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AVI community meetings in March [updated]

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The Philly DoGooder Awards honor filmmakers, innovators and the non-profit community

Brought to you by Freemans Auctioneers, The Circuit, with Caroline Stewart, takes you the University of the Arts’ Hamilton Hall for ...

14 years ago

Elderly woman attacked during a home invasion in Mayfair

It was just after 10:30 a.m. today when officials say a 94-year-old woman was tied-up, assaulted and robbed inside her home in the Mayfai ...

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Penn State’s on a mission: Land a lion on the Moon

Penn State is on a Moon mission. And no, that’s not an Onion headline. PSU is making strides into the aerospace industry and ...

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American Idol mic to make Philly Flower Show appearance

The American Idol microphone will makes its way to Philadelphia today in what organizers are likening to the carrying of the Olympic Torc ...

14 years ago

Arlene Ackerman honored today during afternoon memorial service

A memorial service for the former Philadelphia School District Superintendent Arlene Ackerman will be held later today at a church in Nor ...

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Bomb squad clears scene in Southwest Philly

The bomb squad was called to a Southwest Philadelphia home after receiving reports of a suspicious package.     ...

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Airport workers may get a raise following City Council expansion of ‘living wage law’

More people who work for contractors at Philadelphia International Airport may soon be covered by the city’s “living wage law ...

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Time is on their side, pension fund leaders tell Pa. lawmakers

The heads of Pennsylvania’s two public pension funds are putting a good face on their underfunded status.   At a ...

14 years ago

Top 4 stories to watch in NW Philly

Here’s a look at what’s to come on NewsWorks this week:  1. After nearly three months of announc ...

14 years ago

Top 4 stories to watch in NW Philly

Here’s a look at what’s to come on NewsWorks this week:  1. After nearly three months of announc ...

14 years ago

PlanPhilly
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Hort Academy at Abraham Lincoln High wins Sustainability Award at Flower Show

14 years ago

The Philadelphia Experiment

Philadelphia is a city of fighters, and now is the time to fight

Like Philadelphia, I’ve had problems that I’ve taken too long to address. Like Philadelphia, I’ve faced seemingly insurmountable od ...

14 years ago

Physicist explains what he means by a “boring” universe.

It wasn’t quite clear what physicist Joe Lykken meant earlier this week when he suggested that our universe could be overtaken by e ...

14 years ago

Politics & Policy

Taxes can be badly done, but they are not theft

Somewhere, Murray Rothbard is smiling. Some of the rest of us are scratching our heads, though. Late last week, the Speaker ...

14 years ago

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