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Smokin’ Joe Frazier statue will soon get bronzed, April installation expected
Like the moment it indelibly captures, the gargantuan clay, foam and metal figure in a second-floor Frankford Avenue art studio gives off ...
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Obamacare, the incredible shrinking campaign issue
Back in the distant days of yore – circa 2013 – Republicans viewed Obamacare as the meatiest, juiciest issue of the ’14 campaig ...
12 years ago
Spoiling mummery and memories by cutting South Philly from parade route
A possible change to the Mummer’s Day Parade, reportedly backed by leaders of all five Mummers divisions (comics, wenches, stri ...
12 years ago
Still no official confirmation, but Pope Francis again mentions Philly visit
From the mouth of the pope, himself? Not enough. Even if Pope Francis tells you, flat-out, that he wants to visit the City of Brot ...
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ListenPa. law requires expectant parents be given information on Down syndrome after diagnosis
In the early 1980s, a Down syndrome diagnosis meant a life expectancy of just 25 years. But now, Down syndrome babies will live to an ave ...
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ListenPa. youth groups share $65,000 from Huntingdon Valley swim club case
Funds from a swim club discrimination settlement have been distributed to six youth groups in the Philadelphia area. The $65,000 i ...
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OARC may be target of FBI probe
The FBI has reportedly questioned four people about the Ogontz Avenue Revitalization Corporation, a once-powerful and politically connect ...
12 years ago
ListenScenes from the 2014 Philadelphia Folk Festival [gallery]
The three-day Philadelphia Folk Festival was held from Friday, Aug. 15 through Sunday, Aug. 17 on the Old Pool Farm in Schwenksville.&nbs ...
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New research consortium to focus on Philly’s schools in quest for best practices
A first-of-its-kind ...
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U.S. legislators from N.J. urged to back tougher standards for transporting oil by rail
Some New Jersey lawmakers are urging the state’s congressional delegation to support proposed federal regulations for rail tank car ...
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Hearing could set course for drug prosecutions
The manager of Delaware’s controlled substances lab says the office was in serious disarray when she took over last year. ...
12 years ago
As Fringe installation, ‘WetLand’ floats ideas of crisis, survival and adventure
Alongside the river wall on Delaware Avenue, outside Philadelphia’s Independence Seaport Museum, visitors will encounter a strange ...
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