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N.J. school to pay $75K to settle bullying suit

A southern New Jersey school district has agreed to pay a student $75,000 to settle allegations that the district failed to take appropri ...

12 years ago

 Kindergarten students work on reading skills. Pennsylvania law doesn't require schools to offer kindergarten, and allows those that do to impose enrollment deadlines. (AP file Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Keystone Crossroads

Some schools stop kindergarten enrollment after Labor Day

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12 years ago

 Rep. Donald Blakey and Rep. Dennis Williams (Delaware State Legislature)

Two Delaware lawmakers unseated in Tuesday’s primary

One Democrat and one Republican lost their seats in the state House following Tuesday’s primary in Delaware. In the District ...

12 years ago

 Manasquan Inlet on July 2 by Dan Przygocki Photography.
Down the Shore

NWS: Severe thunderstorms possible Thursday

A cold front will sweep through New Jersey Thursday, delivering the chance of gusty thunderstorms, forecasters say.  In respo ...

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Down the Shore

Toms River High School South student charged with robbery, assault

Police charged a 17-year-old Toms River High School South student with various crimes after punching a school safety officer, removing mo ...

12 years ago

 Lucy Tight and Wayne Waxing make up the musical duo Hymn for Her.
Arts & Entertainment

Cigar-box guitar gives musical duo Hymn for Her unique sound

It’s got three strings, two pickups, and a broomstick handle. But what really makes Lucy Tight’s guitar stand out is its ciga ...

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 In this May 23, 2014, file photo, Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice pauses as he speaks during a news conference (Patrick Semansky/AP Photo, File)
National Interest

Clueless pundits cluck about domestic violence

If there’s any institution arguably more noxious than the National Football League, it has to be Fox News. Where else can you see c ...

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 Jimmie Reed (left) and Jimmy Duran stand in front of 26 Maplewood Mall, before it was transformed into a coffee shop, during happier times. (Neema Roshania/WHYY)

Little Jimmie’s Coffee Co. owners split after realizing ‘we wanted to do different things’

Jimmie and Jimmy have parted ways. The business partners who worked together to build ...

12 years ago

 Councilwoman Cindy Bass speaking in the new computer lab at Emlen Elementary School in Mt. Airy. (Marcus McCarthy/for NewsWorks)

33 new computers come to Emlen just in time for the new school year

Balloons lined the hallways of Eleanor Emlen Elementary School on Friday. The school’s new computer lab opened in a ceremony ...

12 years ago

 Come Saturday, you won't be able to see the Queen Lane Apartments tower anymore. (Brad Larrison/for NewsWorks)

Why the 14-second Queen Lane Apartments implosion will sound like ‘a thunderbolt’

Fourteen seconds. That’s roughly how long it will take to reduce Queen Lane Apartments to a pile of rubble Saturday morning, ...

12 years ago

 The office-staff cast of '9 to 5' at the end of a musical number in the Walnut Street Theatre production. (Photo courtesy of Mark Garvin)
Shapiro on Theater
Arts & Entertainment

Places, everyone! Our NewsWorks fall theater preview opens the season

The theater season has begun, and in a region with about 50 professional theater companies you can get anything you want over a few month ...

12 years ago

 Ken Simpler (Shana O'Malley/for NewsWorks)

Simpler, Wade win in Delaware GOP primary races

A light turnout of just 7 percent of Democrats and 14 percent of Repu ...

12 years ago

Delaware election returns

The ...

12 years ago

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Why the 14-second Queen Lane Apartments implosion will sound like ‘a thunderbolt’

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