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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 ...

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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

Wilmington mayor delivers first city budget with slight increases and public safety as top priority [video]

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

Shapiro on Theater
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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

Speak Easy

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

Philly councilman wants details on fire department promotions

A Philadelphia official wants the fire department to explain why it hasn’t been making promotions.  Councilman Jim Kenn ...

13 years ago

Robots take the field to compete in Chestnut Hill

The energy level in Vare Field House at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy last weekend was a match for any sporting event – even though ...

13 years ago

Philly’s Franklin museum may reopen despite cuts

Officials say the Benjamin Franklin Museum will still reopen this summer after a $23.1 million ren ...

13 years ago

American Red Cross SEPA hosts 13th annual Red Ball at the Please Touch Museum

Brought to you by Freemans Auctioneers, The Circuit, with Caroline Stewart, takes you to the Please Touch Museum for the American Red Cro ...

13 years ago

Breweries want changes to Pa. liquor privatization bill

As the state assembly counts down to a vote on a proposal to privatize Pennsylvania’s liquor sales, brewers say they have problems ...

13 years ago

Cheering on the La Salle Explorers from afar [video]

Students dressed in yellow and blue packed La Salle University’s Dan Rodden Theatre on Wednesday night as the Explorers men’s ...

13 years ago

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