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Military History Book Club at Falls Branch June 12
The Military History Book Club will meet Wednesday, June 12, 6:45 p.m., at the Falls of the Schuylkill Library, Midvale Avenue and Warden ...
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Pa. Supreme Court spurns Nutter effort to impose union contract
Mayor Michael Nutter’s effort to impose contract terms on the city’s largest union has hit a snag in the Pennsylvania Supreme ...
13 years ago
Judge’s intervention on behalf of young transplant patients draws criticism
A judge now has intervened on behalf of two children waiting for lung transplants at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The m ...
13 years ago
Corbett set to sign measure restricting abortion coverage in Pa.
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is expected to sign a bill prohibiting coverage for abortion in insurance plans sold on new state health ex ...
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Pa. workers, employers have until Aug. 31 to return unemployment overpayments
Pennsylvania is launching an amnesty program this summer to entice those who have received too much money from the unemployment compensat ...
13 years ago
Donuts highlight Philly’s friction between local classics and foodie trends [photos]
What makes something the next big thing — the trend foodies want to follow? We all know “Sex in the City” made cupcakes the ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia Inspector General to probe city’s conduct in fatal building collapse
Philadelphia’s Inspector General will investigate government’s role in this week’s fatal building collapse. Mayo ...
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Nutter: Philly overhauling how demolitions are done
Just days after the deadly building collapse on Market Street, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is trying to make sure it doesn’t ...
13 years ago
Here’s how area lawmakers voted on surveillance programs
President Barack Obama Friday sought to defend broad surveillance of Americans’ phone records and Internet usage by the National Se ...
13 years ago
After onstage accident, Old Academy Players’ ‘Street Car’ back on track
Director J.P. Parrella was thrilled with the Old Academy Player’s 2012 production of Tennessee Williams’ classic “A Streetcar Named ...
13 years ago
Philly demolition regulators hit the ‘snooze’ button one too many times
Shoddy demolition work, citizen complaints — nothing could wake up city regulators except a totally preventable deadly building collaps ...
13 years ago
Increased national interest in New Jersey’s Chris Christie
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is much in the news this week — first with his decision to call a special election to fill the late Sen. ...
13 years ago
School trip bus leaves Dorney Park without 8-year-old
The family of an 8-year-old Brooklyn girl is fuming after a bus left Pennsylvania without her during a field trip. ...
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Governor Markell honors fallen Delaware soldier [video]
Markell dedicated his weekly message to the memory of Warrant Officer Sean Mullen who was killed earlier this week in Afghanistan. ...
13 years ago
School nurses are an essential part of a student’s life
The School District of Philadelphia has suggested that partnerships with local universities can replace school nurses, but real nursing c ...
13 years ago