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Lower Merion remembers desegregation and the end of Ardmore Ave. school
There’s a new historic marker in Lower Merion Township at the site of an elementary school that was shuttered in the weeks followin ...
13 years ago
Serving quietly as the ‘plumbing and wiring’ behind Philly’s arts activity
The Fringe Festival is just one of a myriad of arts organizations that call Philadelphia home. But for these organizations to survive and ...
13 years ago
Philly’s ’15 Nerdiest Places’ shows width and breadth of nerd culture
Philly’s a lot of things. And now “nerdy” is one of them. The “nerd news and humor” website Topless Robot h ...
13 years ago
Newark PD trying to ID some involved in Monday riot
Newark Police are trying to identify two young men seen climbing on cars during Monday night’s wild incident that saw more than one ...
13 years ago
Trader Joe’s to cut health benefits for part-time workers
A famously generous employer is cutting health benefits for some of its workers. Trader Joe’s told employees it will stop offering ...
13 years ago
Dangerous waves, rip currents at the Jersey Shore today
Long period swells from Tropical Storm Gabrielle ar ...
13 years ago
Sea level rise remains a major concern in Delaware
With an average height of 60 feet above sea level, Delaware is one of the most vulnerable states for flooding and land erosion resulting ...
13 years ago
A guide to Fringe Fest in Northwest Philly [Part 2 of 2]
The Neighborhood Fringe Festival continues this week and next with another set of shows and producers based out of Northwest Philly. Loca ...
13 years ago
Nine nerdy places in Philly that Topless Robot forgot
Nerd news site Topless Robot today offered a list of the 15 nerdiest places in Philadelphia. But it barely scratches the surface. Here ar ...
13 years ago
With street-cleaning plans in works, GSSD plan introduced at Council meeting
After years of planning, the organization tasked with cleaning up Germantown’s business corridor is another step closer to being re ...
13 years ago
Councilman wants to cap Philly real estate tax abatement
A move to limit real estate tax abatements in Philadelphia has been put on hold. Councilman Wilson Goode Jr. says he wants t ...
13 years ago
What if Philly mayor could not appeal contracts without council’s approval?
For years, the Nutter administration fought a contract an arbitrator awarded to Philadelphia firefighters. Now one city councilman ...
13 years ago
Pa. judge orders end to same-sex marriage licenses
A state court’s order to stop a Montgomery County court clerk from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples leaves nearly thre ...
13 years ago
Explainer: The National Flood Insurance program
Extreme storms like hurricanes Sandy and Katrina have introduced a new lexicon into discussions of both politics and policy, with words a ...
13 years ago
Wesley College student found with gun in class
Dover Police arrested a 19-year-old student who had a gun in his backpack while in class Tuesday. Wesley College sec ...
13 years ago
