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Delaware state board revokes Moyer’s charter

The Maurice J. Moyer Academic Institute will close at the end of this academic year.  Delaware’s State Board of Educati ...

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Supporters and opponents of the measure for paid sick leave crowd the Assembly Labor Committee hearing room Thursday. (Phil Gregory/WHYY)

Vote on paid sick leave for N.J. workers delayed

While six cities in New Jersey already have approved paid sick-leave laws, a vote on legislation proposed by a Camden County lawmaker to ...

12 years ago

N.J. racetrack forms group to handle sports betting

A New Jersey racetrack has taken another step toward offering sports betting if it becomes legal in New Jersey. Monmouth Park Race ...

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Love for family keeps Sydney Anne Neuwirth at the easel

Sydney Anne Neuwirth loves red. The front door to her Princeton, N.J. home is r ...

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Kelly Drive will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday for a regatta. (NewsWorks

Navy Day Regatta means Saturday closures along Kelly Drive

Kelly Drive will be closed from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, between the Strawberry Mansion Bridge and Fountain Green Drive, for the ...

12 years ago

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks glowingly of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett during a rally at Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
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Visiting Pa., Chris Christie energizes support for Corbett

Two politicians who could square off in the 2016 presidential race both rallied Thursday for opposing candidates for govenor of Pennsylva ...

12 years ago

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Hillary Clinton rallies ‘Women for Wolf’ at Constitution Center

Hillary Clinton was in town Thursday night, lending her name and support to Pennsylvania Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf at t ...

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Array of Philadelphia choirs lend grace notes to play with tragic core

A play has opened at the Annenberg Center in West Philadelphia with a central character – a choir ensemble – that will be performed b ...

12 years ago

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Parents step up to support other parents of addicted children

Pam Roberts has three kids in long-term drug recovery. She said it took years for her to stop panicking when the phone rang. ̶ ...

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Pa. chief justice will get briefing on explicit emails

Pennsylvania Chief Justice Ron Castille on Friday will find out more about whether bawdy e-mails traded among current and forme ...

12 years ago

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5 lessons learned from this year’s enterovirus D68

Even though cases of enterovirus D68 are still being confirmed — including a second case this week in  Camden County — i ...

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'Germantown City Hall' was temporarily reopened last year for a Hidden City exhibition. (NewsWorks

Germantown Town Hall Collaborative hosts weekend meeting to jumpstart revitalization efforts

On Saturday, the Germantown Town Hall Collaborative (GTHC) will host a community meeting with the mission of creating “a set of gui ...

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Shot fired in Delaware road rage incident

A Wilmington man was charged with aggravated menacing among other charges stemming from a road rage incident in New Castle County. ...

12 years ago

City Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. said the best way to alleviate fears about Ebola is by spreading facts and looking into preparedness. (NewsWorks

City Councilman Jones calls for hearings into Ebola-related emergency preparedness

City Council unanimously approved a resolution that — sponsored by Northwest Philadelphia councilmembers Curtis Jones Jr. (4th dis ...

12 years ago

Democratic congressional candidates Manan Trivedi (right) and Kevin Strouse (center) attend a rally in LOVE Park. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Dem candidates in Pa. congressional races get boost

A national bus tour supporting Democratic congressional candidates stopped at Philadelphia’s LOVE Park Thursday morning.  The ...

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