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Dover Days celebrates 80th anniversary
The Dover Days festival is celebrating its 80th anniversary with a parade. The annual festival dates to 1933. Gov. Jack Markell an ...
14 years ago
Guide dog thwarts burglary attempt in Northeast Philly
The Philadelphia Police have a man in custody this morning accused of breaking into a blind neighbor’s home overnight. ...
14 years ago
Jersey Shore towns continue repairs, preparations for summer crowds
Jersey Shore towns are making progress in recovering from Superstorm Sandy, but there’s still more work to be done. Crews ha ...
14 years ago
Mt. Airy orchestra only group to be awarded third Knight arts grant
Jeri Lynne Johnson, founder and music director of the Mt. Airy-based Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra, said that when her company applied fo ...
14 years ago
Top 6 stories of the week in NW Philly
Here’s a look at what you may have missed on NewsWorks missed: 1. ...
14 years ago
After Sandy and Boston bombings, New Jersey Marathon perseveres
When runners take to the 26.2 mile course for Sunday’s New Jersey Marathon, they’ll persevere not just against their own fatigue and ...
14 years ago
New advice on prostate screening: Healthy men under 55 don’t need annual test
A new group of health experts — urologists this time — is offering recommendations in the evolving debate over prostate cance ...
14 years ago
Forum on Sustainability Issues May 8
Germantown United Community Development Corporation, a new organization founded to promote the revitalization of Germantown’s busin ...
14 years ago
Spying in Philadelphia gets a close look at Franklin exhibit
An incredible amount of information is gathered about you every day through credit cards, Internet traffic, and cell phones, most of it w ...
14 years ago
Broad Street runners get set to go Sunday
Broad Street Run runners turned out at Lincoln Financial Field on ...
14 years ago
N.J. Sandy relief fund announces $4M in grants
The Superstorm Sandy relief fund headed up by New Jersey’s first lady has awarded 19 new grants worth $4.2 million to help rebuild ...
14 years ago
Largest U.S. beach replenishment project set to begin along Jersey Shore
The largest beach restoration project ever undertaken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will begin in a few weeks along the Jersey Shor ...
14 years ago
Center City District CEO: Philly’s tax policy must change
For every 100 residents, Philadelphia offers only 42 jobs. Center City District CEO Paul Levy said he knows how to change that.&nb ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia cuts deal with Boy Scouts over disputed building
A long standing feud between the city of Philadelphia and the local Boy Scouts council has been settled. In return for the c ...
14 years ago
Ursula Rucker headlines Germantown open-mic night
As hot coffee, strawberries, grapes and chocolate wafer cookies were being served by “Coffee After Dark” host De Lantz, peopl ...
14 years ago