· Hey, remember a few weeks back when it rained for like two whole years straight through? We all went batty. In years to come, though, the Philadelphia Water Department will take all of that crazy rain via “green capture,” thereby taking stormwater and running it off to a variety of end purposes (like green roofs and rain gardens), and ultimately, stopping the stuff from just overflowing the City’s sewer system (which was apparently made just for Arctic Splash containers anyway). All told, it’s a $1.6B — yep, billion — program, and it’ll be implemented over the next 20 years, long after you move to the suburbs and we talk shit on you.

· And congrats to:

· Craig Richie, first out gay student body president at Jenkintown High School and Inquirer Student Citizenship award recipient
· Robert Kelly, former public school teacher and current Drexel medical student
· Christopher Howland, Second year law student at the University of Pennsylvania
· Nicholas Deroose, Temple undergraduate, Prop 8 protest organizer and member of the National Gay and Lesbian Journalist Association
· Douglas Cooper, Temple undergraduate, Gay Men’s Choir member.

They’re the winners of the 2009 Bread & Roses’ Jonathan Lax Scholarship Fund, which encourages gay men—especially community leaders—to obtain higher education. Together, they received about $20K is scholarship money — $4K a piece. Which isn’t paying anybody’s full ride anywhere, but every little bit helps.

So there you have it: The world is not totally made of shit. Have you got some good news? If so, send it to tips[at]philebrity[dot]com with “GOOD MOTHERFUCKING NEWS!” in the subject header — we’d love to hear about it.

This entry was posted on Monday, September 28th, 2009 at 12:55 pm.