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Philly college campus closed after report of gun
Police are investigating a report of a person with a handgun at a community college in Philadelphia. No injuries were reported. Lt ...
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Passing Pa.’s standardized test to graduate from high school derided as ‘unfunded mandate’
State Sen. Andrew Dinniman, (D-Chester County), introduced legislation in Harrisburg Wednesday that would exempt Pennsylvania high school ...
12 years ago
A Salvation Army Kroc Center could be a game changer for Camden
“Big center, big impact, big goals; Our aim is to be an agent of change for generations.” Standing in a drama ...
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Philly ends bid to host 2024 Summer Olympics
The city of Philadelphia is pulling out of the effort to host the 2024 Summer Olympic Games. Mayor Michael Nutter said Wednesday t ...
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Clean-up efforts continue outside Germantown Town Hall
Allison Weiss rushed over to the corner of an overgrown garden space on the Haines Street side of the old Germantown Town Hall this weeke ...
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Planned smoking ban for N.J. beaches/parks won’t be 100 percent
For many New Jersey residents, there are few things more relaxing than enjoying the state’s beaches and parks. Lawmakers are decidi ...
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Dad to get life for tossing daughter into creek
A New Jersey man who tossed his 2-year-old daughter into a creek while she was strapped into her car seat is expected to be sentenced Wed ...
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N.J. students told to delete nude selfies or face the consequences
Students in a central New Jersey school district have been told to delete nude photos of themselves and classmates from their cellphones ...
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University: Poet, author Maya Angelou dies at 86
Author and poet Maya Angelou, who rose from poverty, segregation and violence to become a force on stage, screen and the printed page, ha ...
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Backdoor cold front arrives, brings much cooler air
A backdoor cold front swept into the area from New England early Wednesday morning, dropping temperatures nearly 30 degrees in some locat ...
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Harrisburg fighting blight with public art
A new initiative will try to use blight as a vehicle for displaying artwork in Pennsylvania’s capital city. Instead of plain ply ...
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Citibank’s Chelten Plaza branch closes two years after much-ballyhooed grand opening
At Citibank’s “Germantown Lending Center” grand-opening gathering ...
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The bipartisan betrayal of America’s war vets
Before we fault President Obama for the latest service failures at the Department of Veterans Affairs – and he indeed deserves blam ...
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Mt. Airy-based food anthropologist studies middle-class eating habits locally
Anthropologists don’t typically examine average middle-class American life. Immigrant populations, religious minorities, even hunter/ga ...
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Northwest Philly respite center gives homeless men a place to get better
Homeless men discharged from area hospitals after serious injuries or illnesses have a new place to convalesce. Philadelphia’ ...
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