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Wildwood days, neon lit nights draw the next generation of beachgoers
I can’t think about the Wildwoods as anything but members of a family with similar features, yet each is somehow a distinct, unique ...
12 years ago
ListenDelaware I-495 bridge repair now added to federal transportation bill [video]
As state leaders work to find a solution to the damaged bridge structure, one state leader is calling for better funding for infrastructu ...
12 years ago
AG Kane files criminal charges against Marcellus Shale waste hauler
State Attorney General Kathleen Kane has filed 64 criminal charges against a Northumberland County company that hauls waste and equipment ...
12 years ago
Councilman wants to take a chance on 50-50 drawing for Philly schools
Philadelphia’s public schools would have some good luck for a change if a city councilman’s plan for a new lottery game comes ...
12 years ago
ListenNew Jersey schools to comply with special-education settlement
A landmark court settlement that requir ...
12 years ago
Councilman sick of losing Philly sidewalks to construction fencing
A Philadelphia city councilman, who says construction projects are crowding out pedestrians in the city, is proposing major fines for con ...
12 years ago
ListenVIDEO: Coast Guard rescues man from jetty in Cape May Wednesday
The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a fisherman from a jetty in Cape May Wednesday after he was tossed out of his boat by another vessel’s ...
12 years ago
Man killed in Claymont shooting
New Castle County Police are investigating a homicide at the Fieldcrest Apartments just before 10 p.m. Thursday. Police were calle ...
12 years ago
The Bowe Bergdahl brouhaha: Verdict first, evidence later
What’s most disturbing about the Bowe Bergdahl story – and so noxiously predictable – is the mad rush to judgment in ad ...
12 years ago
Updated towpath design aims to make boardwalk a ‘center of Manayunk’
Plans are nearly complete for the million-dollar redesign of a former towpath that skirts the Manayunk Canal. On Wednesday night, ...
12 years ago
Seattle college shooting and the ghosts of Philadelphia
On Thursday when I learned that one person was killed and three others wounded in a shooting at Seattle Pacific University, I was numb. ...
12 years ago
ListenWith marriage a reality, normal life in Philly is no longer a dream
In my nearly six years of living in Philadelphia, I’ve fallen for this city. I want to buy a house. I want to stay. And until May 2 ...
12 years ago
Delaware 495 bridge to stay closed ‘weeks to months’; fed money on the way to help [video]
Federal highway officials are sending $2 million in emergency funding to Delaware to help with some of the costs associated with the clos ...
12 years ago
Proposed tax breaks could help Camden projects
A New Jersey legislative committee has advanced a bill to offer tax breaks to some projects in the pipeline in the state’s poorest ...
12 years ago
Giving Pa. lawmakers a little push
Legislative proposals at the top of the government reform agenda have stalled in Pennsylvania House and Senate committees this year. ...
12 years ago
