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Escape the polar vortex, sip on warm winter drinks
Do you have the polar vortex blues? Have you been imagining yourself on a beach somewhere, sipping a Piña Colada? Since Philly do ...
12 years ago
Pension challenge looms large as Pa. Senate re-elects its leader
Pennsylvania’s Senate has convened for the first time this year, with remarks from its newly re-elected president pro tem urging ac ...
12 years ago
Regional mass transit chattering along in the cold
A morning setback for SEPTA regional transit born from Tuesday’s bitter cold has for the most part been resolved, leaving just some ...
12 years ago
ListenPhilly series revisits films of sexual revolution as vintage ‘adult’ movies get another showing
This weekend, the International House in Philadelphia’s University City will begin a monthlong series of films of the sexual revolu ...
12 years ago
ListenPhilly-area transit passengers have new way to report suspicious activity
A new public service campaign is under way in Philadelphia to let transit riders know how they can help keep the region’s transit s ...
12 years ago
ListenIn extreme cold, regional power grid could use a break
With Tuesday’s single-digit temperatures, the high demand for heat has sent electricity use soaring to record heights — and has c ...
12 years ago
N.J.’s GOP state chairman announces his resignation
New Jersey’s Republican Party state chairman is stepping down. Samuel Raia announced his resignation Tuesday, saying it woul ...
12 years ago
5 websites to help you meet your 2014 parenting goals
Do you ever vow at the beginning of the year to parent differently? But then around day two or three, tend to fall into the same patterns ...
12 years ago
PJM power grid operator calls for voluntary reduction in electric use from 3-7 p.m.
The company that operates the power grid for New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and ten other states is asking all users to reduce power ...
12 years ago
Sandusky awaits ruling on pension after hearing
Jerry Sandusky may have to wait months to find out if the state retirement system will reverse its decision to cancel his Penn State pens ...
12 years ago
New Castle County Police unveil new app
New Castle County police have released a new app designed to help residents interact with the department. In an effort to build pa ...
12 years ago
Car stolen from Del. home found in NJ
The dark gray Lexus stolen from a Wilmington home one day after the New Year was found in Newark, New Jersey, police said. N ...
12 years ago
Favorite NW Philly youth-sports coaches: Jacqueline and Andrew Urbine, East Falls soccer
When Jacqueline and Andrew Urbine moved away from East Falls this spring, they left behind a flourishing youth soccer program in Northwes ...
12 years ago
What the Jersey Shore looks like covered in snow and ice [photos]
Bare trees pass by in a blur along empty roads heading east, as the faint blue hue of winter storm clouds mark the horizon of Long Beach ...
12 years ago
Family values fraud: No right to privacy
It’s generally bad form to speak ill of the dead, but let us make an exception for Bill Young, the powerful Florida congressman who ...
12 years ago

