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Mike Newall @MikeNewall

Philadelphia Inquirer Feature Writer.

Joined October 2010
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Acclaimed comic book writer @TomKingTK is coming to Philly on Election Day. Here’s my conversation with him on the stakes of the election, the inherent hopefulness of comics, and how Philly can save the world: inquirer.com/arts/tom-king-c…

Comic book writer Tom King thinks Philly can save the world

The author will be appearing at Brave New Worlds comics in Old City on Election Day for a get out the vote celebration.

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Read and eat and repeat:
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15 Oct 2024
.@CraigLaBan ate just under 100 meals in 12 weeks. @margareteby consumed 73 plates of pasta. @phillyinsider sampled 30 hoagies. The @PhillyInquirer's 76 essential restaurants is here: inquirer.com/food/inq2/best-…
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This by @aubreyjwhelan is the most charming thing you can read before first pitch:
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For many, the loss of the Frankie and Joe Tartaglia and their beloved Connie’s Ric Rac Club was like a light going out in the Italian Market. Now the brothers will tower high above the market. inquirer.com/arts/tartaglia-…

A new 9th Street mural honors the founders of Connie’s Ric Rac

The new 9th St mural will honor Frankie and Joe Tartaglia, founders of Connie’s Ric Rac, who meant a great deal to many Philly artists.

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tim flocco@timflocco
26 Sep 2024
You really should give this a read. @MikeNewall celebrates a life very worth celebrating.
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26 Sep 2024
Remembering Angel Anderson, the artist behind Philly’s iconic ‘King of Jeans’ sign inquirer.com/arts/king-of-je… via @phillyinquirer
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Angel Anderson, designer oh the iconic King of Jeans sign, had ascended into an entirely different realm of art before she passed away from a long illness in July. inquirer.com/arts/king-of-je…

Remembering Angel Anderson, the artist behind Philly’s iconic ‘King of Jeans’ sign

The airbrush artist most famous for the kitschy Passyunk Avenue men's clothing store found a second calling restoring and painting religious artwork.

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Dan DeLuca@delucadan
21 Aug 2024
Heartbreaking @PhillyInquirer story by @ellierushing inquirer.com/crime/a/meredit…

Philadelphia’s gun violence took her only child. Now she’s starting over in Montana.

After Meredith Elizalde's only child was shot and killed outside of Roxborough High School, she has had to build an entirely new life for herself.

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17 Aug 2024
Thanks to @MikeNewall for bringing attention to questions surrounding the future of Rizzo Rink. Closure would mean a lot of girls and boys in PHL will no longer be able to play the sport they love: inquirer.com/news/rizzo-rink…

Future of the Rizzo Rink, a Pennsport staple, threatened by I-95 reconstruction project

Due to PennDot's lack of clarity, club leaders treat every season like it's their last.

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Tom Avril@TomAvril1
3 Jul 2024
I love this gonzo gearhead story from @MikeNewall inquirer.com/entertainment/n… via @phillyinquirer

The No Kill Car Shelter in Port Richmond transforms clunkers into something out of a ‘Mad Max’ movie

For eight years, the No Kill Car Shelter has been buying clunkers, wrecks, beaters, and heaps from around the tri-state area – and not so much repairing them as transforming them.

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“People are like, ‘Oh my God, they keep the meats and cheese up there all year.”
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12 Jun 2024
Weeks after the Italian Market Festival, no one has taken down the cheese and meat from the greased pole. It’s the world’s worst wind chime. inquirer.com/food/italian-ma…
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Dan DeLuca@delucadan
7 May 2024
“We are better together.”
Craig LaBan@CraigLaBan
7 May 2024
I'm so sad & frustrated to see 5 of my colleagues laid off today from the Inquirer, on top of the 30 who recently took a buyout, each one so talented & valuable to our mission of providing essential local news. Losing them absolutely hurts that cause.
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Here’s my story about falling in love with comic books in middle age, and trying to do something for my son that my father did for me: inquirer.com/entertainment/p…

I never expected to be at Philly’s Fan Expo. Then, I became obsessed with comics in middle age.

I’d only ever cracked open a few actual comic books in my life. Then, a few things happened.

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Michael Klein@phillyinsider
30 Apr 2024
HUGE congrats to @CraigLaBan and @jessicagriffin, our @beardfoundation nominees. Craig is up for his criticism, while both he and Jessica are up for dining and travel for their reporting in Mexico on chef Dionicio Jiménez and agave whisperer David Suro.
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Craig LaBan@CraigLaBan
14 Apr 2024
"Now, the old oven may bake no more..." So sad to hear one of South Philly's bakery treasures, the wood-fired Faragalli's, may not reopen after portions of its century-old firebrick oven collapsed. Story via @MikeNewall inquirer.com/food/faragallis…

Faragalli’s Bakery says it may close for good after its giant, wood-fired oven collapsed

The bakery says portions of its century-old oven collapsed when workers jackhammered too close to the 13th Street institution, but they have yet to file a claim with the city.

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Anna Orso@anna_orso
10 Apr 2024
A Manayunk-based organization that supports people in addiction says it's seeing a new level of scrutiny from both state and local regulators inquirer.com/health/opioid-a… quite a story by @aubreyjwhelan

Complaints about addiction services in Manayunk show widening tensions over opioid epidemic in...

The tensions come at an inflection point in Philadelphia’s ongoing drug epidemic.

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8 Apr 2024
This article reminded me of a brief period of time during which I coached the Wharton D-league hockey program and was paid in beer at Bonner's 😳inquirer.com/food/bars/bonne…
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Dan O'Brien@DanOBrien_
24 Mar 2024
Great profile by ⁦@MikeNewall⁩ of an iconic Philadelphian and one of my favorite people, Tootsie Iovine. inquirer.com/food/st-johns-h… via @PhillyInquirer

Tootsie Iovine-D’Ambrosio always made room for lost and hurting souls at her Reading Terminal...

For years, Tootsie Iovine-D'Ambrosio did what she could for the homeless people that passed through Reading Terminal Market. Now she is feeding the hungry at nearby St. John's Hospice.

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From the greenest grower to the most veteran vendor, everyone in the Flower Show story has a story to tell. My Flower Show preview: inquirer.com/life/philadelph…

Behind the scenes at the Philadelphia Flower Show, where a majestic floral world emerges

From newbie growers to the most veteran florist, everyone has a Flower Show story to tell — sprouted from tiny seeds of inspiration into joyous obsessiveness shared by fellow green thumbs.

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