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Inventory of empty Philly buildings proposed to cut risks to firefighters
Philadelphia is moving to inventory and inspect unoccupied buildings. With a brick pulled from the rubble left by a 2012 war ...
12 years ago
ListenLot cleanup bill passes muster with Philly Council committee
To help those getting out of prison, a Philadelphia City Council Committee is moving some money out of the prison budget. A ...
12 years ago
ListenFerrets not always best for flu research, Wistar Institute finds
New findings from a team at Philadelphia’s Wistar Institute argue for a change ...
12 years ago
ListenCommittee of Seventy taps Thornburgh as new CEO
Longtme civic leader David B. Thornburgh has been named the new president and CEO of the Committee of Seventy. The position has been open ...
12 years ago
ListenTom Wolf on education, uncut: Vote trading, increasing investment, and disbanding the SRC
Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Tom Wolf came to WHYY studios Friday to answer an array of questions from a mix of beat reporters du ...
12 years ago
ListenChips are up for South Jersey nurse who wins $1 million for spicy snack
Potato chip lovers across the country will soon be able to snack on a spicy new flavor, thanks to a national contest and a South Jersey n ...
12 years ago
Delaware woman arrested for Ebola scare
Police say a New Castle woman’s false report initiated an emergency Ebola screening after she called 911 four separate times on Tue ...
12 years ago
‘Memorial to the Lost’ in Northwest Philly remembers Philadelphians killed by guns
Spread out on the front lawn of St. Michael’s Lutheran Church in Mt. Airy is a memorial to those killed by guns in Philadelphia in ...
12 years ago
Mantoloking, Brick sea wall 75 percent finished
A steel sea wall designed to protect two of the Jersey shore communities hit hardest by Superstorm Sandy is nearing completion. Ne ...
12 years ago
GSSD discusses unpaid-membership liens, refurbishing bus stop at Chelten and Greene
Though it didn’t have the quorum necessary to vote on agenda items, the Germantown Special Services District’s board of direc ...
12 years ago
Transit agency weighs court bout vs. mobster’s kin
New Jersey Transit is considering whether to continue to fight a mobster’s family over a land deal. The transit agency is ch ...
12 years ago
New Jersey Turnpike widening nearly finished
Work on a major New Jersey Turnpike widening project is set to end ahead of schedule and more than $200 million under budget. Nort ...
12 years ago
Ben Franklin Bridge commutes easier for six weeks
Commuters who travel over the Ben Franklin Bridge by train or car can get used to easier trips for now. Both means of transport ha ...
12 years ago
Township moves to ban drilling near homes in Pa.
A western Pennsylvania township has created an advisory board on gas drilling and authorized restrictions on such development on resident ...
12 years ago

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