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First flu fatality reported in Delaware
An 83 year old woman from Sussex County is Delaware’s first flu-related death of the 2014-15 season. The woman succumbed to ...
12 years ago
$1.1 million state grant aims to better connect Northwest Philly
Mt. Airy USA, a local community development corporation dedicated to neighborhood revitalization projects, is in the early stages of what ...
12 years ago
Northwest Philly residents, police grapple with wave of car break-ins
During the past month, at least 20 to 30 cars have been broken into throughout West Mt. Airy and Chestnut Hill, prompting police to remin ...
12 years ago
South Philly location will be the least of new casino’s problems
Philadelphia’s second casino license should have gone to a site in Center City, not the sports complex in South Philly, but it prob ...
12 years ago
Delaware artist Peter Sculthorpe brings American landscapes to life in new show
Bringing the American landscape to life is what makes Peter Sculthorpe unique. Sturdy fieldstones, old trees with ag ...
12 years ago
Formerly homeless, woman ‘back on her feet’ and bound for Philly marathon
Training for a marathon can change your life. For one woman who’s running in this weekend’s Philadelphia Marathon, tha ...
12 years ago
End-of-life debate picks up, but Pa. opposition stalwart
Advocates for assisted suicide are promoting Pennsylvania legislation that allows doctors to prescribe life-ending drugs to terminally il ...
12 years ago
Williams officially joins race for Philly mayor
Six months before the primary election, the field of candidates for Philadelphia mayor became more clearly defined Wednesday with announc ...
12 years ago
Firm cancels Revel casino purchase
A Toronto-based company is abandoning its plan to buy the former Revel Casino Hotel in Atlantic City.Brookfield Asset Management said Wed ...
12 years ago
Futuristic looking light bubbles part of new exhibit at Rutgers New Brunswick [photos]
As you enter the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series Galleries at Rutgers’ Douglass Library in New Brunswick, there is a large pulsat ...
12 years ago
With Philly’s opt-out movement growing, Council holds hearing on standardized tests
In a sign that the “opt-out” of testing movement is gaining traction, the Philadelphia City Council Education Committee Wedne ...
12 years ago
Commentary: Teens learn better when they’re awake
Last week the New Jersey Senate Education Committee approved a bill proposed by Sen. Dick Codey (D-Essex) that would authorize ̶ ...
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