PHILADELPHIA, PA – OCTOBER 22: The 2019 inductees of the Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame are introduced at University of the Arts on October 22, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Dr. Aakash Shah poses for a photograph outside Robert Wood Johnson Hospital Wednesday, November 16, 2016 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Cain Images for Ursinus College)
Marie Noe arrives at her home in Philadelphia, Monday, June 28, 1999. The 70-year-old Noe plead guilty Monday to smothering eight of her ten young children under a plea agreement with prosecutors in a case that dated back to 1949. Under the plea agreement, Mrs. Noe will serve no jail time in exchange for pleading guilty to eight counts of second-degree murder and will be sentenced to 20 years of probation. (AP Photo/William Thomas Cain)
From left, Kevin Overton of Philadelphia, Cherjon Overton of Deptford, New Jersey, Sally Armstrong of Dallas, Texas, Sterling Overton-Crawford of Fredericksburg, Virginia and Dorein Overton of Westville, New Jersey pose for a photograph at a private residence Saturday, May 19, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sally Armstrong used a 23andMe Health + Ancestry kit to find her four half siblings. She met them for the first time Friday. WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN / For The Inquirer
Steven Vernik walks through the home he owns after his family moved upon learning their private drinking water well was contaminated with high levels of PFAS Friday, March 08, 2019 at his old home in Hartsville. The family now lives in Buckingham while they try to sell the Hartsville property.
MCS Industries’ employee Faith Wildrick works in the shipping department at at MCS Industries Inc., a company that supports ÒMedicare for AllÓ national health program Monday, June 03, 2019 in Easton, Pennsylvania. With about 175 U.S. employees and 600 people overseas, MCS Industries’ CEO Richard Master says a major impediment to keeping labor costs in line has been the increasing expense of health coverage in the United States. WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN / For The Inquirer
De Nard Kirk, 86, is shown behind his house, Aug. 26, 1997, in Buckingham Twp., Pa. He is donating 60 acres of the 266 year old farm to the Bucks County Heritage Conservancy. (Photo by William Thomas Cain)
FILE PHOTO: Stephen B. Burke, president of Comcast Cable, is shown in his office, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2000, in Philadelphia. Comcast is proposing to merge with with AT&T Corp.’s broadband business. The $44.5 billion offer would create the largest broadband communications provider in the world with approximately 22 million cable TV subscribers and leading positions in eight of America’s 10 largest markets. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/www.photojournalist.cc)
Former Fox Chase resident Gerad Argeros enters the stage naked as he speaks about his abuse by a Philadelphia priest while an abuse as a St Cecelia’s altar boy during his one man show Saturday, November 23, 2019 at Rockledge Hook & Ladder Room in Rockledge, Pennsylvania. The audience consisted of family and friends of Argeros, some who had no idea that Father James Brzyski was raping boys at St. Cecilia’s in the 80’s.
Matt Wallace, a blind color commentator for University of Pennsylvania’s women ice hockey team speaks about his life at his home Tuesday, February 13, 2018 in Eagleville, Pennsylvania.
ALLENTOWN, PA – JANUARY 20: Rev. Patrick Molloy poses in his Grace Episcopal Church January 20, 2005, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. (Photo by William Thomas Cain)
Arlene Singer sits on the bed with her grandchildren, Oren Ramos (left), 3 and Nola Ramos (right), 6 in her newly expanded home Wednesday, October 17, 2018 in Newtown, Pennsylvania. Arlene and her husband Donald hired architect Alfred Dragani to expand their house to 3,200 sq ft by moving the master bedroom to the second floor so the former space could be converted to a man cave. WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN / For The Inquirer
Attorney Charles Peruto Jr., who is representing Sean Kratz, exits a courtroom during a break in deliberations on murder charges Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Bucks County Justice Center in Doylestown, Pennsylvania.
Former state Rep. Marquerite Quinn, who was the primary sponsor for the state’s new domestic abuse law, Act 79, poses for a portrait Tuesday, December 03, 2019 at Bucks County Justice Center in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia has poorly managed the law, which is designed to force domestic abusers with a protection order against them, turn in their firearms within 24 hours of the protection order. WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN / For The Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA, PA – AUGUST 07: WMMR air personality Jacky Bam Bam holds an oversized picture of WMMR air personality Pierre Robert as he speaks on Robert’s behalf after he was announced as a nominee for induction during the announcement of the 2019 Philadelphia Music Alliance Walk of Fame nominees at Independence Visitor Center August 7, 2019 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Philadelphia Music Alliance (PMA) today announced that The Philadelphia Orchestra, The Hooters, The O’Jays, Evelyn “Champagne” King, WMMR air personality Pierre Robert, music industry executive Jody Gerson, and philanthropist Dorrance “Dodo” Hamilton will be added to the Philadelphia Music Walk of Fame as members of its Class of 2019. They will be formally inducted together Tuesday, October 22, 2019 during afternoon ceremonies along the Avenue of the Arts and celebrated that evening with a special grand gala event at The Bellevue Philadelphia.
NFL Hall of Famer Joe Namath, speaks to the media about a new drug treatment, called Mobic, for fellow arthritis sufferers, during a news conference at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Monday, Oct. 30, 2000, in Philadelphia. Namath was in town to address the American College of Rheumatology convention. (AP Photo/William Thomas Cain)
WILKES BARRE, PA – MARCH 17: Associate Professor Bill Irwin poses for a portrait with the characters Nietzsche and Socrates that he uses in his classes in his Kings College office March 17, 2004 in Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
Lisa Beamer, whose husband, Todd, was killed on United Flight 93 Sept. 11, addresses the Women of Faith Conference, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2001, in Philadelphia.
Joe Lelinski tests out one of his lights in front of his Eagles themed light display Tuesday, January 16, 2018 in Falls Township. After the Christmas holiday, Lelinski converted his Christmas lights to an Eagles theme running from 5:30pm until 9pm each night until the team wins the SuperBowl or is knocked out of the playoffs.
REHOBOTH BEACH, DE – JANUARY 25: Deborah Sharp who survived a five day ordeal in which she was raped and kidnapped in 1998, poses for a photo January 25, 2006 in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images)
March 15, 2006 — Philadelphia, PA
— Massa Washington, a Temple University grad student, who was chosen to be a member of the Liberia’s Truth and Reconciliation Committee poses for a portrait in her office March 15, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She had been a newspaper reporter, then a human rights and women’s activist in Liberia and fled many times when the fighting flared up. Finally fled to the US where she sought political asylum. She as appointed by Liberia’s new president and plans to return soon to help bring healing to the country. Photo by William Thomas Cain, Freelance
EDITORS NOTE: PLEASE MOVE TO THE FINANCIAL TIMES AS PER DARAGH MCDONOGH – LONDON PHOTO ASSIGNMENTS: PHILADELPHIA – MARCH 24: Jennifer Higdon, a musical composer works on a new composition at her studio March 25, 2004 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Higdon is schduled to perform with the Boston Symphony next week. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images for the Financial Times)
Boxer Laila Ali prepares to speak with the media during a news conference regarding her upcoming June 8th fight, with Jacqui Frazier-Lyde, in Verona, N.Y. , Thursday, April 26, 2001, in Philadelphia. Frazier-Lyde is the daughter of former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, and Ali is the daughter of former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/www.photojournalist.cc)
From left, Kevin Overton of Philadelphia, Cherjon Overton of Deptford, New Jersey, Sally Armstrong of Dallas, Texas, Sterling Overton-Crawford of Fredericksburg, Virginia and Dorein Overton of Westville, New Jersey pose for a photograph at a private residence Saturday, May 19, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sally Armstrong used a 23andMe Health + Ancestry kit to find her four half siblings. She met them for the first time Friday. WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN / For The Inquirer
PHILADELPHIA – AUGUST 9: Professor Jeremy J. Siegel (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Black Star)
From left, Rich Creter (striped shirt holding child), his son Sean Richard Creter, 1 year old, his father Richard (Dick) Creter, and his brother Matt Creter pose outside their Creter Vault Corp. October 16, 2006 in Flemington, New Jersey.(Photo by William Thomas Cain/Black Star)
Doug Strickland, who was a friend of beheaded American Nick Berg poses for a portrait outside his office May 21, 2004 in Havertown, Pennsylvania. Strickland has been working on setting up a Nicholas Berg Scholarship Fund. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/For The Times)
General George Washington as portrayed by John Godzieba, Langhorne Police Chief leads his troops as the go to cross the Delaware River during the dress rehearsal for Washington Crossing the Delaware Sunday, December 08, 2019 at Washington Crossing State Park in Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania. The actual re-enactment takes place on Christmas Day, December 25, 2019.
Katherine Nunnally, CEO of the Smith Family Foundation speaks about the charity in the conference room of the Smith Family Foundation Monday, September 17, 2018 in Trenton, New Jersey. When Pearlie Mae Smith and her seven adult children won a $429.6 million Powerball Jackpot, almost immediately, the Trenton clan set up the Smith Family Foundation and has been doling out grants to Trenton charity groups. WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN / For The Inquirer
Bucks County Senior Judge Clyde W. Waite, the first and still only – African American Bucks County judge speaks about race at his home Tuesday, January 30, 2018 in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania. In 2016, the judge was wrongly pulled out of his home by police during the Thanksgiving holiday after a visitor to his neighborhood mistook him for a burglar. He also was mistakenly identified three decades earlier as a burglar while seated, then as a public defender, in a Bucks County courtroom. (WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN / For The Philadelphia Inquirer)
Belgian immigrant and volunteer firefighter Gino De Schrijver and his partner and husband David Borgert pose for a photo with some of their jams on the back of a fire truck in between batches of jams at the firehouse Tuesday, October 02, 2018 in Erwinna, Pennsylvania. At first he was only selling at local farmer’s markets, but then he got picked up by Whole Foods. In 2014, Oprah featured the jams in her magazine as one of her “favorite things.” Now the side hustle is bigger, but de Schrijver still makes it in the firehouse, now assisted by his husband, and still donates 5 percent of proceeds to his fire
From left, Chad Collins and Gabe Young, the Bucks County dads behind national conventions for kids like Minefaire (for Mincraft gaming fans) and Brick Fest Live! (for Lego fans) speak about their newest Comic Con for Kids convention Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at Open World office and warehouse in Warminster, Pennsylvania. WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN / For The Inquirer
Jan and Stan Berenstain, creators of the “Berenstain Bears” childrens’ books, are shown in their home studio, with stuffed versions of, from left, Sister Bear, Pappa Bear, Momma Bear, and Brother Bear, Tuesday, March 27, 2001, in New Hope, Pa.
CHELTENHAM, PA – OCTOBER 12: Mark Foster, his father John Foster and mother Alice Foster are seen at home October 5, 2006 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mark plans to donate half his liver to his father, John on November 7th. (Photo by William Thomas Cain/Getty Images for the Wall Street Journal)
PHILADELPHIA – NOVEMBER 23: Dr. Jennifer Wiler, an emergency medicine resident at the Drexel University College of Medicine, poses for a photo at the emergency room of the hospital November 23, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Wiler is involved with the AMA and organized medicine, despite the fact she is so busy. (Photo by William Thomas Cain)
Dr. Max Burger is seen in his office May 28, 2003 in Southampton, New Jersey. Max Burger, MD is a family doctor who was laid off from the hospital where he was employed. He had signed a non-compete clause but it stated he wasn’t to practice within 5 miles. So he moved beyond the 5 miles and started his own solo practice, keeping many of his patients. (Photo by William Thomas Cain)
Belgian immigrant and volunteer firefighter Gino De Schrijver and his partner and husband David Borgert pose for a photo with some of their jams on the back of a fire truck in between batches of jams at the firehouse Tuesday, October 02, 2018 in Erwinna, Pennsylvania. At first he was only selling at local farmer’s markets, but then he got picked up by Whole Foods. In 2014, Oprah featured the jams in her magazine as one of her “favorite things.” Now the side hustle is bigger, but de Schrijver still makes it in the firehouse, now assisted by his husband, and still donates 5 percent of proceeds to his fire
From left, Steven Melick, Damion Smith, Dr. John Jameson and Elliot Menkowitz hold a bottle of Kiki Vodka at the company warehouse Friday, June 15, 2018 in Hatfield, Pennsylvania. John Jameson, with the help of UGSD (Ultimate Getting Stuff Done) Group, an entrepreneurial effort at LaSalle launched his Kiki Vodka line. WILLIAM THOMAS CAIN / For The Inquirer
Tom Burgoyne, who portrays the Philadelphia Phillies mascot, the Phillie Phanatic, in the Phanatic’s prop room at Citizen’s Bank Park February 9, 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by William Thomas Cain) (Via MerlinFTP Drop)