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A Manayunk-Roxborough double-header: Celebrating solstice and the arts
The first official days of summer got off to an event-filled start in Roxborough and Manayunk this weekend with both the inaugural Roxbor ...
12 years ago
Alan Greenberger on Rocky, the innovation gene and the virtues of the vertical
Alan Greenberger is Philadelphia’s deputy mayor for economic development and director of commerce. He also heads the city planning ...
12 years ago
How I survived the topsy-turvy pharmaceutical industry
When I first entered the pharmaceutical industry three decades ago, I could never have envisioned how dramatically the landscape would ch ...
12 years ago
Superintendent Hite: Pa. not providing Philly kids a ‘thorough and efficient’ education
Has Pennsylvania been coming through on its constitutional requirement to provide all children with a “thorough and efficient” ...
12 years ago
ListenU.S. high court won’t hear appeal, but N.J. lawmaker still bets on sports wagering
The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing a ban on sports betting in New Jersey to remain in place. But the lawmaker who’s been pus ...
12 years ago
Economists propose ditching penalty for companies that don’t offer health coverage
The employer mandate has been one of the most unpopular parts of the Affordable Care Act — especially among business owners. Now he ...
12 years ago
Environmentalists press N.J. to include open-space funding question on ballot
Environmental advocates are urging New Jersey lawmakers to approve a measure that would put an open-space preservation plan on the Novemb ...
12 years ago
Pa. may reconsider sending parents to jail over unpaid truancy fines
Two Pennsylvania lawmakers want to reduce the penalties for overdue truancy fines after a 55-year-old woman who had failed to pay $2,000 ...
12 years ago
Dems’ attempt to override Christie veto fails again in N.J.
An attempt to override Governor Chris Christie’s veto of a Sandy :bill of rights” has failed in the New Jersey Senate. ...
12 years ago
Children seeking donor lungs win broader access
A national transplant board has permanently adopted a rule that gives children a better shot at donor lungs.The vote comes a year after a ...
12 years ago
New walking trail announced in Elsmere
A new walking and biking trail is scheduled to be constructed in the town of Elsmere. The one-mile trail will connect Maple Avenue ...
12 years ago

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