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Overhaul of billboard regulations approved by Council committee

13 years ago

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Urban Planning

A two-day brainstorm on the future of cities

13 years ago

Pa. doctors seek new admitting system to ease shortage of psychiatric beds

Pennsylvania doctors are warning that a high demand for mental health services are putting pressure on hospital emergency rooms. & ...

13 years ago

Montgomery County program helps aging vets stay in their homes

Nearly half of Pennsylvania’s 1 million veterans are 65 or older. In Montgomery County, a program is sending health aides to the ho ...

13 years ago

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UPDATE: Scheduled power outage to impact apartment complex in Toms River Tuesday

Electric utility work will result in a power outage in a small area of Toms River Tuesday. Earlier, the township’s Office of ...

13 years ago

Fire reported in Chadwick Beach Island late Monday afternoon

Firefighters are on the scene of a residential structure fire in the Chadwick Beach Island section of Toms River late Monday afternoon. ...

13 years ago

 Filipino children play as houses damaged by Typhoon Haiyan are seen in the background in Marabut, Philippines, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013. (Dita Alangkara/AP Photo, file)

Filipinos in New Jersey await word on relatives

Filipinos in the United States are watching anxiously as authorities assess the damages wrought by Typhoon Haiyan last week. It’s f ...

13 years ago

$4.2 billion ViroPharma sale latest in trend of smaller firms being ‘swallowed up’

The Exton-based drug ViroPharma has been sold to Shire Pharmaceuticals for $4.2 billion. The sale is part of a larger trend in the Philad ...

13 years ago

Dave Davies: Off Mic

Boyle introduces himself to Congressional voters

I first met Brendan Boyle  in 2004, when he was knocking on door after door in Northeast Philadelphia, trying to unseat a 20-year in ...

13 years ago

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Speak Easy

‘In God we trust’ bill in Pa. House promotes a divisive religious message

I have serious problems with a bill sponsored by Pa. Rep. Rick Saccone (R-Allegheny), ...

13 years ago

 Blair Hall, a freshman and sophomore dormitory, at Princeton University.  (Alan Tu/WHYY)

Meningitis at Princeton University spreads to 7th student

Princeton University continues to deal with an outbreak of a contagious and sometimes deadly infection. State health officials hav ...

13 years ago

Veterans enjoy live jazz music at the Philadelphia Veterans Center on 4th street, which hosted a day-long celebration for homeless vets. (Emma Lee/for NewsWorks)

Philly nonprofit honors homeless vets

More than 60,000 veterans are homeless on any given day, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. On Mon ...

13 years ago

Money

Wynn scraps plans for a Philadelphia casino

Wynn Resorts, headed by casino mogul Steve Wynn has withdrawn it’s proposal to build a casino and 300-room luxury hotel in Philadel ...

13 years ago

Pa. farmers offering corn mazes, hayrides and the like seek liability protection

A state House proposal to limit the liability of farmers hosting “agritainment” on their property has hit a rough patch in Pe ...

13 years ago

 Hundreds of people attend Veterans Day ceremonies at the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial in Holmdel, N.J. (Phil Gregory/for NewsWorks)

Hundreds honor troops at N.J. Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Throughout the country and the region, Veterans Days ceremonies marked the sacrifices and service of U.S. troops. Hundreds of peop ...

13 years ago

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