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 (L to R) Sarah Wilson, Jesse Keenan, Jon Scherer and Shira Cohen represent Wissahickon Charter at Outward Bound's

Wissahickon Charter sends team to rappel down One Logan Square

Last week, Jesse Keenan didn’t think he would be stepping off the roof of a skyscraper. On Friday, the real estate appraiser rappel ...

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Politics & Policy

Pa. agents seek information from Philly-area senator

Agents from the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office have used a search warrant to request information from two district offices ...

13 years ago

 Ground was broken Saturday at Wayne Avenue and Harvey Street for the Waldorf School of Philadelphia's future site. (Matthew Grady/for NewsWorks)

Despite project delays, Waldorf School breaks ground in Germantown

While a blue tarp covering the roof and wooden support beams suggesting much exterior work remains, families and staffers from the Waldor ...

13 years ago

 A tax bill heading to the Pa. Senate would allow the city of Philadelphia to legally tie a scofflaw's property, outside the city, to their debt in the city. A person who owes the city of Philadelphia more than $70,000 dollars in property taxes owns this suburban home (Image via Google courtesy of PACDC)

Pennsylvania Senate to vote on bill that takes on tax scofflaws

The Pennsylvania Senate is expected to vote the week of Oct. 21 on a tool to help cities go after tax delinquents. The bill allows ...

13 years ago

 Guest commentator Rev. Steven Lawrence is administrative assistant to the pastor of the White Rock Baptist Church. (Kimberly Paynter/for NewsWorks)
Politics & Policy

Our great society remains another dream deferred

This week, Rev. Steven Lawrence, administrative assistant to the Pastor of the White Rock Baptist Church, joins NewsWorks as a guest ...

13 years ago

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 Rick Hohensee of Washington holds a 'Fire Congress' sign near the House steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2013 (Evan Vucci/AP Photo)

Self-serving fallout from government shutdown surfaces

The 16-day federal shutdown for now is over, and elected officials and strategists assessing the effect on political capital are finding ...

13 years ago

 The self-described queer Latino group, GALAEI, spearheaded the POSITIVO campaign with a $66,000 grant from the city's health department (Elisabeth Perez-Luna/for NewsWorks)

Latino HIV campaign features community faces and stories

If you’ve flipped through local newspapers, social media feeds, or walked around North Philadelphia over the last few weeks, you mi ...

13 years ago

 Joanne Schailey feeds cake to Beth Asaro during their wedding reception at the Phillip L. Pittore Justice Center in Lambertville, N.J.  (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Gay marriages begin in New Jersey

In the early hours of Monday morning, couples in New Jersey celebrated the first same-sex marriages in the state’s history. ...

13 years ago

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New “downtown” definition shows where Philly ranks

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Bill that would lift nightclub ban to be amended

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October 21: Navy Yard groundbreaking | Reading Viaduct advocates unite | Crackdowns at Broad and Olney | Future Fabric Row | Wharton Hall restoration

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October 21-25: Bartram’s books | Rania Ghosn | Washington Avenue | Spirits of The Woodlands

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Senator-to-be Booker to perform N.J. gay weddings

U.S. Sen.-elect Cory Booker says he will officiate at weddings of both gay and heterosexual couples as the mayor of Newark now that New J ...

13 years ago

AP CEO: Press freedom vs. security a ‘false choice’

The president and CEO of The Associated Press says that governments that try to force citizens to decide between a free press and nationa ...

13 years ago

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