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Anxiety, anger for parents hoping to enroll kids at Penn Alexander
For parents hoping to enroll their children in kindergarten at coveted Penn Alexander Elementary School in West Philadelphia, it’s ...
13 years ago
Migraine sufferers experience stigma in addition to crushing headaches, study finds
Two percent of Americans suffer chronic, severe migraines. This is not an ordinary headache, it’s a neurological disorder — r ...
13 years ago
Pa. jobless rate hovering slightly above national average
Pennsylvania added jobs for the fourth time in a row last month, but its unemployment rate is still hovering just above the national aver ...
13 years ago
Whale euthanized after washing ashore in Egg Harbor Township
Officials say a pygmy sperm whale was euthanized after it washed up on a beach in southern New Jersey. ...
13 years ago
Community rallies to save Gompers, Overbrook schools [photos]
Philadelphia public schools had the day off Monday, but parents and students of Samuel Gompers Elementary and Overbrook Elementary in Wes ...
13 years ago
Smaller crowds, but vivid pride greet Obama’s oath locally this time
It was a new beginning, but without the buzzing crowds, cheers and happy tears of the previous time, four years ago. At this time ...
13 years ago
N.J. brewery says ‘FU Sandy’, with superstorm relief fundraising project
Gene Muller at Flying Fish Brewing Company wanted to do something to help those whose lives were tor ...
13 years ago
2013 Philly Bike Race cancellation – a disappointment or a relief?
If you live in Philadelphia, it’s likely that you have a love-hate relationship with the Philadelphia Bike Race. ...
13 years ago
Should worst-flooded areas be left after Sandy?
Should I stay or should I go? That’s the question some people are asking in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. The storm ren ...
13 years ago
Obama’s inaugural pitch for progressivism
Barack Obama’s second inaugural address was a tightly focused pitch for patriotic progressivism, a crisp articulation of the Americ ...
13 years ago
Friends of Rittenhouse Square celebrate 100 years with a night of shopping at Boyds
Brought to you by Freemans Auctioneers, The Circuit, with Caroline Stewart, takes you to Boyds for the 100th anniversary celebration of P ...
13 years ago
Ex-workers claim operator of cyber-charters played games with enrollment figures
Dozens of former employees claim that K12 Inc, a for-profit education company, used dubious and sometimes fraudulent tactics to mask astr ...
13 years ago