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East Falls Community Council calls meeting to vote on proposed terms of Westrum settlement
The East Falls Community Council will vote to settle a pending lawsuit with a local developer at a special meeting later this week. < ...
14 years ago
Changes coming to Delaware’s GED test
With most job applications, college and training classes and paperwork being switched to online formats, it’s more important than ever ...
14 years ago
Marrazzo Valentine’s party celebrates WHYY donors, friends
Brought to you by Freemans Auctioneers, The Circuit, with Caroline Stewart, takes you to Bill and Randi Marrazzo’s Mt. Airy home fo ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia homeowners wasting no time calling council about property assessments
On Philadelphia City Council’s first working day since city property owners started receiving new assessments in the mail, lawmaker ...
14 years ago
Smaller city contractors could be covered by Philly’s living wage law
Philadelphia demands a “living wage” from larger businesses with city contracts. Now, City Council is considering making even ...
14 years ago
Political watering hole in Trenton to be razed
A shuttered Trenton restaurant that was once a popular watering hole for state politicians and powerbrokers is about to be demolished. ...
14 years ago
Body found in Wissahickon Creek Saturday ID’d by family as David Taundi of Roxborough
After months of searching, the body of a missing Roxborough man has been found. On Saturday, police recovered a body from the Wiss ...
14 years ago
Priest who founded Flight 93 chapel dies of cancer
A priest who left the Roman Catholic church and founded a nondenominational chapel to honor the victims of hijacked United Airlines Fligh ...
14 years ago
Oregon town to help storm-damaged N.J. Seaside Heights
A city on the Pacific Coast is reaching out to a Jersey shore town with a similar name. Seaside, Oregon, plans on holding several ...
14 years ago
District’s school-closing plan now spares two Northwest Philly elementaries
A pair of Northwest Philadelphia public schools may stay open after all. On Tuesday, the School District of Philadelphia removed 1 ...
14 years ago
District reduces number of planned school closings from 37 to 29
[Updated: 10:50 a.m.] The Philadelphia School District has released a ...
14 years ago
Unions join Delaware marriage equality push
Equality Delaware’s big push for gay marriage in Delaware is getting support from the state’s three major labor unions repres ...
14 years ago
39th Police District: Where a car was freed of its PPA boot via wee-hours finagling
This list covers Feb. 8-13, 2013. Feb. 8 7:30 a.m. Theft: 1500 block of Westmoreland St. iPod taken from v ...
14 years ago
Hite releases revised school-closures list, Council committee talks minimum wage
Good morning, Feeders! On the way today, we have a story from Ben Herold on the revised Philly school-closures list, and a report ...
14 years ago