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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 ...
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‘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 ...
13 years ago
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 ...
13 years ago
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 ...
13 years ago
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 ...
13 years ago
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 ...
13 years ago
ListenInstitute for Advanced Study professor elected chair of Pulitzer Prize Board
Danielle Allen, a widely known scholar on justice and citizenship issues, has ...
13 years ago
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 ...
13 years ago
ListenAnti-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 ...
13 years ago
ListenJane’s Walk tours highlight Philadelphia neighborhoods
This weekend marks the eighth annual international “Jane’s Wal ...
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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 ...
13 years ago
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 ...
13 years ago
Delaware sees late surge in health insurance enrollment
More than 18,600 Delawareans registered for health care coverage by April 15, the final deadline of the 2014 Affordable Care Act enrollme ...
13 years ago
Pa. fights paying Sandusky’s pension
Attorneys argue that Pennsylvania can stop paying a pension to former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky because of his e ...
13 years ago
More non-gambling fun planned for AC this summer
Volleyball Olympians, boxing matches between police and firefighters, a sand sculpting competition, free concerts on the beach, and dared ...
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