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Lawmakers consider amending N.J. scholarship requirement

A state Senate committee will consider a measure Monday aimed at ending confusion over a scholarship program that covers tuition at New J ...

12 years ago

 Fatima Byrd has a son at Steel and presents identification to be able to vote to keep the school public. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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Split voting results at Steel Elementary bring on the spin cycle

The results are in from an unusual election in Philadelphia’s Nicetown section.    Parents at Steel Elementary Sch ...

12 years ago

 Members of the Carpenters Union protest outside  the Pennsylvania Convention Center in May, 2014 (NewsWorks file photo)

Temporary deal cut to get union carpenters back to work at Pa. Convention Center

A short-term deal has been struck between the carpenters union and the Pennsylvania Convention Center. They will not be walking a picket ...

12 years ago

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Chestnut Hill McDonald’s held up at gunpoint

Police are seeking two unknown males who robbed the McDonald’s in Chestnut Hill on Wednesday. At 9:22 p.m. the suspects ente ...

12 years ago

 A view of a flooded Main Street on Thursday afternoon. The road was open by Friday, but the job of cleaning up remained. (Neema Roshania/WHYY)

‘Caught off guard,’ Main Street Manayunk cleans up after flooding

Main Street Manayunk was open to traffic once again on Friday morning after heavy rainfall on Wednesday flooded businesses and roads, clo ...

12 years ago

 Political newcomer Andrew Zwicker is running for New Jersey's 12th District (Image via Andrew Zwicker's Facebook)

N.J. physicist seeks to follow Holt’s footsteps to Congress

Among the four Democrats battling to succeed U.S. Rep. Rush Holt, who is retiring from Congress at the end of the year, political newcome ...

12 years ago

 Flooded street in Bogota, N.J. on Thursday, May 1, 2014, (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

N.J. flooding tied to shorter, more intense storms

All the rain earlier this week caused a lot of problems in many parts of New Jersey.  Flooding in the state is happening more often ...

12 years ago

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First Person: New Castle County Executive Tom Gordon

New Castle County’s tax rate will remain stable next year. That’s just one of the issues we discuss with County Executive Tom ...

12 years ago

 A motorist feeds a parking meter in Philadelphia in this 2009 photo. The city has since installed multi-space kiosks where drivers can pay electronically, but these old vestiges still linger in some neighborhoods. The Parking Authority is now looking into a new round of high-tech parking meters. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)

Smart parking meters could be in Philly’s future

The Philadelphia Parking Authority is thinking about going high tech when it comes to parking meters. As the PPA is phasing out it ...

12 years ago

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Institute for Advanced Study professor elected chair of Pulitzer Prize Board

Danielle Allen, a widely known scholar on justice and citizenship issues, has ...

12 years ago

 Councilman Jim Kenney (Nathaniel Hamilton/NewsWorks Photo, file)

Council Committee passes bill to arbitrate any Philly fire station closings

Philadelphia City Council is trying to make it much harder to close down a fire station.  The proposed restrictions would dem ...

12 years ago

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Anti-puppy mill bill introduced in Philadelphia City Council

The ASPCA says Pennsylvania has some of the toughest laws in the country regulating commercial dog breeders. But a Philadelphia Ci ...

12 years ago

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 Philadelphia will host seven tours including one of Chinatown for the eighth annual international Jane's Walk. (Kim Paynter/WHYY)
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Jane’s Walk tours highlight Philadelphia neighborhoods

This weekend marks the eighth annual international “Jane’s Wal ...

12 years ago

 Peter Crimmins talks with head gardener Todd Greenberg about Bartram's Garden's oldest living tree, a yellowwood, whose fallen branches were reclaimed for art. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Wood artists salvage beauty from destruction at Bartram’s Garden

In the wake of a historic deluge of rain this week, an Old City gallery is remembering another storm from four years ago. In the w ...

12 years ago

 In this June 24, 1961, file photo, Villanova sprinter Frank Budd (right) is congratulated by coach James Elliott after winning the 100-yard dash at the National AAU track and field championships in New York, with a world record time of 9.2 seconds. Budd, an Olympic sprinter and former 100-meter dash world record holder, died Tuesday, April 29, 2014, Villanova University said. He was 74. (AP Photo/File)

Former 100-yard dash record-holder Frank Budd dies

Olympic sprinter and former 100-yard dash world record-holder Frank Budd has died at 74. Villanova University says Budd, an alumnu ...

12 years ago

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