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Scranton is running out of pension money

The City of Scranton could be bankrupt in less than five years, according to a new report from the Pennsylvania Auditor General ...

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 Orleans Technical Institute's electrical trade students celebrate the school's 40th anniversary [Image courtesy of Orleans Technical Institute]

Celebrating 40 years of a school where you get your hands dirty

A Philadelphia institution of higher learning is celebrating its 40th anniversary. But the school isn’t an “Ivy” or ...

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 The former Best Western on 22nd Street is being demolished to make way for luxury apartments and a bigger Whole Foods Market. (Emma Lee/WHYY)

Development in Art Museum neighborhood includes market, luxury apartments

Philadelphia’s Art Museum neighborhood will soon be home to a new mixed-use development. The massive project, called “Rodin S ...

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The cupboard is bare for one Delaware nonprofit

The Sunday Breakfast Mission is struggling to feed Wilmington’s growing homeless and working poor populations. “Our sh ...

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N.J. gives firm $6M tax credit to move one floor

New Jersey is giving an Atlanta-based company $6 million in tax credits to move its rented office space up one floor in a Jersey City hig ...

12 years ago

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No charges filed in the death of a firearms instructor

Prosecutors in Arizona say they will not file charges in the death of a firearms instructor who was showing a vacationing 9-year-old New ...

12 years ago

Driver dies after shooting, car crash, structure collapse

Authorities say a driver shot multiple times was pronounced dead after his car slammed into a north Philadelphia building, which partiall ...

12 years ago

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National Interest

The product rollout of Al Sharpton 2.0

It’s often said that Americans have a gift for reinventing themselves, for writing second acts in their lives, and these days Exhib ...

12 years ago

 Steve Ebner stands in Manayunk Timber, the city's only sawmill. (Emily Brooks/for NewsWorks)

Manayunk Timber owner reclaims wood to breathe new life into Philadelphia’s old buildings

Steve Ebner has seen the heart of Philadelphia — and it’s made out of wood. The carpenter and woodworker has owned and operated t ...

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Pennsylvania SPCA officials find three emaciated dogs inside West Oak Lane home

A man was cited Wednesday after investigators say they found three emaciated dogs inside his home.   Humane law enforc ...

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Pa. Municipal League launches best practices campaign and recognizes Lancaster

Lancaster is the “gold standard” in sustainable local government, according to the Pennsylvania Municipal League. The ...

12 years ago

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Nothing can dim this nerd girl’s four-eyed pride

I’m a librarian. A reader. I identify as a four-eyed person. I’ve always worn glasses. I got my first pair in the second grad ...

12 years ago

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Six takeaways for Philly policymakers from the Bicycle Coalition’s new report

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New waterfront park coming to Bridesburg

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August 28: Elected Official A | Spruce Street Harbor Park extended | Philly construction jobs boom | Meet GroJLart

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