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National Interest

Republican congressmen confront their own crazies

It’s that time of year again, the August recess, when House members go home to meet up with regular people. And you have to feel so ...

13 years ago

Drunken passenger forces flight back to Pa.

Officials say a flight bound for Spain had to return to Philadelphia after a drunken passenger caused a disruption and had to be restrain ...

13 years ago

 N.J. Senate President Stephen M. Sweeney listens, as Senate candidate Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker (foreground) addresses a gathering of supporters at an event in Deptford Township. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, file)

Cory Booker leads N.J. Senate race, but what’s his record in Newark?

Newark, N.J., Mayor Cory Booker is the leading candidate going into next week’s U.S. Senate primary election. Polls show him far ah ...

13 years ago

N.J. has 2 of 3 winners in $448M Powerball drawing

The Garden State may have to change its name to the Lucky State. Lottery officials say two of the three tickets for Wednesday̵ ...

13 years ago

 AP Photo/Matt Rourke, file)
Politics & Policy

No halfway for Fumo—straight to the mansion

Former Philadelphia state senator Vince Fumo, now out of prison, won’t spend any time in a halfway house after all. Fumo will spend ...

13 years ago

 Veteran puppet-maker Deborah Costine sculpts the head of a character she designed earlier this week.  (Amy DiPierro/For Newsworks)

Puppeteers mold, tinker and finger-dance at Swarthmore College for National Puppet Festival [photos]

More than 500 of the nation’s puppeteers have converged on Swarthmore College this week for their bi-annual festival of performance ...

13 years ago

 Some of the girls who will participate in the first Miss Camden Teen Queen Pageant. (Alaina Mabaso/for NewsWorks)

Miss Camden Teen Queen Pageant grew out of mentoring program

Bus fare adds up, Camden native Caress Green realized. Bringing eight teenage girls across the Delaware and back cost $40 that came from ...

13 years ago

 Ridge Flats, located at the site of the former Rivage Ballroom in East Falls, will consist of 146 apartment units and 9,300 square feet of retail space. (Photo courtesy of Onion Flats)

Phila. Zoning Board approves East Falls’ Ridge Flats project

The Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment has approved the proposed development of a five-story, net-zero energy building at the inters ...

13 years ago

 Lt. Edward Bier of the 39th Police District. (Matthew Grady/for NewsWorks, file)

Two young men arrested in connection to several East Falls vehicle break-ins

Police have announced the arrests of two young men in connection to several vehicle break-ins in East Falls. The names and residen ...

13 years ago

 Newark Mayor Cory Booker, Rep. Rush Holt, Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver and Rep. Frank Pallone stand during a camera test before a U.S. Senate Democratic Primary debate televised on NJTV from Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J. on Monday, Aug. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/NJTV, Joseph Sinnott)

Cory Booker’s support for school vouchers hasn’t hurt him yet

This is part of a series from education blogger Laura Waters of NJ Left Behind. Politico, the widely-rea ...

13 years ago

 Railings lead the way to the ocean over a newly rebuilt sand dune in Harvey Cedars N.J. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

New Jersey Recovery Fund awards $3.8 million in grants

The New Jersey Recovery Fund just announced this week that it had awarded ...

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

172nd District residents eligible for service award

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

August 8: Friends of Clark Park supports 4224 Baltimore | DAs office aggressively seizes houses | from Hippodrome to Villa | Feeling Use & Occupancy Tax hike | WaPo on More Park, Less Way

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

August 14: PhillyRising Conference

13 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

East Falls “passive house” cleared by zoning board

13 years ago

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