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How Atlantic City killed an art museum and missed a golden opportunity
The open-air sculpture museum being curated by Lance Fung in the heart of Atlantic City calls to mind a similar tale. Legendary Philadelp ...
13 years ago
Work underway to transform abandoned Germantown church into vibrant school and community fixture
With financing in place and zoning approval obtained, work is underway to transform a vacant Germantown church into a private school. ...
13 years ago
From cooking to crafting, Roxborough Salvation Army brings seniors together
Several women sat around a table, cutting cucumbers for pickling and discussing whether or not one person at the table should be allowed ...
13 years ago
Review: ‘Noises Off’ and on, too
By now Michael Frayn’s farce about a dumb troupe of actors called “Noises Off,” which opened in Britain in 1982 and hit ...
13 years ago
End the filibuster once and for all
Back when Republicans controlled the U.S. Senate, minority Democrats employed and defended their use of the filibuster, blocking votes on ...
13 years ago
Does impatience sometimes stall, not spur, societal change?
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Of all the wise words attributed to Dr. Martin Luther King ...
13 years ago
Penn State to open 2014 football season in Ireland
Penn State will open its 2014 football season against the University of Central Florida in Ireland, the first international game for eith ...
13 years ago
Occupy Philly joins in nationwide protest as Nutter makes statement on Zimmerman acquittal
Across the nation, demonstrators are rallying against yesterday’s Florida verdict acquitting former neighborhood watch volunteer Ge ...
13 years ago
Cash-starved Pa. city to auction off Wild West artifacts
A collection of artifacts assembled by a former Pennsylvania mayor who dreamed of a Wild West museum and stockpiled the items using city ...
13 years ago
New Jersey Democrats asleep on education reform
This is part of a series from education blogger Laura Waters of NJ Left Behind. New Jersey’s polit ...
13 years ago
Delaware’s Brandywine Zoo closed until further notice
The Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington will be closed until further notice after a large oak tree fell on its monkey house. The tre ...
13 years ago