🌱NYE Gunfire Hits 87-Year-Old + South Philly Lotto+ Mayor Nutter 2.0?

Hello, everybody! Patty-Pat Kozlowski here with your fresh copy of the Philadelphia Daily, filled with all the community information you need to know right now. Today you'll find news about these stories and more:

• Celebratory gunfire struck an 87-year-old Port Richmond woman ringing in the New Year on her front step.
• Somebody in South Philly is $2 million richer thanks to Powerball.
• Is former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter running again?

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But first, today's weather:

Afternoon showers. High: 67 Low: 53.

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Here are the top three stories today in Philadelphia:

1. Mary Gallagher, 87, has already won 2023. It happened just after the clock struck midnight on Sunday in Port Richmond when she was on her front stoop, ringing in the New Year with her bell, when she felt a sharp pain on her shoulder and started to cry. She took off her sweater and then made the startling discovery — a bullet fell to the ground. She was hit with celebratory gunfire and had to get stitches. Police reported it was one of two celebratory gunfire incidents on New Years' Eve. (6abc Philadelphia)
2. Now that's a happy New Year - one lucky lottery winner is heading into 2023 with a $2 million check! A Powerball with Power Play ticket worth $2 million was sold at Porter Beverage on Porter Street in South Philadelphia on New Year's Eve. Drinks are on them! (fox29.com)
3. A familiar name may be joining the crowded field vying to be Philadelphia's next mayor.
   Sources close to former Mayor Michael Nutter have confirmed to WHYY News that he's been asked to consider running for a third term as mayor. The city charter limits mayors to two consecutive terms in office, but it doesn't prevent a former mayor from running for a third term after taking a term off. (WHYY)

Today in Philadelphia:

• Students Return to School today from Winter Break (12:00 AM)
• Read Baby Read Storytime - Philadelphia City Institute Library (2:00 PM)
• Southern Girls Varsity Basketball At HSOF (3:15 PM)
• Girls Varsity Basketball AT Central - Carver Engineering & Science (3:15 PM)
• Girls JV/V Basketball @ North Clarion (6:00 PM)
• Great Lecture Series: World Heritage (6:00 PM)
• Free Talk - Finding Peace: Meditation, Inner Health & Happiness (7:00 PM)
• World Predictions 2023- Live Virtual Workshop (7:00 PM)

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From my notebook:

• Beautiful but bittersweet- Jonny Castro's 1,200 portraits memorialize people lost to gun violence and fallen first responders. As a PPD forensic artist, drawing crime victims is his job — but this side project keeps him going. (billypenn.com)
• Yo, Rocky! Run for Mayor! 'Most famous Philadelphian who never lived': WHYY podcast explores cultural legacy of the 'Rocky' statue (PhillyVoice.com)
• Don't Eat Mommy's Brownies! With more legal weed, there's been a sharp rise in reports of young kids sickened by edibles. More than 7,000 confirmed cases of kids younger than 6 eating marijuana edibles were reported to the nation's poison control centers between 2017 and 2021, climbing from about 200 to more than 3,000 per year(nbcphiladelphia.com)

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— Patty-Pat Kozlowski

About me: Patty-Pat Kozlowski has been writing community news and Philly-cenric Op/Eds for over 20 years. A Jill of all trades she's been a stand-up comedian, chef, DJ, newspaper editor, food trucker and Parks Director for Philadelphia Parks & Rec as well as a community relations/legislative aide for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Philadelphia City Council.

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