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SugarHouse submits new expansion plan to state, will seek $410m in financing

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Amid sound and fury, Historical Commission approves Feibush Cafe

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Delaware lawmakers file marriage equality bill [video]

Same-sex couples in Delaware are getting closer to their goal of achieving the same marriage rights as heterosexual couples. In Wilmingto ...

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Philly-area Medicare participants may have to change medical supply vendors

Some people enrolled in Medicare may need to find a new place to buy their at-home medical supplies such as scooters, portable oxygen tan ...

14 years ago

Casey pushes VA to fix snarls delaying benefits to vets

Pennsylvania’s senior U.S. senator is urging the federal government to speed up its efforts to correct issues at Veterans Affairs o ...

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Rutgers hires former N.J. Attorney General John Farmer to replace Mike Wolf

Rutgers University has hired a widely respected former state attorney general to be the school’s top in-house lawyer after the last ...

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Chestnut Hill’s ‘Weird Waste Day’ to benefit local grant program

In preparation for Earth Day, Green in Chestnut Hill (GRinCH) will be hosting their biannual Weird Waste Day on April 20 from 1 p.m. to 4 ...

14 years ago

Lifestyle

With International Space Apps Challenge, world’s biggest hackathon centers on Philly

Philadelphia will soon be mission control for the world’s biggest mass collaboration. “As of right now, this looks to ...

14 years ago

Rutgers attorney John Wolf resigns, again

A Rutgers University lawyer resigned Thursday amid growing anger that he was still employed after approving a decision in December to sus ...

14 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

‘Companion’ sculpture takes up temporary residence in Philly’s 30th St. Station

For the first time, Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station has a temporary sculpture installed in its lobby.   The c ...

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

Philadelphia City Controller debate is substantive smackdown

Three Democratic candidates came with their game faces last night for a sharp and substantive debate at the WHYY studios, co-sponsored by ...

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N.J. lawmakers, education chief tangle over Christie spending plan

New Jersey lawmakers have some questions about the education aid that accounts for about a third of Gov. Chris Christie’s budget pl ...

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Results of Delaware teacher survey released [video]

More than 6,000 teachers, principals and other education workers took the anonymous survey earlier this year. The first statewide ...

14 years ago

Sandy retired from tropical storm name list

Sandy is being retired from the list of tropical storm names because of the catastrophic damage its massive size and strength caused alon ...

14 years ago

West Oak Lane’s upcoming Night Market to focus on food, not jazz

West Oak Lane will again see a festival along its commercial corridor this summer, but this year, it will have a decidedly different flav ...

14 years ago

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