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Parents object to Philly school safety chief with history of abuse claims
The Philadelphia School District has made a controversial choice for its chief safety officer. Some parents are not happy the dist ...
13 years ago
ListenPhilly councilman proposes crackdown on auto-related businesses
A proposed zoning change could make it tougher for some automobile-related businesses to set up shop in Philadelphia. The bill pro ...
13 years ago
ListenHate mail not only surprise about same-sex version of Romeo and Juliet
The small theater company in West Philadelphia has altered Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” by making both Romeo and Ju ...
13 years ago
Philly offering help for people behind on property taxes
There are two new programs to help Philadelphia homeowners with overdue property taxes. Philadelphia Revenue Commissioner Clarena ...
13 years ago
ListenPhilly City Council votes to sell tax liens to private debt collectors
Philadelphia City Council has approved a bill to sell of tax liens to generate cash for the city and public schools. The city ...
13 years ago
Listen‘Redskins’ nickname must be axed, Neshaminy H.S. newspaper says
A high school newspaper in Bucks County has vowed not to print the word “Redskins,” the long-cherished nickname for all of th ...
13 years ago
ListenWhy Neshaminy student newspaper won’t publish the ‘R-word’
The “Redskin,” Neshaminy’s long-time moniker, has come under fire time and time again from community members for i ...
13 years ago
School mascot a point of pride for Neshaminy High School
The conflict questions the very foundations of Neshaminy pride — the district’s mascot, the Redskin. It has been one of the funda ...
13 years ago
Did you turn your heat on for the first time last night? The coldest overnight reading was 24 degrees in Walpack, Sussex County, while it ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia’s city-backed seed fund just announced its first investment
And the first investment from ...
13 years ago
ListenThe fainting conspiracy: Paranoids unite!
Let’s revisit Richard Hofstadter, the noted historian who, half a century ago, ...
13 years ago
Shop failed electric inspection before boardwalk fire
One of the stores on a New Jersey boardwalk that was destroyed by fire failed an electrical inspection after Superstorm Sandy. Rec ...
13 years ago
East Mt. Airy residents prevail as abandoned site becomes public park
Philadelphia now has six more acres of public parkland, thanks to an effort kick-started by residents nearly 20 years ago. The wil ...
13 years ago
New Jersey State Police trooper saves choking teenager on side of highway
A quick thinking New Jersey State Police trooper saved the life of a choking teenager on the side of a highway Sunday. Troopers Ja ...
13 years ago