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Roxborough natives and neighbors reconnect at 11th annual Roxborough High reunion
Sunday was a sweltering, sunny day in Wildwood, the kind of day meant for bathing suits and cold beers at a dockside bar. So really, why ...
14 years ago
For this ‘teacher,’ happiness is not the issue
A reader reponds to Maiken Scott’s article from May 29, “Do kids help or hinder happiness? Maybe that’s the wrong quest ...
14 years ago
Councilman Jones tells 200 new neighborhood block captains ‘you are not alone’
Renewing their commitment to their communities, block captains and residents from Philadelphia’s 4th Legislative District braved Sa ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia’s newspapers move out of old HQ
Philadelphia’s two major daily newspapers are moving out of the iconic Broad Street tower they had long called home. The whi ...
14 years ago
Here’s an easy quiz. See if you can spot the Democratic buzz phrase du jour.National Democratic chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz ...
14 years ago
Delaware Forest Service Urban Grant program accepts applications
The annual Urban and Community Forestry Grant Program is now accepting applications. The Delawa ...
14 years ago
Temps drop to 80s for first time in a week
Monday marks the first day temperatures have dropped to the 80s in more than a week. According to ...
14 years ago
Quarterly test planned for nuclear plant warning sirens
The Delaware Emergency Management Agency says there will be a test today of the 37 sirens that make up the Salem – Hope Creek Nucle ...
14 years ago
Campbell Soup to buy Bolthouse Farms for $1.55B
Campbell Soup Co. says it will buy carrot and juice maker Bolthouse Farms for $1.55 billion in cash as it seeks to expand its fresh food ...
14 years ago
Milton, Delaware declares water emergency
The Town of Milton has enacted water use restrictions due to the recent hot, dry weather. The ...
14 years ago
Delaware gas prices climb for the first time in months
Gas prices jumped by eight cents a gallon in Delaware during the 4th of July week, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic. Gas now retails ...
14 years ago
New C & D Canal recreation trail gets a name
Delaware’s congressional delegation gathers today to break ground on a new recreation trail along the C & D Canal. The n ...
14 years ago
Fall election could have peculiar kind of ‘photo’ finish
In a close election, you’ve got two ways to win. Coax more of your possible voters into the voting booth. Or somehow ...
14 years ago
Seven years later, some still outraged over late-night pay hikes for Pa. lawmakers
Seven years have passed since Pennsylvania lawmakers voted themselves a pay raise and created a controversy that cost some of them their ...
14 years ago
More public housing agencies prohibit smoking
More than 230 public housing agencies around the country have banned their residents from smoking in their homes. WHYY/NewsWorks c ...
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