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August 21: Our well-used bike lanes | ‘This Old City’ Mayoral platform | History of Taney | New Get Up street art

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PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Construction finally set to begin at 8200 Germantown Ave. site

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 A makeshift memorial is dedicated to  3-year-old Tynirah Borum who was fatally shot in the chest by a stray bullet Aug. 1.(Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

Pressing for tougher gun law in Philadelphia

City and state officials gathered near the scene where a 3-year-old girl was shot to death to push for a tougher gun law for Philadelphia ...

12 years ago

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 In May, Delaware River Port Authority CEO John Hanson, hands information cards to drivers in Camden at the toll lanes of the Benjamin Franklin Bridge between Camden and Philadelphia. The second phase of the PATCO train track replacement project over the bridge is set to begin this week. (AP Photo, file)

PATCO set for second phase of track work over Ben Franklin Bridge

PATCO commuters are in for round two of the track replacement project over the Benjamin Franklin Bridge starting Friday. CEO John ...

12 years ago

N.J. settles with another hotel over price gouging during Sandy emergency

New Jersey has come to terms with another business accused of price gouging during the state of emergency during and after Superstorm San ...

12 years ago

13-year-old girl reports attempted luring in E. Germantown

Philadelphia Police issued a Special Victims Unit bulletin regarding a Monday morning incident in which a 13-year-old girl reported that ...

12 years ago

Money

Pa. unemployment ticks up a bit, still down over past year [graphs]

The rate of unemployment in Pennsylvania rose for the first time in two years in July. A one-tenth of a percentage point rise brought the ...

12 years ago

 View of the Atlantic Ocean from a coastal entry point in Beach Haven, N.J. (Shumita Basu/for NewsWorks)

Next Exit Shore Guide (week of Aug 21- Aug 27)

Seems like Philly’s own Kevin Hart is everywhere these days, but this weekend the ...

12 years ago

Weekly Entertainment Guide – ‘Marilyn,’ ‘Borneo Odyssey,’ & Reel East Film Festival

14 things to do this week in the Philly region. Robin Bloom offers her picks. What’s Happening The Firs ...

12 years ago

Ready for toughest match-up yet, Taney Dragons inspire hopes and pride

Taney fever started simmering early in South Williamsport Wednesday. Fans from Philadelphia and beyond started filing into Lamade ...

12 years ago

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U.S. club drug law could put ravers at risk, says University of Delaware researcher

It’s been more than a decade since a federal law made venue owners criminally responsible when patrons use illegal club drugs. But ...

12 years ago

2 charged in Center City building collapse want mayor as witness

Two contractors charged in the June 2013 fatal Philadelphia building collapse have a lengthy witness list that includes Mayor Michael Nut ...

12 years ago

 A man watches as police walk through a cloud of smoke during a clash with protesters in Ferguson, Mo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
The Philadelphia Experiment

Chaos in Ferguson, Mo. leaves the U.S. Constitution in tatters

The fatal shooting of unarmed teen Michael Brown is a story whose aftermath has left the U.S. Constitution in tatters. It began on ...

12 years ago

6 hurt in Mt. Airy crash of ambulance, SUV

Authorities in Philadelphia say six people have been injured, one critically, in a three-vehicle crash involving an ambulance Wednesday m ...

12 years ago

  (L-R, clockwise) Daniel Duncan, Aja Whetstone, Kisha Duncan. (Photos courtesy of Philadelphia Police)

Judge dismisses numerous charges against Valley Green thefts-from-vehicles suspect

At a Tuesday preliminary hearing, a municipal-court judge dismissed four cases brought against a man who police say they observed trying ...

12 years ago

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