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One thing we all can do to help avoid the ‘fiscal cliff’
OK, I’m ready to do my part to help the nation avoid the fiscal cliff. And here’s part of doing my part: I hereby acce ...
14 years ago
Is a high court power struggle at work in the Traffic Court Scandal?
There are so many things that are fascinating about the report issued last week on ticket-fixing at Philadelphia Traffic Court that the f ...
14 years ago
Planning agency to aid Philly-area groups with change to natural gas vehicles
The planning agency for the Philadelphia metropolitan region has new money to help local groups with the transition to natural gas vehicl ...
14 years ago
Online home videos show Camden’s happier times
Home videos about Camden, N.J., now being posted online show a very different kind of city. Instead of depicting poverty and violence, th ...
14 years ago
New Jersey mulling paying your debt with service, not money
Some New Jersey towns say they have had trouble collecting fines for minor crimes. An Assembly committee has advanced legislat ...
14 years ago
Transportation funding, pension costs priorities for Pa. Senate leader
Republicans in the Pennsylvania Senate are poised to move on two issues that have long been at a standstill in the Legislature. Ma ...
14 years ago
Some notes to self on turning 60
First, stop compulsively dropping into every conversation that you have just turned 60, and then waiting for the other person to exclaim, ...
14 years ago
A brief stay in Israel outside of the rockets’ range
While most teenagers my age started their normal school year in September, 50 of my peers and I had already started school thousands of m ...
14 years ago
Volunteers search for traces of history beneath Lovett Park
Does anything lurk beneath the ground at Lovett Park, the quiet grassy open space next to Lovett Memorial Library at 6945 Germantown Ave. ...
14 years ago
After Sandy, churches combine temporarily in Atlantic City
This time of year, many faith-based organizations are busy serving up food and offering services for the needy. In Atlantic City, S ...
14 years ago