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Imhotep founder, ‘Mama Chris’ Wiggins, honored for educational legacy
It was a weekend of highs and lows for Imhotep Institute Charter High School founder and CEO, M. Christine “Mama Chris” Wiggi ...
13 years ago
35th Police District’s Christmas party at special-needs school inspired by personal challenges
For Philadelphia Police Officer Roslyn Downing, the 35th District’s annual Christmas party is more than an assignment. It’s p ...
13 years ago
How to see through sound with Philadelphia’s Austin Seraphin
A look at echolocation and how some people in the blind community are navigating through life on sounds alone. ...
13 years ago
ListenBenefits on the verge of ending for hard-core unemployed
Unless Congress acts, Dec. 28 could bring the end of extended unemployment benefits for 180,000 people in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and De ...
13 years ago
ListenHow a highly politicized Port Authority made the GWB scandal possible
The Bridge-gate scandal that forced the resignations of two of Gov. Chris Christie’s ...
13 years ago
Anderson sentenced to 4 years detention for witness intimidation on Twitter
A Philadelphia teen will spend the next four years of his life at a juvenile detention center for using his Twitter account to intimidate ...
13 years ago
Volcker Rule just more ‘Big Brother’ banking, a failure of meaningful regulation
With the approval last week of the Volcker Rule, federal regulators have laid the foundation for a yet another Congressional attempt at c ...
13 years ago
When Bing Crosby crooned his dream of a “white Christmas,” he ...
13 years ago
Pedestrian safety discussed in Rehoboth
After an increase in pedestrian fatalities this year, a group working to improve conditions for people walking on the road will hold anot ...
13 years ago
Top 50 photos of 2013 in NW Philadelphia [41-50]
Today, NewsWorks‘ Northwest Philadelphia team launches a week-long look at our favorite photographs that ran on our pages ...
13 years ago
Imhotep Panthers outmatched in state championship-football game [video]
The time for his tears had ended. They already flowed as the clock struck zero on his team’s uncharacteristically sloppy 41- ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia Girls Choir visits Germantown for winter sing-along [gallery]
Members of the Philadelphia Girls Choir visited the Wesley Enhance Living community at Stapley in Germantown on Saturday for a winter con ...
13 years ago
The real ‘American Hustle’: Abscam and its lasting impact on New Jersey
The film “American Hustle,” slated to open Friday, chronicles a ...
13 years ago
Ferrell says he studied former Philly anchor for Ron Burgundy character
The movie “Anchorman 2” comes out this week. Star Will Ferrell says one of the lead characters was modeled on a former ...
13 years ago
ListenGay teacher’s firing might be both wrong and legal
The firing of Michael Griffin by Holy Ghost Preparatory School in Bucks County was distressing. The private Catholic school fired ...
13 years ago
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