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Education

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

 The Salvation Army is building a Kroc Center in Camden. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

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 ...

12 years ago

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 ...

12 years ago

a person clears plants in a garden by a building.

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 ...

12 years ago

 A new amendment would allow for smoking zones (Photo courtesy of NJ Spotlight)

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 ...

12 years ago

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 ...

12 years ago

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 ...

12 years ago

 In this April 5, 2014 photo, Maya Angelou answers questions at her portrait unveiling at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. (AP Images for National Portrait Gallery/Paul Morigi)

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 ...

12 years ago

Down the Shore

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 ...

12 years ago

 Harrisburg Mayor Eric Papenfuse talks with a city resident at an event to highlight an initiative that will board up blighted buildings with artwork.  (Emily Previti/WITF)
Keystone Crossroads

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 ...

12 years ago

 Scenes from the March 2012 ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Citibank branch in Chelten Plaza. The location is now closed. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

Citibank’s Chelten Plaza branch closes two years after much-ballyhooed grand opening

At Citibank’s “Germantown Lending Center” grand-opening gathering ...

12 years ago

National Interest

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 ...

12 years ago

 PhD candidate Neri de Kramer in her Mt. Airy home. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

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 ...

12 years ago

 Frank Harper reads his Bible as he recuperates from a heart condition at the  Depaul House respite center in Germantown. (Emma Lee/ for NewsWorks)

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’ ...

12 years ago

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Keystone Crossroads

Small steps towards a study of combining police forces in Dauphin County

Dauphin County’s examination of a regional police department is entering the formal stage. Commissioner Mike Pries first broached t ...

12 years ago

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