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Riders compete in Chestnut Hill’s Fairmount Park Horse Show [photos]
Equestrians from throughout the region came together at Chestnut Hill’s Northwestern Stables on Sunday to compete in the 2013 Fairm ...
13 years ago
City Controller slugfest to finally end
Tuesday is primary election day in Pennsylvania, which will bring a merciful end to a bitterly contested battle for the Democratic nomina ...
13 years ago
Library Company will continue going digital despite departure of director Van Horne
The director of the Library Company of Philadelphia has announced he is stepping down next year. For 28 years, John Van Horne has ...
13 years ago
Athletic camp for men with same sex attractions, spirited and controversial
Men gathering at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary this week will be encouraged to practice good sportsmanship and chastity. The controvers ...
13 years ago
Students can’t stick with one task for fifteen minutes, study finds
How long can you focus on one task before your attention takes you somewhere else? A new study tracked students’ every move while t ...
13 years ago
About six months into Delaware Governor Jack Markell’s second term he’s already had some big wins, from same-sex marriage to ...
13 years ago
Prospective Philadelphia Canoe Club members get a taste of paddling at annual open house [photos]
The Philadelphia Canoe Club held its annual open house at its Ridge Avenue clubhouse in East Falls on Sunday. Members of the ...
13 years ago
Smiley’s Café opens in old Mugshots location in Manayunk
A new bistro is setting up shop in the space that Mugshots vacated nearly two years ago in Manayunk. Smiley’s Café made its ...
13 years ago
Greene Street Friends annual science fair focuses on sustainability [gallery]
On Friday afternoon, Greene Street Friends School hosted its annual outdoor science fair on the Germantown campus. Among the stude ...
13 years ago
The final month: Why Bill Cosby thinks Germantown High should close
As the final day of Germantown High School’s 99-year history approaches — the Class of ’13 will don caps and gowns on J ...
13 years ago
Why the IRS scandal is both not as bad, and also much worse, than it seems.
If an advertising agency gets money from clients to produce television ads touting the clients’ products, the advertising agency ha ...
13 years ago
IRS’ Tea Party scrutiny was a huge blunder, but a deeper issue lurks beneath
Let’s try to do something that Washington has a hard time doing once a whiff of scandal is in the air. Let’s keep our ...
13 years ago