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Pa. National Guard girds for effects of U.S. cuts
If the sequester is an ax, it might be coming down hardest in Pennsylvania on the head of the state Department of Military and Veterans A ...
14 years ago
Looming federal cuts could slice Sandy aid to N.J. Shore towns
A sequestration measure requiring across-the-board federal spending cuts will take effect Friday unless lawmakers act to avoid it. A ...
14 years ago
Subway’s Chelten Plaza location expected to open this week
A new Subway restaurant is scheduled to open this week inside Chelten Plaza in Germantown. Pat Burns, the developer behind the sho ...
14 years ago
GFS grad gets personal while discussing the book she wrote on bullying
About 100 parents, students, alumni and faculty gathered at Germantown Friends School’s Yarnell Auditorium on Sunday night to hear ...
14 years ago
Florio joins coalition urging N.J. Senate to move on gun-control legislation
Former New Jersey Gov. Jim Florio has joined in the debate about the state’s gun laws. Florio, who spearheaded the enactment ...
14 years ago
Possible designs revealed for West Mt. Pleasant train trestle mural
Neighbors got a look at preliminary conceptual designs for the latest addition to outdoor artwork in Mt. Airy. About 25 local resi ...
14 years ago
Philly’s fiscal health improving, city controller says
Philadelphia’s city controller says the cost of health care is rising more quickly in Philadelphia than in the nation overall.  ...
14 years ago
Police seize assault rifle outside Delaware Park casino
State police say a Wilmington man threatened Delaware Park employees and demanded security remove a relative from the casino, Sunday nigh ...
14 years ago
White House outlines sequester effects on Delaware
As Congress debates action on the sequester, a package consisting of billions of dollars in spending cuts that is set to kick in March 1, ...
14 years ago
Put your best face forward: Campaign challenges women to go without makeup
Put your best face forward — but leave off the make-up: A social media campaign is challenging women to go “bare-faced” for ...
14 years ago
New name, new home for Philly Live Arts Festival
After 17 years, a popular Philadelphia theater festival has its own home. FringeArts, formerly the Philadelphia Live Arts Fes ...
14 years ago
Major Catholic Conference to be held in Philly in 2015
Retiring Pope Benedict XVI has chosen Philadelphia to host a major conference in 2015. It could bring hundreds of thousands of vis ...
14 years ago
West Allens Lane tenants withdraw fair housing complaint, move out
In the end, they decided to move out. As part of a settlement deal reached Jan. 3, a group of residents at a soon-to-be-renovated ...
14 years ago
Reputed Philly mob boss denied bail before retrial
A federal judge in Philadelphia won’t let a reputed mob boss out of prison to await retrial in a racketeering case. The judg ...
14 years ago
A view of the sequester from Independence Mall
There may be no better place in the Delaware Valley to view the effects of the sequester than from Independence Mall. Sandwiched b ...
14 years ago