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SEPTA union authorizes strike, but no work stoppage expected Monday

Union workers for SEPTA’s bus, subway and trolley system voted Sunday to authorize their leaders to call a strike. But no wa ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

October 27: SEPTA strike vote | Uber X launches | Traffic circles and Streets Dept traffic calming

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Advertising firm will build new bus shelters and street furniture

12 years ago

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Police: Woman jumps in water after throwing child in ocean in Atlantic City

A woman and a child were rescued after she allegedly threw the child into the ocean and then jumped in the water, according to police. ...

12 years ago

MLk defensive linemen Dawayne Young greets his former coach Ron Cohen. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

MLK Cougars secure playoff berth with 28-14 win over Washington

The Martin Luther King High Cougars football team formed a circle to get some stretching in before the most important second half of thei ...

12 years ago

 Police are investigating a bank robbery at TD Bank in Brick Sunday afternoon. (Image: Google Maps)
Down the Shore

Sunday bank robbery under investigation in Brick

A masked man robbed a bank in Brick Sunday afternoon, township police said.  Police were dispatched to the TD Bank on Cedar B ...

12 years ago

Crossbreeding underway in New jersey for a super cranberry

Off a remote road in the Pine Barrens municipality of Chatsworth, N.J. vast beds carved into the sandy soil at the Philip E. Marucci Cent ...

12 years ago

 Zombies returned to Manayunk this weekend! (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)

Top 8 stories to look for in Northwest Philly

Here’s a look at stories NewsWorks will cover this upcoming week in Northwest Philadelphia…   1. ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
Politics & Policy

Restructuring plan would replace Office of Housing and Community Development

12 years ago

Money

Custom urns courtesy of company’s 3-D printer

A Minnesota startup is using a 3-D printer to create custom urns shaped like objects that were important to the person whose remains they ...

12 years ago

At a glance: N.J.’s two statewide ballot questions

New Jersey voters will see two statewide ballot questions when they cast their votes in the Nov. 4 election. This is what the questions w ...

12 years ago

Money

Uber offers free service in Philly through the weekend

Ride-sharing company Uber is now operating in Philadelphia despite a threat from the city’s parking authority to impound cars and f ...

12 years ago

Politics & Policy

As election looms Corbett attacks Wolf tax plan

Republican Gov. Tom Corbett is targeting Democratic challenger Tom Wolf’s plan to overhaul the state income tax in the final weeks ...

12 years ago

Politics & Policy

US to recognize same-sex marriage in six new states

The federal government is recognizing gay marriage in six more states, extending federal benefits to those couples. Attorney Gener ...

12 years ago

Politics & Policy

Obama to make Philly campaign stop for Wolf

President Barack Obama will make a campaign stop for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf as part of a multi-state campaign swing ...

12 years ago

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