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Do you agree with the voter ID decision?
Pennsylvania’s voter ID brouhaha took another turn Tuesday morning when Judge Robert Simpson announced that the 6-month-old la ...
14 years ago
Inn cleans up after the Bellevue Fire
Gus Bruno has worried about a fire at the Bellevue Hotel in Ocean City, N.J. since the building was shut down over a year ago. The Scarsb ...
14 years ago
Delaware tackles bullying on the web
Just in time for the new school year and October which is also known as national bullying prevention month, a unique resource designed to ...
14 years ago
As video goes viral, calm urged in case of Philadelphia cop striking woman
Several groups are calling for patience after hundreds of thousands of people have viewed an online video of a Philadelphia police office ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia Water department issues advisory on rusty water
The Philadelphia Water Department says the flushing of water mains has left many residents in University City with discolored water. ...
14 years ago
Reports of a suspicious package cause brief evacuation in Germantown
Reports of a suspicious package near Germantown Avenue and Haines Street forced a temporary evacuation Tuesday morning as the Philadelphi ...
14 years ago
Judge halts Pa.’s tough new voter ID law
A Commonwealth Court judge is postponing Pennsylvania’s tough new voter identification requirement, ordering that it not be en ...
14 years ago
Reporter at Penn State paper made up quotes from Sue Paterno
A staff writer at the Penn State Daily Collegian has been suspended for fabricating quotes from Joe Paterno’s widow about the openi ...
14 years ago
The sucker punch felt round the city
My friend, an out of state veteran cop, is never at a loss for words. He’s not prone to profanity, either. But after watching the v ...
14 years ago
Presidential debate prep: Zingers and soliloquies
Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are currently deep in debate prep, and not just on the issues. What matters more is how they c ...
14 years ago
Repair work on Midvale Ave. wall continues to stall as District cites funding as a possible hurdle
It’s now October and the crumbling wall that has been a safety concern along Midvale Avenue for the past seven months still has not ...
14 years ago
Pa. Independent Fiscal Office says plan to phase out property taxes comes up short
The report says the measure to slowly say goodbye to school property taxes and hello to higher tax rates on personal income and purchases ...
14 years ago
Pa. voter ID law ruling could mean political swing
Some political momentum could be on the line in a judge’s forthcoming ruling on Pennsylvania’s tough new voter identification ...
14 years ago
Basketball tournament helps Germantown group raise money to help the city’s homeless
On Sunday, inside LaSalle University’s Hayman Center, to the sounds of basketballs bouncing off the wooden floor, they shot hoops t ...
14 years ago
For one mother, Philadelphia’s portfolio of school options brings opportunity and stress
As usual, Karen Lewis is trying to manage a dozen things at once. And as usual, Lewis’ son, 8-year-old Cooper Harbol, is the focus ...
14 years ago