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Ann Romney rallies GOP support in Lancaster
If the past week is any indicator, the presidential race in Pennsylvania is close enough for the wives of the candidates to pay a visit, ...
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Penn Museum’s ‘touch tours’ offer blind visitors grasp of ancient history
“We are going to go back 5,000 years, to the first dynasty of Egypt,” said Theresa Joniec, setting her “wayback machine ...
14 years ago
Could Bob Casey actually lose this thing?
It doesn’t happen often, but every veteran political operative can tell you a few stories of heavily-favored candidates who lost be ...
14 years ago
For both Fallsers and Philadelphians at large, former Senator Arlen Spector was a national-scale politician who served the public for dec ...
14 years ago
N.J. deadline looms for registering to vote
Tuesday is the deadline for New Jersey residents to register to vote in the November election. According to the state’s Divi ...
14 years ago
N.J. moves to keep tabs on surveillance operations in the state
A New Jersey Assembly committee has advanced a measure requiring police from other states to provide notice before conducting surveillanc ...
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Continuing the Specter legacy at Philadelphia University
With public and private remembrances of former U.S. Senator Arlen Specter well underway, attention is now turning to what will become of ...
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Priest placed on leave in 2011 found suitable for ministry
A Philadelphia priest placed on leave in February 2011 has been found suitable for ministry. Rev. Joseph DiGregorio was one of nea ...
14 years ago
Councilwoman Bass ‘saddened’ by death of Arlen Specter
While her eighth councilmanic district does not extent to East Falls, the Northwest Philadelphia neighborhood that the late U.S. Sen. Arl ...
14 years ago
Should the minimum wage in New Jersey be raised to $8.25?
When I started working in 1979 washing dishes minimum wage was $2.90 an h ...
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Avoiding a past that’s been overcome
“They’re trying to ruin paradise.” That’s what a neighbor told me on Sunday, a day on which he says he hea ...
14 years ago
Revenue from gas-drilling impact fees on its way to all corners of Pa.
In the next 10 days, municipalities and counties across Pennsylvania are slated to receive their cut of the roughly $204 million of impac ...
14 years ago
Wilmington workers could get one time bonus
Wilmington Mayor James Baker wants City Council to approve the $2 million payments that would come from the city’s unassigned fund. ...
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