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Cutting salt could save your life, reminds Philadelphia health initiative
A new campaign at the Philadelphia Health Department is urging people to grab the salt shaker less often and rethink their diet. ...
12 years ago
ListenUber adds paratransit vehicles to service in Philly
The online car service Uber is adding wheelchair-accessible vehicles to its fleet. The move by Uber, a car service that riders hai ...
12 years ago
ListenHundreds of Pa. bridges getting replaced, 9 in Philly region
Next year, the Pennsylvania State Department of Transportation will embark on four year mission to replace 558 structurally deficient bri ...
12 years ago
Passionate discussion on potential of Harrisburg and other Pa. cites at Keystone Crossroads forum
We had a great turnout last night at the Keystone Crossroads public forum at WITF in Harrisburg. Educators, public officials, comm ...
12 years ago
Happy Hollow fundraiser celebrates ongoing Kelly Green Project efforts
Friends and neighbors in southwest Germantown gathered at the historic Happy Hollow playground Sunday evening for a “Dinner Under t ...
12 years ago
No GPS devices for sex crimes before 2007, court rules
The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that the state can’t force sex offenders convicted before a GPS monitoring program was signe ...
12 years ago
Girl, 15, killed outside hospital identified
Authorities have released the name of a teenage girl shot and killed outside of a Philadelphia hospital minutes after a disturbance at a ...
12 years ago
Man found dead after nearly 12-hour SWAT standoff in West Deptford
Authorities in southern New Jersey say that a 24-year-old man was found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot when a SWAT team entered the hom ...
12 years ago
Community group scrambles to file charter-school application for GHS property
A grassroots group in Northwest Philadelphia wants to transform Germantown High School into an independent charter school serving neighbo ...
12 years ago
The Hillary haters’ anthem: “Better call Saul”
Perhaps the shrinks can explain, in clinical terms, why right-wingers are so obsessed about long-dead community organizer Saul Alinsky. B ...
12 years ago
Manayunk bookstore hosts inaugural ‘Authors Brunch’ at Pretzel Park
Just after 11 a.m. Saturday, Jenn McCreary stood before the Pretzel Park microphone and began reading from her latest collection, “ ...
12 years ago
12 students suspended after brawl at MLK High [video]
Twelve students from Martin Luther King High School were suspended for three to 10 days ...
12 years ago
Corbett shows spunk in debate, perhaps too late
The stakes were high for Republican Governor Tom Corbett going into his first debate with Tom Wolf, his Democratic challenger. An ...
12 years ago
Muted controversy follows unaccompanied minors to Pennsylvania
While they’re no longer the top story on CNN, the federal government is still processing large numbers of Central American children ...
12 years ago
ListenN.J. Senate approves bill that could bring more charter schools to Camden
New Jersey state Senate Democrats yesterday backed Gov. Chris Christie’s revisions to a controversial bill to extend the Urban Hope ...
12 years ago
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