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Patient advocates impatient for progress on N.J. medical marijuana centers
Advocates for patients are calling for improvement in New Jersey’s medical marijuana program. Three years after the law took ...
13 years ago
What’s with the big fight over such a small voucher bill?
This is part of a series from education blogger Laura Waters of NJ Left Behind. New Jersey’s education politics hav ...
13 years ago
Don’t skimp on Philly casino aesthetics, architects urge
As groups compete to open a second casino in Philadelphia, some designers and architects say the state needs to pay more attention to how ...
13 years ago
Three men Tasered in Manayunk and Roxborough robberies
Within a three-hour window last Sunday, three individuals were attacked in Northwest Philadelphia by armed robbers wielding Tasers, accor ...
13 years ago
For some Philly homeowners, the reassessment waiting game continues
Philadelphia residents who question their assessments have until the end this month to request a first level review from the city. ...
13 years ago
Review: ‘Good People’ trapped in their enclave
The Boston neighborhood called Southie is a hardscrabble part of town, and it merits a play with the same sensibility — the smart, funn ...
13 years ago
Council calls for a prohibiton on firearms at all city facilities
City Council approved a bill on Thursday calling for regulations prohibiting “firearms and deadly weapons in or around City-owned o ...
13 years ago
Watch and chat in real time — April 2 Health & Technology social screening
Watch a special episode of “First” about health and technology on April 2 and connect onl ...
13 years ago
Just three months into office, Wilmington Mayor Dennis Williams reminds the city during his first State of the City address that he is de ...
13 years ago
Review: A heartfelt ‘Trip to Bountiful’
I would tell you that the best reason to go see the late Horton Foote’s “The Trip to Bountiful” is the extraordinary pe ...
13 years ago
Supporters continue fight to keep 23 Philly schools open
Some Philadelphians haven’t given up the battle to keep 23 city schools from closing. Eighteen protesters who were arr ...
13 years ago
School safety in Philly takes center stage at City Council hearing
Who should be allowed to take a child out of public school? Philadelphia City Council held a hearing today to help fine-tune the answer t ...
13 years ago
Seeing through another’s eyes that common hopes are greater than racial divisions
Last week, when Philadelphia Magazine started catching fire for Robert Huber’s article, “ ...
13 years ago
Abandoned bike culture captured in Philly art exhibit [photos]
The Philadelphia Streets Department conducts regular sweeps to identify and remove abandoned bikes from the city. But between those sweep ...
13 years ago
Map of Pennsylvania food insecurity by county
Philadelphia has a 22 percent “food insecurity” rate. That number is 13.7 in Delaware County, 9.7 in Chester County, 1 ...
13 years ago