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$50,000 reward offered to help police make arrests in Chestnut Hill meetinghouse arson
The Eastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading ...
13 years ago
Delaware gas prices unchanged over the weekend
Delaware’s gas average stands unchanged over the weekend at $3.36 for a gallon of regular. The average dropped four cents ove ...
13 years ago
Public asked to weigh in on improving efficiency in Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.Governor Markell h ...
13 years ago
State launches teacher survey program
Delaware launches survey to allow teachers to weigh in on needs in the classroom. The Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning Su ...
13 years ago
The inaugural topic that Obama virtually omitted
Care to guess how much space was devoted to foreign policy in President Obama’s second Inaugural Address? Two paragraphs. Th ...
13 years ago
Toll cheats on N.J. road could lose registrations
The biggest toll scofflaws on the Atlantic City Expressway have until next month to pay up or will lose their vehicle registrations. ...
13 years ago
DuPont reports strong earnings; CEO warns of need for deficit reduction
Delaware-based DuPont Company reported stronger than predicted 4th quarter earnings, but its CEO Ellen Kullman says there needs ...
13 years ago
Much of the U.S. still thinks Atlantic City Boardwalk is gone
We’ve been over this before: how the news coverage of Sandy ...
13 years ago
Jenks Elementary receives grant to create on-site vegetable garden
The J.S Jenks Elementary School in Chestnut Hill will soon have a brand new vegetable garden thanks to a $1,300 grant from Recyclebank. ...
13 years ago
Germantown Friends School hosts day of service (and education) to honor MLK
To embrace Martin Luther King, Jr.’s message of civic responsibility about 500 students, parents, staff and neighbors of Germantown ...
13 years ago
New documentary targets critics of fracking
“FrackNation” is a new documentary that attacks opponents of fracking for oil and gas, but it also raises a bigger question: ...
13 years ago
High school dropout rate in PA, NJ better than national average
A new federal report on high school dropout rates gives good marks to schools in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. New Jersey continues ...
13 years ago
MLK Day project breathes new life into Houston Elementary’s playground
Even though school was not in session Monday, Henry H. Houston Elementary’s playground was abuzz. But instead of children running, ...
13 years ago
Community tension prompts walkout at Nicetown CDC meeting
The Nicetown Community Development Corp. oversaw a crowded and, at times, contentious Thursday night meeting that detailed plans about th ...
13 years ago
MLK Day volunteers clean up ‘the land that time forgot’ in Roxborough and Manayunk
Youth members of Moriah Baptist Church shuffled through dead leaves on Monday morning. Clearing away branches and pushing aside roots, th ...
13 years ago