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Copper thieves darken parks, threaten Camden event
Copper wire thievery has left many Camden city parks in the dark. ...
14 years ago
New Delaware jobs law focuses on the disabled
A new Delaware jobs bill signed into law is aimed helping the disabled and returning veterans with disabilities. Delaware Governor ...
14 years ago
Suspect in Philadelphia police officer’s death posts bail
Kareem Alleyne, the 35-year-old East Germantown man suspected of fatally striking an off-duty police officer with his car Sunday night, h ...
14 years ago
EPA soot standards debated at Philly hearing
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to tighten the air-quality standards for a type of air pollution sometimes called s ...
14 years ago
Digging along the Delaware for remains of 17th century carousing
It’s now just a parking lot, with weeds sprouting through cracked asphalt. But 350 years ago, this block on the west side of ...
14 years ago
Bear found in tree is captured in N.J.
A 2-year-old bear spotted in a tree in East Brunswick has been tranquilized and relocated. Detective Sgt. Kevin Zebro says the bea ...
14 years ago
Pa. dropped a notch by credit-rating agency
The New York-based credit ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service has slapped a lower rating on Pennsylvania’s debt as state ...
14 years ago
Boyfriend of police officer’s ex charged with homicide
Police have identified the killer of Officer Marc Brady as 35-year-old Kareem Alleyne of the 900 block of E. Price St. Alleyne is c ...
14 years ago
Chestnut Hill parking under discussion
Last week, members of the Traffic, Transportation, and Parking Committee of the Chestnut Hill Community Association met to discuss an eme ...
14 years ago
A Delaware nonprofit group is hoping to harvest an idea that William Penn planted in New Castle more than 300 years ago. Soon afte ...
14 years ago
Graveside movies draw 900 to Laurel Hill Cemetery
As a humid dusk spread over the city last Friday the 13th, hundreds of Philadelphia –area residents of all ages made a beeline for the ...
14 years ago
Starfinder soccer players head to Sweden for Gothia Cup
When Steve Jackson of Manayunk’s Starfinder Foundation prepares to board an international flight with 18 local teenagers, soccer is ...
14 years ago
How does Mt. Airy’s Video Library stay open?
It is no secret that in the the age of streaming movies, video and DVD rental stores don’t have a bright future. The evidenc ...
14 years ago
Following talent, suburban businesses open up shop in Philadelphia
The perfect storm converged on Brian Adams’ commute one evening in June. “The Sixers were playing a night game, and I ...
14 years ago