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Philadelphia approving homestead exemptions without the home
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is offering a tax break to homeowners to soften the blow of the city’s reassessment of about 579, ...
14 years ago
39th District reports drop in crime, attributes it to colder temps
At this month’s 39th District police meeting for sections of East Falls and Germantown, Lt. Edward Bier had some good news: Crime s ...
14 years ago
Pencader students scout new options
Now that Pencader Business and Finance Charter School is forced to close it doors at the end of this academic year, its student body of m ...
14 years ago
Fire damages East Germantown duplex, no injuries reported
Firefighters battled a blaze that started in the vacant portion of an East Germantown duplex and quickly spread to the other half. ...
14 years ago
Even if Pa. Lottery deal fizzles, consultants in line for $1.2 million
A deal to privatize the Pennsylvania Lottery may have hit a snag, but contracts with the two private firms advising the commonwealth on t ...
14 years ago
Gag ruling: N.J. high court to decide if judge can moonlight as comedian
Justice Vince Sicari is balancing two lives. He’s a municipal judge in New Jersey; he’s also comedian Vince August who warms ...
14 years ago
Christie offers $32.9 billion budget plan, agrees to Medicaid expansion in N.J.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has offered a $32.9 billion state budget aimed at helping the state recover from the destructive force of ...
14 years ago
Online gambling a winner for N.J.?
The New Jersey legislature has cleared the way for legal of online gambling within state borders. But will it bring the economic benefits ...
14 years ago
Bowles peddling fiscal plan days before sequester due to hit
Perhaps unsurprisingly, budget-cruncher Erskine Bowles likes to present his ideas as numbered line items. As in, in the case of th ...
14 years ago
Public Information Matters – Come and get it
I’ve been reporting long enough to remember when I had to call the city personnel office to get a public official’s salary, a ...
14 years ago