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Sandy-battered Shore sands provide weakened defense vs. flooding
The windy storm pelting the Jersey Shore right now poses more of a flood threat than it normally might. Why? Hurricane Sandy weaken ...
13 years ago
Lights, camera … action? N.J. Statehouse gets new studio
The New Jersey Statehouse is getting its own television studio. The studio on the second floor of the Statehouse will be used most ...
13 years ago
Pa. deadline for senior tax, rent rebate applications nears
Pennsylvania’s seniors and disabled residents are nearing a deadline to apply for property tax and rent rebates. Application ...
13 years ago
Tips for a memorable Mummer’s Day
Philadelphia visitor’s blog Uwishunu has published a ...
13 years ago
Police search for Germantown grocery store robber
Philadelphia police are searching for an unidentified man caught on tape robbing an East Germantown corner store last Thursday. At ...
13 years ago
S. Philly gun dealer says assault weapons selling briskly
In the wake of the elementary school shootings in Connecticut, gun sales remain up. The renewed talk about gun control meant brisk holida ...
13 years ago
Sussex Co., Del., train derailment forces home evacuation
Police, firefighters and other officials are on the scene of a train derailment in a sparsely populated area of Sussex County, Del., ...
13 years ago
Mt. Airy-based nonprofit must relocate in wake of Neigborhood Inferfaith Movement’s closure
Northwest Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network is searching for a new home. For the past six years, the Mount Airy-based no ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia scores a B+ on recycling
In its examination of five American cities, CBS Philly graded the City of Brotherly Love a B+. CBS used the 2010 national recyclin ...
13 years ago
Top 50 Phila.-area high schools ranked by SAT scores
For the second year in a row, J.R. Masterman is the high school with the highest average SAT scores in the state of Pennsylvania. ...
13 years ago
It’s always a revelation to go through a year’s work. This year I was surprised by how many drawings I’d done on gun vi ...
13 years ago
Delaware unemployment down for most of 2012
Delaware’s jobless rate fell through the first 11 months of the year. November’s unemployment rate is the latest numbe ...
13 years ago
14th District gift giveaway illustrates ‘real meaning of the season’
To the sounds of sirens and Santa wishing pedestrians “Merry Christmas” over a patrol car’s public address system, offi ...
13 years ago
Top 5 Jersey Shore stories of 2012
This has been a tumultuous year for the Jersey Shore. You already know what number one on this list is going to be, but let’s revis ...
13 years ago
A 2012 campaign quiz: How much do you (want to) remember?
Happy holiday week. Here’s my 2012 election trivia quiz – a greatly expanded version of what appeared in print on Sunday. Go ...
13 years ago