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Germantown violinist talks about playing with Philadelphia Orchestra and music education
Booker Rowe, violinist for The Philadelphia Orchestra, knows good music. In addition to growing up in a household where there was ...
14 years ago
Actor, South Philly native Sherman Hemsley dies
We watched Sherman Hemsley move on up in the ’70s. Today, the South Philadelphia native is being mourned. Hemsley, 74, died ...
14 years ago
Lawyer appeals jail sentence in Buck County hunter’s death
David Manilla wants to appeal the 10- to 25-year jail sentence he received last summer for the 2010 death of Bucks County hunter Barry Gr ...
14 years ago
PA voter I.D. law has questionable ancestry
The state of Pennsylvania concedes there is no evidence of prior voter fraud. But the possibility of voter fraud is supposedly the reason ...
14 years ago
An ex-con’s bumpy ride continues
Four months after his release from prison, Colwin Williams is learning that adjusting to life on the outside after more than 18 years beh ...
14 years ago
Philly Mormon temple groundbreaking set for fall
Work is expected to begin soon at the site of a $70 million Mormon temple in Philadelphia that would be Pennsylvania’s first. < ...
14 years ago
New Delaware law imposes tougher sentences for embezzlement
The crime of embezzlement now carries tougher penalties in Delaware. Supporters of the revision hope it sends a message to those w ...
14 years ago
Burglar busts into East Germantown pharmacy through closet wall [Video]
Philadelphia Police have released surveillance footage of a crafty burglar who broke through a closet wall to enter an East Germantown ph ...
14 years ago
Tending the flourishing programs of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society
“I used to love this thing called ‘garbage pie,'” said Drew Becher, who as a kid spent time on his grandmother’s ...
14 years ago
Greene Street Consignment building expansion now before the Philadelphia Zoning Board
The zoning board is considering variance applications that would allow an expansion at Gree ...
14 years ago
A funny thing has happened on the way to the voter-ID trial. The white people’s party has now officially confessed that its core ra ...
14 years ago
Delaware Today Best-of-Delaware party benefits local causes
The 2012 Best of Delaware party takes place tonight in Dover. The event at Dover Downs Hotel and Casino highlights the best in cui ...
14 years ago
Resorts to expand in Jimmy Buffett style in Atlantic City
Parrot Heads, you’re on notice. Resorts will have a place for you and your margaritas and flip flops and pot pots next spring. ...
14 years ago
Kent County tourism initiatives spotlighted
It’s a busy time for tourism-related initiatives in central Delaware. Today, Kent County Tourism hosts its update for the co ...
14 years ago
New restaurant planned for the former Wired Beans space in Mt. Airy
There’s a new restaurant coming to Mt. Airy and while many would call its selection Mexican cuisine, Jimmie Reed insists that it is ...
14 years ago