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Gun-control group tries to pressure Pa. congressmen with poll numbers
Mandatory background checks for gun buyers seem to be the one thing the public can agree to support. And supporters ...
13 years ago
Circus feats propel Plymouth Meeting fourth-graders toward life lessons
“It’s really hard because you go a little bit, then you fall,” says Clare Robinson, 9. “It’s really sad bec ...
13 years ago
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society hosts a ‘Brilliant!’ 2013 Flower Show Preview Party
Brought to you by Freemans Auctioneers, The Circuit, with Caroline Stewart, takes you The Pennsylvania Convention Center for The Pennsylv ...
13 years ago
Diverting funds from adultBasic ruled unconstitutional. Now what?
A Pennsylvania judge has declared two laws diverting money away from the adultBasic program unconstitutional. It is unclear what t ...
13 years ago
Trenton Marriott to City: We need more cash now
Trenton City Council members will likely cast a vote tomorrow for what it considers to be the lesser of two evils: give the operators of ...
13 years ago
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy receives grant to support entrepreneurship efforts
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy announced this week that they received a one-year grant from the NASDAQ QMX Educational Foundation to go ...
13 years ago
For Philadelphia’s neighborhood elementary schools, a tale of two cities
In Philadelphia’s Far Northeast, within city lines but long its own sprawling world, the traditional neighborhood public elementary ...
13 years ago
Council president offers plan for quick turnaround of vacant Philly properties
City Council President Darrell Clarke says he has a new plan for vacant land in Philadelphia. Clarke says he wants to provide city ...
13 years ago
Support grows for Delaware gun background check bill
Delaware officials say there’s growing support for one piece of gun legislation recently introduced in Gov. Jack Markell’s pa ...
13 years ago
Jersey Shore battens down for yet another storm
Towns along the Jersey Shore still trying to recover from Sandy are hoping the nor’easter moving up the coast Wednesday won’t ...
13 years ago
Traffic could be restricted on thousands of aging bridges in Pa.
Weight restrictions could be placed on more Pennsylvania-owned bridges if state lawmakers aren’t able to find a way to fund transpo ...
13 years ago
Five N.J. adult centers improperly billed Medicaid by $10 million, comptroller finds
New Jersey investigators have uncovered a pattern of improper Medicaid billings at adult day-care centers. State Com ...
13 years ago
Moderate Smerconish is going to satellite radio
Philadelphia talk show host Michael Smerconish is leaving regular radio for satellite beginning April 15. Smerconish took on the i ...
13 years ago
Philly to hold workshops to help homeowners understand property tax reassessments
Philadelphia is trying to talk directly to residents about the citywide overhaul of property taxes. Question and answer sessions are star ...
13 years ago