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March 4: Evolving South Kensington | Tax relief measures | Big changes at 17th and Carpenter | Hope for Lawncrest

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Politics & Policy

PGW selling for $1.86 billion [roundup]

12 years ago

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Swarthmore team takes a shot at motivating college kids to get flu vaccine

Economists at Swarthmore College are looking for ways to better motivate college students to get a flu shot. Right now, only about ...

12 years ago

 Bank of America donated several Andy Warhol prints to the 2014 Philadelphia Flower Show. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philly Flower Show offers glimpse of spring, mood boost for winter-weary souls

“Long and tough winter fatigue” is not a disorder that you would find in a diagnostic manual, but it’s a malady definit ...

12 years ago

 W. Wilson Goode and Frank Rizzo (foreground) are shown shaking hands in the midst of Philadelphia's 1983 Democratic mayoral primary race. After losing, Rizzo put his support behind Goode, a move that Republican mayoral candidate John Egan said led to a lucrative position for Rizzo at Philadelphia Gas Works. (AP Photo/Cliff Hence, file)
Dave Davies: Off Mic

PGW: Run, and ruined, by politicans?

As Philadelphians consider whether the city should sell the municipally owned Philadelphia Gas Works, one issue in the debate will be whe ...

12 years ago

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64-year-old woman reported missing in Roxborough

Philadelphia Police are seeking the public’s help to locate a 64-year-old woman who was last seen at her home in the 500 block of P ...

12 years ago

Philly principals to vote on contract deal with significant concessions

The president of the union representing Philadelphia School District principals has reached a tentative agreement with the district on th ...

12 years ago

 Local IBEW 98 pickets near the Trolley Car Diner. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks, file)

Union protest continues outside Mt. Airy’s Trolley Car Diner

After a series ...

12 years ago

Wyoming Street in Hazelton, Pa. was once nearly vacant but since a wave of immigration, almost 90% of storefronts are filled. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY, file)

U.S. Supreme Court turns down Hazleton on laws aimed at immigrants

After eight years, the legal battle over the City of Hazleton’s ordinances targeting immigrants in the country illegally has ended. ...

12 years ago

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Speak Easy

Is anti-smoking employment policy smart health care or merely discrimination?

It’s nearly impossible to be a smoker today. In Philadelphia, the ...

12 years ago

 Florist Michael Bruce of Collingswood, N.J. designed 'Grounds for Sculpture.' (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Arrangements in living color spring from frame to Philly Flower Show

In spite of the snow, the Philadelphia Flower Show continues. As the world’s largest indoor flower show, it can pretend winter does ...

12 years ago

 The latest snowfall covers the ground in Brick, N.J. (Phil Gregory/for NewsWorks)

Seemingly endless winter no record-breaker in N.J.

Even with more than a dozen storms, this is not likely to end up being the snowiest, coldest or most troublesome winter on record in New ...

12 years ago

 Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is shown Monday at City Hall announcing that UIL Holdings Corp. of New Haven, Conn., plans to purchase Philadelphia Gas Works. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)

Philadelphia announces winning bidder for PGW

Philadelphia Gas Works is being sold to a New Haven, Conn., energy company. The deal is worth $1.86 billion. “There was a ti ...

12 years ago

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A snow miss, but still a few headaches in Philadelphia

The “major snowstorm” that was supposed to hit the region Monday proved to be nothing more than a nuisance. But city official ...

12 years ago

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Building a winter bond in Delaware through chocolate

As you ponder this latest snow storm it is worth looking back at a weekend event in Rehoboth now in its 24th year. Three thousand ...

12 years ago

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