyinquirer
After 34 years, Sister Mary Scullion will leave the nonprofit she co-founded, Project HOME

After 34 years, Sister Mary Scullion will leave the nonprofit she co-founded, Project HOME

Associate Executive Director Joan Dawson McConnon is also leaving. The pair worked for 34 years building the nationally known $52 million operation that has helped thousands experiencing homelessness.

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Down the Shore, if the general store doesn't have it, you don't need it inquirer.com/identity/genera… via @phillyinquirer
Down the Shore, if the general store doesn't have it, you don't need it

Down the Shore, if the general store doesn't have it, you don't need it

A casual manner and genial attitude are elemental features of the Jersey Shore general store, which stocks everything from Band-Aids to boogie boards.

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Spectacular eggs and grass-fed beef: Bucks nonprofit farm donates "high-end" food inquirer.com/identity/face-t… via @phillyinquirer
Spectacular eggs and grass-fed beef: Bucks nonprofit farm donates "high-end" food

Spectacular eggs and grass-fed beef: Bucks nonprofit farm donates "high-end" food

Laure Biron, the CEO of Broad Street Ministry in South Philadelphia, which serves people experiencing homelessness, called Carversville “spectacular, clean, the Disneyland of farms.”

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Teddy bears, dinosaurs, and squishies: Grown-ups love their stuffed animals. inquirer.com/life/stuffed-an… via @phillyinquirer
Teddy bears, dinosaurs, and squishies: Grown-ups love their stuffed animals.

Teddy bears, dinosaurs, and squishies: Grown-ups love their stuffed animals.

Combining whimsy with a soothing, almost therapeutic effect, stuffed animals are not just for kids.

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I'll watch your kid, you watch mine: Mt. Airy Babysitting Co-op nears 50 inquirer.com/news/mt-airy-ph… via @phillyinquirer
I'll watch your kid, you watch mine: Mt. Airy Babysitting Co-op nears 50

I'll watch your kid, you watch mine: Mt. Airy Babysitting Co-op nears 50

Members say the co-op reflects the neighborhood of kindred spirits who celebrate diversity and the idea of community-building.

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What tops spaghetti? For younger Americans, it's tacos and dumplings. inquirer.com/news/italian-me… via @phillyinquirer
What tops spaghetti? For younger Americans, it's tacos and dumplings.

What tops spaghetti? For younger Americans, it's tacos and dumplings.

Immigration patterns, social media, and exposure to varied foods at younger ages are behind the changes. Many now love Mexican, Chinese food over Italian.

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Remember the burp "locking in freshness?" Tupperware is failing, but people still appreciate it inquirer.com/news/tupperware… via @phillyinquirer
Remember the burp "locking in freshness?" Tupperware is failing, but people still appreciate it

Remember the burp "locking in freshness?" Tupperware is failing, but people still appreciate it

The Tupperware party gave women the chance to make money from home. One earned enough to pay for college for her 8 children. Consumers cherished their strainers, cupcake holders and Jell-O molds.

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Is Philadelphia a coastal city? Scientists seem to think so. inquirer.com/news/pennsylvan… via @phillyinquirer
Is Philadelphia a coastal city? Scientists seem to think so.

Is Philadelphia a coastal city? Scientists seem to think so.

People who participated in a poll were nearly evenly split on the question.

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Dads do significantly more child care since the pandemic — but it’s still not nearly equal inquirer.com/news/child-care… via @phillyinquirer
Philly dads are picking up the slack post-pandemic, but moms still do the most work

Philly dads are picking up the slack post-pandemic, but moms still do the most work

Twenty percent of fathers who got more involved in childcare during the pandemic have maintained that increased activity even after returning to work.

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NJ has a state microbe, but never had a state song. Why? inquirer.com/entertainment/m… via @phillyinquirer
NJ has a state microbe, but never had a state song. Why?

NJ has a state microbe, but never had a state song. Why?

New Jersey — the land of Sinatra, Springsteen, and Count Basie — has a state reptile, but not a state song.

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Generation Jones folks can't relate to their Baby Boomer brethren inquirer.com/life/baby-boome… via @phillyinquirer
Generation Jones folks can't relate to their Baby Boomer brethren

Generation Jones folks can't relate to their Baby Boomer brethren

Technically boomers but disassociated from them, Generation Jones, now 59-to-69 years old, says it's not part of the flower-power, Woodstock counterculture.

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Daughter off to college and daddy can't deal inquirer.com/life/daughter-l… via @phillyinquirer
Daughter off to college and daddy can't deal

Daughter off to college and daddy can't deal

A man of mush and goo promises a tear-less goodbye.

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Cat-titude may be a Philly thing, where a larger percentage prefer felines inquirer.com/news/philadelph… via @phillyinquirer

Cat-titude may be a Philly thing, where a larger percentage prefer felines

And pet owners prefer to give animals human names, many of them the same for cats and dogs

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The new state budget directs money to antiabortion entity inquirer.com/news/abortion-r… via @phillyinquirer
The new state budget directs money to antiabortion entity

The new state budget directs money to antiabortion entity

More than $7 million goes to Real Alternatives, a Harrisburg nonprofit that funnels money into crisis pregnancy centers.

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A Mount Airy mystery: Who is abandoning dogs in the woods? inquirer.com/news/philadelph… via @phillyinquirer
A Mount Airy mystery: Who is abandoning dogs in the woods?

A Mount Airy mystery: Who is abandoning dogs in the woods?

Cats, too, are being discarded in parks, as owners believe they can fend for themselves.

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Rats! Narberth residents fear vermin that may be living in a vacant church inquirer.com/news/narberth-m… via @phillyinquirer
Rats! Narberth residents fear vermin that may be living in a vacant church

Rats! Narberth residents fear vermin that may be living in a vacant church

A vacant church on Narberth's south side may or may not be housing a "rat city."

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Montco nonprofit offers free in-home overnight child care to low-income, single mothers inquirer.com/news/child-care… via @phillyinquirer
Montco nonprofit offers free in-home overnight child care to low-income, single mothers

Montco nonprofit offers free in-home overnight child care to low-income, single mothers

Along the Way is geared toward helping overnight and weekend shift workers, particularly people with hotel, retail, and restaurant jobs who were the first to lose their positions during the pandemic.

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How do you know you're ready to be a parent? I realized it when I played Santa at a mall. inquirer.com/life/santa-chri… via @phillyinquirer
How do you know you're ready to be a parent? I realized it when I played Santa at a mall.

How do you know you're ready to be a parent? I realized it when I played Santa at a mall.

I’d never really encountered a pre-beaten-down human before, all shiny and hopeful. It startled and captivated me.

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State officials and heads of WIC agencies plan to work more cooperatively, with less animus inquirer.com/news/pennsylvan… via @phillyinquirer
State officials and heads of WIC agencies plan to work more cooperatively, with less animus

State officials and heads of WIC agencies plan to work more cooperatively, with less animus

Both Pennsylvania state officials and heads of WIC agencies are experiencing a welcome “180-degree turnaround.”

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