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Northwest Philly’s Valley Green Bank sold for $76 million, will retain name
Valley Green Bank, which takes its name from the verdant land that runs through its home turf in Northwest Philadelphia, will merge next ...
12 years ago
Filming Philadelphia’s Muslim past and present
For many Muslims born to immigrant parents in this country, our first encounters with an indigenous American Muslim tradition a ...
12 years ago
How an Instagram photo ignited a debate over racial diversity and school tradition
At first glance, the photo looks almost harmless. There she stands, wearing a Yale sweatshirt and wielding a hockey stick, her cri ...
12 years ago
Review: ‘Deathtrap,’ timed for thrills
You can hear a lot of gasping at Bucks County Playhouse these nights, and not primarily because “Deathtrap” is at times an an ...
12 years ago
N.J. going to federal court to block seismic tests off coast
The Christie Administration is taking legal action to halt a federally approved seismic ocean survey that is scheduled to start this mont ...
12 years ago
Residents of tiny Bay Point ponder N.J. offer to buy Sandy-struck property
Some of the images from Superstorm Sandy’s devastation are indelible — boardwalks shredded into splinters, beached tankers, e ...
12 years ago
ListenPartial collapse in West Philadelphia
A partial collapse of two rowhouses in West Philadelhia Monday left the homes sagging heavily toward the front and caused damage to an ad ...
12 years ago
Latest pop-up garden offers cool retreat, refreshing drinks on South Street
A giant mulberry tree shades hammocks in the back of an 8,000-square-foot vacant lot on South Street in Philadelphia. Umbrellas protect w ...
12 years ago
Can $2 cigarette tax keep Philly young people from picking up a habit?
A proposed cigarette tax hike in Philadelphia could send tens of millions of dollars to cash-strapped city schools, and health officials ...
12 years ago
Piping politics into the Pinelands Commission
Forces are converging in New Jersey to force the issue of whether or not a pipeline will be extended through the ...
12 years ago
Philly lawmaker cautions that cigarette tax for schools not a done deal
Last week, the Republican-held, tax averse Pennsylvania House of Representatives gave its blessing to Philadelphia’s $2-per-pack ci ...
12 years ago



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