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Lasers document Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Elkins Park synagogue in 3-D
Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic Beth Sholom synagogue outside Philadelphia just had a laser treatment. This laser won’t do ...
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Lawmakers discuss a minimum wage increase in N.J.
New Jersey Senate President Stephen Sweeney wants to have a discussion about helping the state’s working poor. He’s ad ...
14 years ago
Civil rights leader Lawrence Guyot dies at 73
Lawrence Guyot, a civil rights leader who survived jailhouse beatings in the Deep South in the 1960s and went on to encourage generations ...
14 years ago
Owners of neglected commercial property in N.J. told to ‘fix it or risk it’
In 1959 when Olga’s Diner opened in Evesham Township, New Jersey, it was a popular pit stop on the way to the shore and a part of d ...
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Man shot in the face near Kingsessing expected to survive
A 21-year-old man who was shot in the face on Friday night is expected to survive. The shooting happened during what is being repo ...
14 years ago
In the pink at Komen for the Cure’s 2012 Pink Tie Ball
Brought to you by Freemans Auctioneers, The Circuit, with Caroline Stewart, takes you to the Loews Philadelphia Hotel fo ...
14 years ago
Overnight blaze leaves one woman injured after second floor jump
Firefighters were called to the 2500 block of South 71st Street in Southwest Philadelphia around 2:30 a.m. last night. When crews arrived ...
14 years ago
Corbett prepares to confront Pa. pension predicament
Gov. Tom Corbett has made it no secret that pension reform tops his legislative to-do list for 2013. For months, Corbett has been ...
14 years ago
Knit-in helps keep homeless Philadelphia children warm
A “knit-in” took place recently at Philadelphia City Hall to give some young people warm hats and mittens to ward off winter& ...
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The so-called “fiscal cliff” is the confluence of three separate legal events on January 1, 2013: expiration of a temporary p ...
14 years ago
Sandy cleanup to cost about $29.4 billion in N.J.
Cleaning up the damage caused by Superstorm Sandy will cost New Jersey about $29.4 billion. Gov. Chris Christie cited the estimate ...
14 years ago
‘Dallas’ star Larry Hagman dies in Texas at 81
Actor Larry Hagman started out as a nice guy in “I Dream of Jeannie” but it was evil that made him famous as J.R. Ewing, a bu ...
14 years ago
What’s lost is found: Social media reunites Sandy victims, mementos
New Jersey residents devastated by Superstorm Sandy are being reunited with lost photographs and objects through social media. The ...
14 years ago
Emily Squires, longtime Sesame Street director dies at 71
A longtime “Sesame Street” director who also worked on soap operas including “The Guiding Light” and “As th ...
14 years ago