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Philly public ice rinks will open with COVID-19 safety precautions
Rinks will host public skate hours on evenings and weekends to offer residents safe, affordable family fun.
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‘We need help’: Task force demands better funding for some of Del. youngest students
The Redding Consortium for Educational Equity is out with a list of priorities members say will help improve outcomes for students in high-poverty schools.
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Philly’s youngest students are suffering the most academically, new data shows
The data compares test scores from before the pandemic to test scores from early fall. And it paints a troubling picture for kids in early grades.
5 years ago
Montgomery County declares Code Blue; dangerous temperatures forecast for weekend
The Code Blue declaration has been issued for Montgomery County beginning Friday, Feb. 5, 2021, at 9 p.m. and ending on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021, at 9 a.m.
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Sitting on $1.4 million in campaign cash, Fetterman takes another step toward U.S. Senate
The Pa. lieutenant governor and his staff say the filing was simply procedural: He’d raised too much money to continue operating under his existing exploratory committee.
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Pa. coronavirus update: More vaccines on the way, says state health official
Some counties received less vaccine, but Mauldin says state officials have to distribute equitably.
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Stay home on Monday, Philadelphia Federation of Teachers urges its members
The union continues to maintain school district buildings are unsafe for occupancy given COVID-19 concerns. A mediator in the matter was named Friday.
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N.J. coronavirus update: Govs. Murphy, Cuomo call for coronavirus aid based on state’s needs
New Jersey and New York were among the first states to report coronavirus cases in the spring when the pandemic surged in the Northeast.
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Feds arrest, charge Pa. woman in pink hat during Capitol attack
Rachel Powell, 40, a mother of eight children, stopped short of confirming to The New Yorker magazine this week that she had bashed in a window.
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Ex-attorney for New Castle County alleges racial, religious and gender bias in firing
Sanjay Bhatnagar’s federal suit also claims he didn’t receive due process but “white-skinned Christian women’’ on the county legal team got slack.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers advance $912M pandemic relief bill
The money will go to aid hospitality-related businesses hit hard by the coronavirus, private schools and people struggling to pay rent or utility bills.
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US employers add just 49K jobs as unemployment falls to 6.3%
Friday's figures reflect a faltering job market, slowed by a pandemic that is still causing consumers to avoid traveling, shopping and dining out.
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In race for COVID-19 vaccinations, older residents in rural Pa. face tough obstacles
Despite being among the most at risk, some lack transportation, access to chain pharmacies, and internet connections to get vaccine appointments.
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Upper Darby and the township workers union are at odds over a no-layoff clause
The union represents the township’s sanitation workers and animal control, parking enforcement, and other non-first responder uniformed employees.
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Reading Public Museum brings its mummy back to life, as a hologram
The Reading Public Museum knows what the Ancient Egyptian woman named Nefrina looked like in 300 B.C., so it recreated her as a hologram.
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