[ ]   Starbucks has released its full list of 600 U.S. stores to be closed under its restructuring. (Starbucks)

 

Local stores on the list:

 

 

Butler Pike in New Britain Township/Chalfont

 

Neshaminy Mall kisok, Bensalem

 

Valley Square in Warrington

 

Granite Run Mall, Media

 

English Village on Bethlehem Pike in North Wales

 

Plymouth Meeting Mall kiosk, Plymouth Meeting

 

Easton Road and Fitzwatertown, Willow Grove

 

Route 611 and Andrea Drive in Upper Moreland.

 

 

Rt 130, Willingboro

 

[ ] A home in Hatboro provides the location for 2Xtreme Wrestling- a backyard version of the staged, scripted sports entertainment. (Intelligencer)

…On the 200 block of Penn Street in Hatboro, Mike Brettle enjoys some quiet time with a cigarette on the front porch before heading out for some Sunday socializing with his wife and a few friends. All the while in the backyard, his son and his friends are flying around, putting the finishing touches to the sixth annual Blood Fest. Complete with a 12-foot square ring, lights, music and a stage highlighted with computer images, the show is 2XW's “signature event” and has drawn spectators from as close as next door and as far away as Long Island, N.Y….

…And while the event draws the attention of many neighbors, they do not show up angrily carrying torches and pitchforks, but lawn chairs, cameras and enthusiasm. Over 60 people — including parents and grandparents — came to what was a cross between “Wrestlemania” and a block party….

[ ] Mayor Nutter is announcing the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and other personnel as a news conference …NOW. (Philebrity)