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Is City Council with Philadelphia schools or against them?
With the doomsday budget here, we have heard a lot about the sorry state of our schools and our gover ...
13 years ago
Camden Sears building demolition part of a bigger plan for a business park
When Campbell Soup Co. began demolishing the historic Sears building on Camden’s Admiral Wilson Boulevard last week, the striking o ...
13 years ago
Wired Beans owner ‘definitely’ plans to open new cafe in Germantown
One week after he told NewsWorks that his year-old coffee shop in Germantown’s Chelten Plaza was closing for good, Robert ...
13 years ago
39th Police District: Where $15K worth of cigarettes were stolen
This list covers June 7-10, 2013. (Part I crime reports for June 11-13 were not made available by the 39th District this week). &n ...
13 years ago
5th blotter: U-Haul truck stolen from Ridge Ave.
June 1 7:30 p.m. Theft: 4500 block of Fleming St. Vehicle entered; nothing taken. 8 p.m. Residential Burgl ...
13 years ago
Celebrating glamorous past of the SS United States in hopes of preserving its future
The giant ocean liner that has been moored in South Philadelphia for almost two decades is being given a party in Love Park Tuesday after ...
13 years ago
Two dead in Pennsauken shooting
Authorities say a man and woman were killed in a shooting in a southern New Jersey doctor’s office. Camden County Prosecutor ...
13 years ago
Poll: Christie victory unlikely to make way for GOP legislators
According to a poll by Rutgers-Eagleton, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will be sporting some short coattails this election se ...
13 years ago
PICA says Philly finances doing better, schools still in big trouble
As the budget process in Philadelphia nears a conclusion, the group that oversees the city’s finances is cleaning off its magnifyin ...
13 years ago
Revised FEMA maps cheered by shore residents, criticized by environmentalists
The outcry that greeted FEMA’s preliminary flood maps officially adopted by Gov. Chris Christie in the aftermath of Sandy began alm ...
13 years ago
Planned chicken wing restaurant ruffles the feathers of some Mt. Airy residents
A chicken wing franchise has left some Mt. Airy neighbors hot and bothered after both the owner and landlord failed to meet with the comm ...
13 years ago
The final month: Last principal in Germantown High history addresses graduating seniors
Germantown High School’s Acting Principal Alexis Greaves took over for predecessor Margaret Mullen-Bavwidinsi in April after she re ...
13 years ago
In 1907, Mark Twain published a scathing attack on Christian Science, which held that all illness lay in the mind. In his trad ...
13 years ago
Letter: With common sense, Pa. budget can save public education statewide
With the deadline to pass the 2013-2014 Pennsylvania budget closing in, it’s critically important to establish a plan that provides ...
13 years ago
Starbucks to post calorie counts
Starbucks has a new way to wake up its customers: showing the calories in its drinks. The Seattle-based coffee chain says it will ...
13 years ago