Community Corner

Five Things for December 29

What's going on around town today.

  • Archbishop Wood boys basketball defeated Communications Tech, 60-59, at the Boardwalk Classic in Wildwood yesterday. The Vikings move on to play Pennsauken tonight at 6:30 for the bracket championship.
  • Today is recognized as Pepper Pot Day, to commemorate a thick, spicy soup that General George Washington often fed to his soldiers during the harsh winter of 1777-1778.
  • Clouds with a high near 40, according to the National Weather Service.
  • CNN reports that Latino voters strongly support President Barack Obama and his Democratic Party, despite dissatisfaction with the administration's deportation policies, according to a survey released by the Pew Hispanic Center.
  • On this day, December 29, 1851, the first American YMCA opens in Boston.


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