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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
In rush to protect kids from abuse, Pa. lawmakers urged to move carefully
With the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal in the headlines, Pennsylvania lawmakers are calling attention to proposed reforms to chi ...
14 years ago
With 1,700 cases of child sex abuse in 2011, Pa. struggles to find funding to help
In 21 facilities throughout Pennsylvania, multidisciplinary teams of doctors, police, and counselors treat children who have suffered abu ...
14 years ago