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Christie to sign changes to N.J. teacher tenure law
Gov. Chris Christie is scheduled to a sign a bill to tenure protections harder to earn for teachers — and easier to lose. Ch ...
14 years ago
Poll finds N.J. drivers have bad habits
A new Fairleigh Dickinson PublicMind poll shows New Jersey drivers still have some bad habits. ...
14 years ago
With funding boost from feds, GreenLight Fund to bring two nonprofits to Philly
The federal agency behind AmeriCorps is ...
14 years ago
Voter ID expected to dominate Pa. county commissioners conference
Pennsylvania’s county commissioners are having their annual conference this week in Dauphin County. The state’s voter ...
14 years ago
Colorful, controversial Philly character turns over new leaf
Jimmy Binns is a man of many titles. “I’m just a neighborhood guy,” says Binns. Well, ...
14 years ago
From trash to treasure, one Germantown artist’s quest to breathe new life into garbage
I spy a hanger, a helmet, a bottle of shampoo, a feather, a fork, someone’s old shoe, air fresheners, a glove, a discarded CD, a lo ...
14 years ago
Jones follows through on promise, opens district office in Roxborough
Talk about buzz. Councilman Curtis Jones Jr. opened his new Roxborough office Friday, with guests both invited and unwelcome in at ...
14 years ago
A study from Environment New Jersey suggests that the biggest storms in New Jersey are only getting bigger. The study analyzed sta ...
14 years ago
Christie’s Port Authority — the house that pork built
“Hold me accountable.” Those were the words of Former Gov. Jon Corzine during his 2006 inaugural address, when he call ...
14 years ago
A guide to understanding Violet Oakley’s Pennsylvania Capitol murals
In 1911, muralist Violet Oakley landed a commission unlike any given to an American woman at that time. But according to the Pennsylvania ...
14 years ago
Is your child an orchid or a dandelion?
The title of this piece might sound flowery, but the underlying message is quite compelling. In ...
14 years ago