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AmeriCorps members help Philly patients master paperwork to get drugs they can’t afford
Many of the large pharmaceutical companies help uninsured and low-income people by providing free prescription drugs. Those programs can ...
14 years ago
A little tip from Philly cops: Don’t announce your vacation plans on Facebook or Twitter
Watch out how much you share on Facebook and Twitter says one Philadelphia Police captain. That was the message given last night to resid ...
14 years ago
End this week with a bang at the Business Association of Mt. Airy’s (B.A.M) third Finally Friday at 5:30 p.m. Guests will be ...
14 years ago
Portion of Lincoln Drive to be temporarily closed on Saturday
Drivers beware: If you’re traveling along the southbound lanes of Lincoln Drive between Wissahickon and Ridge avenues on Saturday, ...
14 years ago
Severe Thunderstorm watch in effect till 9 p.m.
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Philadelphia and surrounding counties unt ...
14 years ago
Rittenhouse Square pop-up garden aims to ‘bring everyone to the table’
True to form, the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s summer pop-up garden has a new location this year. A vacant lot in Ri ...
14 years ago
This Saturday, monkey around at the Morris Aboretum for the “Circus comes to Compton” event from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. The ...
14 years ago
SEPTA-bus assault victim: ‘Brotherly Love and Sisterly Affection got me punched in the face’
When NewsWorks freelance photographer Bas Slabbers got jumped May 31 while minding his business on SEPTA’s Route 23 bus, not too ma ...
14 years ago
Picture yourself falling in love with Germantown. This Saturday, a group of photographers for the first ever “Germantown Photo Walk ...
14 years ago
Picture yourself falling in love with Germantown. This Saturday, a group of photographers for the first ever “Germantown Photo Walk ...
14 years ago
Woman sues N.J. little league player for baseball injury
In 2010, Elizabeth Lloyd was struck in the face with a baseball, requiring her to have reconstructive surgery and leaving her with a last ...
14 years ago
City budget not last word on money for Philadelphia public schools
Philadelphia City Council is on the way to passing a budget that doesn’t provide half the extra money requested by the School Distr ...
14 years ago
Sandusky jury back deliberating sex abuse case
Jurors in Jerry Sandusky’s child sex abuse trial have gone back behind closed doors for deliberations after rehearing testimony f ...
14 years ago
Arrest made in SEPTA-bus assault of NewsWorks freelance photographer
Philadelphia Police announced Friday morning that a woman has been arrested in connection with the May 31 assault of NewsWorks freelance ...
14 years ago