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 Steve Passio stands on Ridge Avenue in Roxborough. (Tracie Van Auken/for NewsWorks)

Roxborough athlete returns to be honored where he learned to play and compete

In some ways, Steve Passio was destined to be an athlete. Simple geography is one page of the playbook. Passio, 48, grew up ...

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 Tom Gordon outlines his FY 2015 budget (Shana O'Malley/for NewsWorks)

New projects, no new taxes proposed in New Castle County budget address

Public safety, clean water and economic development were the highlights of New Castle County Executive Tom Gordon’s proposed Fiscal Yea ...

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Down the Shore

Cold, blustery Wednesday: Frequent gusts over 40 mph; record lows possible at night

As yet another round of wintry precipitation ends overnight, gusty winds and winter-like temperatures will ensure a blustery Wednesday. ...

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 From left: Bobby Steggert, Frederick Weller, Grayson Taylor, and Tyne Daly in Terrence McNally's 'Mothers and Sons' on Broadway (Photo courtesy of Joan Marcus)
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Review: From Bucks County to Broadway, ‘Mothers and Sons’

“Mothers and Sons,” has gone the way of several plays that first came to life on the Bucks County Playhouse stage: Broadway.< ...

12 years ago

An NJ Transit train approaches the New Brunswick train station. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)

Man struck by train in New Brunswick, 4 others hurt by flying body parts

New Jersey Transit says a man was struck and killed by a train at a central New Jersey station, and four other people standing nearby wer ...

12 years ago

PlanPhilly
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March 26: Philly Flag Day tomorrow | Destination Frankford’s art projects | Moyamensing Place | EMT + Paramedics | Urban form as control

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PlanPhilly
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Councilwoman Tasco: Take a closer look at those “Apples”

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Aspirations for 22nd and Market memorial park design

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 Kimberly Inez McGuire, with National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, leads a protest chant for people siding with the government's position in the contraception mandate case. (Mary Wilson/WHYY)

U.S. Supreme Court hears ‘contraception mandate’ challenge

U.S. Supreme Court justices have heard arguments in a case that puts the federal Affordable Care Act’s “contraception mandate ...

12 years ago

Philly to get $100,000 innovation fund

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter wants to make the city a more innovative place. The latest effort is a $100,000 Innovation Fund to supp ...

12 years ago

 Deb Ellis, the executive director of the New Jersey Coalition to End Homelessness outlines her suggestions at a public hearing at the State Museum in Trenton (Phil Gregory/WHYY)

N.J. works on plan to end homelessness within a decade

New Jersey is one of only two states in the country without a 10-year plan to end homelessness. As a state council begins mapping out a p ...

12 years ago

 Former Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell is shown speaking to a crowd gathered in front of the White House in October 2011. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)

Rendell backs Kane in dispute over AG probe

Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell is defending the handling of a Philadelphia public corruption investigation by fellow Democrat Kathle ...

12 years ago

N.J. school suit advances against alleged bullies, parents

A New Jersey judge has ruled that a school district can sue the classmates who mocked and harassed a student. The case stems from ...

12 years ago

Education

Philly district orders school police to stay out of level 1 offenses

Philadelphia School District has directed school police officers to stop responding to calls related to Level 1 student conduct offenses. ...

12 years ago

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Some big budget Sandy projects still lack legal oversight

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