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Rita’s plays guessing games with mysterious water ice flavor
At the Rita’s Water Ice at 239 South Street, employee Alexis Harris just found out the identity of the company’s new secret f ...
14 years ago
Pa. seeks help in tracking stink bugs
Scientists studying the brown marmorated stink bug are enlisting the public for help in tracking the pests in Pennsylvania. Penn S ...
14 years ago
Hershey school issues apology, acceptance to HIV student
The president of the Milton Hershey School has apologized to an HIV-positive teen who was barred from attending the boarding school. ...
14 years ago
As late summer nears, the days are getting a little shorter and mercifully a little cooler (is that wishful thinking?) Along with an abun ...
14 years ago
It’s official: It’s been hot in the Northeast
No surprise for Northeast residents sweating out the summer after a winter barely touching their snow shovels: this is the hottest year ...
14 years ago
Tallying the ‘intangible’ and economic costs of violence in Philly
Philadelphia has the highest murder rate of America’s 10 largest cities. One victim is shot here every seven hours. But there are ...
14 years ago
AG’s office won’t defend N.J. trooper accused of beating disabled man
The New Jersey attorney general’s office will not defend a state trooper accused of beating an intellectually disabled man. Offici ...
14 years ago
State Rep. Youngblood takes issue with new voter ID card available through PennDOT
While debate and litigation continues across Pennsylvania over the voter-ID issue, state Rep. Rosita Youngblood (D-198th) voiced concern ...
14 years ago
The epic struggle for Guadalcanal
A lifetime ago a struggle began that would help shape the world for decades to come. The ranks of the men who served there are thinning r ...
14 years ago
Independent fights to get on ballot in congressional race
An independent is fighting for his political life trying to challenge an incumbent Philadelphia congressman. Jim Foster says he ...
14 years ago
Delaware beach scheduled to reopen
This weekend people can once again head to the beach at Gordons Pond in Cape Henlopen now that piping plovers have finished nesting. ...
14 years ago
Rutgers–Camden genetics researcher receives prestigious award
“Why do we have two arms and two legs and not three of each? Why do we have five fingers and not six?” For Nir Yakoby, ...
14 years ago
Vineland City Council to vote again on federal firefighting funding
Vineland City Council will take a second crack at the federal grant offered for the fire department. Council was deadlocked in a v ...
14 years ago
A check on Delaware’s economy as we head into the fall
One of the debates that continues in Delaware centers on how the private sector is faring. GOP candidates for governor and lieuten ...
14 years ago
Weigh in on union protests in Philadelphia’s Callowhill neighborhood
Tension between union and non-union workers has been heating up at a construction site in Philadelphia’s Loft District, and Ne ...
14 years ago