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Funeral for Philadelphia Officer brings mourners from along the East Coast
The Philadelphia Police Department is laying one of its own to rest today, a highway patrol officer who was killed by someone driving the ...
14 years ago
Music at Revel: all over the map
I was surprised to get a notice in my inbox yesterday that the Eagles will be playing Revel on September 1 and 2. Last weeke ...
14 years ago
Northwest Philly dog burnings draw 100 people and pooches to PSPCA rally
After suffering two bullet wounds to the chest, a pit bull named Juice still made it into a loving home. Peg Oppmann’s loving home, ...
14 years ago
Puerto Ricans in Pa. face extra challenge to get voter IDs
Navigating the process of getting a photo ID to vote in the November presidential elections in Pennsylvania is cumbersome at best. But fo ...
14 years ago
Veteran officer remembered this morning at the Cathedral Basilica
Funeral services for Philadelphia Police Officer Brian Lorenzo are this morning at the Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. < ...
14 years ago
Forest fire contained in south Jersey, arson suspected
Crews have contained a forest fire in a remote section of southern New Jersey’s Hamilton Township, west of Atlantic City. Th ...
14 years ago
East Falls’ Lorene Cary steps down as head of the Art Sanctuary
Fourteen years ago, Lorene Cary sat next her mother during an event where she was publicly introduced as founder and executive director ...
14 years ago
Devil’s Pool swimmers risk citations in weekend crackdown
Police will begin handing out summary citations this weekend to folks caught cooling off in a popular Northwest Philadelphia swimming hol ...
14 years ago
Latino leaders press Pa. for online Spanish translations of voter ID info
Leaders of Philadelphia’s Latino community will gather Friday to ask Pennsylvania to do a more thorough job of translating voter ID ...
14 years ago
Weekly Entertainment Guide – Bastille Day Block Party and the return of Rodin
From Center City to the Jersey Shore, we’ve got your week covered. WHYY’s Arts Calendar curator Robin Bloom sorts through hun ...
14 years ago
N.J. public schools creating barriers for dyslexic learners
I have three boys. My oldest and youngest are dyslexic. For the past eight years, I have been on a journey to understand dyslexia and edu ...
14 years ago
N.J. parents of dyslexic children ready for action
My son is one of those children who suffers needlessly in the classroom day in and day out. Now is the time for educational reform that w ...
14 years ago
5 Things that made headlines in N.J. this week
A New Jersey city enlisted an outside collection agency, a study was released about the declining health of Barnegat Bay, and Gov. C ...
14 years ago
Report offers bleak outlook for Barnegat Bay
The outlook for Barnegat Bay is getting bleaker all the time. In a new multiyear study by the Rutgers University Institute of Mari ...
14 years ago
New dance and fitness studio finds its rhythm in Manayunk
Dancer and Manayunk’s Merge Dance Studio founder Christa Campbell doesn’t think working a full day at the office followed by ...
14 years ago