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Volunteers wanted for tilling and planting at East Falls SEPTA station
The East Falls Development Corporation is currently looking for volunteers to help with some much needed maintenance at the East Falls SE ...
13 years ago
AMY Northwest teachers and students work to make new school feel like ‘home’
A group of teachers at AMY Northwest Middle School in Roxborough pitched in Tuesday to spruce up the school’s interior. With ...
13 years ago
Text & audio of Gov Chris Christie’s 2012 RNC speech
This stage and this moment are very improbable for me. A New Jersey Republican delivering the keynote address to our national conv ...
13 years ago
What did you think of Christie’s speech?
Expectations have been high all week for N.J. Gov. Chris Christie’s keynote address at the 2012 Republican National Convention in T ...
13 years ago
The craft of beer making: Head brewer versus home brewer
It’s not every day that you get to compare the notes of a head brewer and a home brewer. NewsWorks asked Paul Rutherford, he ...
13 years ago
SEPTA boss answers rider concerns
When SEPTA was named the best transit authority in North America, NewsWorks readers reacted with mixed feelings. We spoke to a few and go ...
13 years ago
Phillies broadcaster Gary ‘Sarge’ Matthews prepares seafood meal for fans [photos]
Phillies broadcaster and former outfielder Gary “Sarge” Matthews prepared a lunchtime treat for baseball fans and seafood fan ...
13 years ago
New voter IDs roll out in Philadelphia
For the first time, Pennsylvanians can apply for a new type of photo ID that’s just for voting. Pennsylvania’s Departm ...
13 years ago
Why do we need political conventions?
The convention season is upon us! Starting with the Republican convention next week, and the Democrats’ the week after that, Americ ...
13 years ago
Financial distress in a full house: Revel, three months later
Six p.m. is a transition time at Revel in Atlantic City. Outside its glass doors on Saturday night, a pack of bros in pale plaid bathing ...
13 years ago
Is the race for Pennsylvania over?
It seems only yesterday that Republican State House Majority Leader Mike Turzai was telling the GOP state convention that voter ID would ...
13 years ago
Downpour causes partial buiding collapse at Germantown and Chelten aves.
Bricks fell from the top floor of a three-story building in Germantown Monday morning during a partial collapse of the commercial propert ...
13 years ago