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Garden goings-on: What’s happening in May

May is considered the most beautiful month for Philadelphia gardens, and it’s no surprise that it’s also the most popular mon ...

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Gospel met jazz at a Saturday night show inside a Germantown church

Pews were filled with people clapping their hands and bobbing their heads to the rhythmic melodies of the Joey Harrison Group and Bryant ...

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Section of Pa. Turnpike to be closed Sunday

A 20-mile section of the Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Northeast Extension will be closed for about six hours Sunday while workers do bri ...

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Cottman Ave. off-ramp from Interstate 95 closing for seven months

A major off-ramp from Interstate 95 in Philadelphia will be shut down for seven months.  PennDOT spokesman Gene Blaum says th ...

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Philadelphia students, teachers and parents plead with council for school money

Parents and other Philadelphia School District supporters are pleading with City Council to approve an additional $60 million for educati ...

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Germantown senior community celebrates 10-year anniversary [photos]

Maple Village at Center in the Park senior-living community celebrated its 10th anniversary with a brief Thursday ceremony honoring the 1 ...

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Connecticut school shooting families seek N.J. rules

Relatives of the Connecticut school shootings children are pressing for stronger gun control laws in New Jersey. They’ll joi ...

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Scenes from Saturday’s Maplewood Mall ‘knit-bombing’

Crystal Jackson carried her crocheting gear on Saturday afternoon, just like she always does whenever she takes the bus from her Upsal St ...

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National Interest

The Gosnell murder trial and the liberal ‘conspiracy’

Now that Dr. Kermit Gosnell’s Philadelphia murder trial has finally gone to the jury, we should take a moment to debunk, once and f ...

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UPDATE: Following the money in Delaware politics

UPDATE: Common Cause has retracted its earlier report due to a “spreadsheet error”.  The change moves AstraZeneca to fif ...

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Del. police issue 2,000 distracted driving tickets

Police in Delaware issued more than 2,000 tickets to drivers in a crackdown on using handheld cellphones behind the wheel. The Dep ...

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Why I hate the weather (report)

Remember when the weather was just a couple of quiet minutes at the end of the news? A few words about warm or cold fronts, high and lows ...

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‘Borrowed Baroque’ takes top prizes at Phila U. fashion show

Philadelphia University Senior Sarah Fitzgerald took top honors at the school’s annual fashion show held at the Academy of Music on ...

13 years ago

New Jersey fast becoming a battleground for the gourmet-burger chains

Burger21, a Florida-based restaurant chain specializing in unique burger creations and milkshakes, opens its first N.J. location May 6 at ...

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Parkwood Farmers Market to open May 18

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