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Dune breach closes major Del. evacuation route
A major highway for people hoping to evacuate southern Delaware coastal communities is closed after ocean water breached sand dunes along ...
14 years ago
Preparations underway in New Jersey for Hurricane Sandy
(Updated: Sunday 10/28/12 1 p.m.) Coastal Flood Warning in effect from Sunday 8 p.m. to Tuesday 4 a.m. R ...
14 years ago
PPA announces free meter and kiosk parking through Wednesday
Philadelphia Parking Authority Executive Director Vince Fenerty announced today there will be no enforcement of meter and kiosk parking v ...
14 years ago
Red Cross shelters set up around Philadelphia
Sandy is expected to bring as much as ten inches of rain and flooding in some areas, winds gusting up to 80 miles per hour, extended powe ...
14 years ago
One dead, one injured in overnight house fire
It was around 2:30 a.m. early this morning when a fire broke out in a home on the 300 block of Roberts Avenue in Conshohocken. Acc ...
14 years ago
Blowtorch used in kidnapping, home invasion
Police say a man was kidnapped in northeast Philadelphia and burned with a blowtorch before he and his wife were robbed in a home invasio ...
14 years ago
Changes in N.J. program expected to help homeowners facing foreclosure
The Christie administration says it’s made some changes that should make it easier for New Jersey homeowners facing foreclosure to ...
14 years ago
Philly after-school programs will continue, thanks to compromise
An agreement has been struck to keep after-school programs in Philadelphia schools for another year. More than 16,000 children age ...
14 years ago
HallowYunk 5K in Manayunk raises about $10,000 for DePaul Catholic School
Peter Pan, Mickey Mouse, Kermit the Frog and Harry Potter were just a few of the costumed characters participating in the third annual Ha ...
14 years ago
Top 4 stories to watch in NW Philly this week
Here’s a look at what’s to come this week: 1. Three candidates are competing to lead the country̵ ...
14 years ago
What if Hurricane Sandy causes power outages lasting through Election Day?
As I write this, residents of the Mid-Atlantic states are being warned to prepare themselves for a long-lasting power outage because of H ...
14 years ago
Sandy can’t scare Sea Witches in Delaware
The Sea Witch festival has been getting a lot of tourism buzz over the last few years. The organizers weren’t expecting a guest named S ...
14 years ago
Sandy forces Delaware into a limited state of emergency
A mandatory limited evacuation has been order by Governor Jack Markell (D-Delaware) over a 24 hour period from 8pm Saturday to 8pm Sunday ...
14 years ago