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Philly school counselors struggle to help seniors with college plans
As application deadlines loom for many of the nation’s top colleges, guidance counselors in Philadelphia’s traditional public ...
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Grading Pa. lawmakers and Philly City Council
Education advocates have released a report card on the performance of Philadelphia City Council and the Pennsylvania General Assembly. In ...
12 years ago
What Philly sounds like to this blind resident
Austin Seraphin has been blind since birth. Using sound, he can “see.” Really? Yes. (For the full story on Austin and ...
12 years ago
Councilwomen Cindy Bass and Marian Tasco join in holiday bike giveaway
City Councilwomen Cindy Bass and Marian Tasco joined in with representatives from engineering firm CH2M HILL on Friday morning to distrib ...
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Are half of all Americans wasting their money on vitamins?
Millions of Americans who rely on supplements and multivitamins to ward off winter colds are now wondering whether to bother after this w ...
12 years ago
ListenEncouraging civic engagement among youth
In his weekly message, Delaware Governor Jack Markell highlights the importance of encouraging civic engagement among youth in Delaware.< ...
12 years ago
$16,400 of property stolen from Germantown restaurant
At 7:50 a.m. on Dec. 19, an unknown male entered Temptations Gourmet Restaurant, 218 West Chelten Ave. in Germantown, through a side door ...
12 years ago
Handgun fired at West Oak Lane bar before $575 stolen
Police are seeking the public’s assistance in finding an unknown male who entered the Whisper Inn, 7610 Ogontz Ave. in West Oak Lan ...
12 years ago
Review: A breezy ‘Wind in the Willows’
Quintessence Theatre Group, dedicated to the classics, stages most of its work in a bare-bones setting. Whenever I see the repertory trou ...
12 years ago
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But I don’t want to get gay-married
The drama, expectations and divorce rates don’t exactly sell same-sex marital bliss simply because it’s legal. ...
12 years ago
Historic property next to ‘Germantown White House’ burglarized [video]
Philadelphia Police are seeking information that will help them track down the unknown man who broke into the historic Bringhurst House o ...
12 years ago
Pit bull fans rally around Philly bar with ‘no Eagles’ policy
Pit bull lovers are rallying around a Philadelphia bar this Sunday, while the Eagles take the field. The owner of Doobie’s has refu ...
12 years ago
ListenWill weekend warmup help small businesses rebound from snow and cold?
What a difference a week makes. Small businesses in the region are looking to this weekend’s predicted balmy temperatures to recove ...
12 years ago
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Remembering those who died homeless on Philly’s streets
Violinist Shandi Beardsley played Pachebel’s Canon in D Minor, a personal favorite, as volunteers took turns at the microphone read ...
12 years ago
Delaware unemployment drops to 6.5 percent
The First State’s stubbornly stagnant unemployment rate is finally making a big move in the right direction. The latest repo ...
12 years ago