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‘Automated hovering’ aims to keep patients on track after hospitalization
Behavior health researchers at the University of Pennsylvania will test a new approach in caring for people after a heart attack. ...
14 years ago
Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board releases Android app
You’ll now no longer have to ask your friend with an iPhone to access the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board’s mobile app. Ass ...
14 years ago
Do you keep your cool in a city pool?
Some of Philly’s public pools are now open. For parents who need to occupy their families through the hot Philadelphia summers, pub ...
14 years ago
Pa. clinics to survive new standards for abortions
Pennsylvania state officials say they expect most of the state’s abortion clinics will remain open under a tougher law designed a ...
14 years ago
Plan to install defibrillators in N.J. schools gains support
A New Jersey Senate committee has advanced legislation to prevent student-athlete deaths resulting from cardiac arrest. What’ ...
14 years ago
Painted rain barrels to be rolled out in Mt. Airy
In partnership with the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD) and the Mt. Airy Arts Garage (MAAG), the Mt. Airy Business Improvement Distri ...
14 years ago
Tenure overhaul advances in New Jersey
A New Jersey Senate committee has unanimously advanced a bill that would make teacher tenure harder to attain and easier to lose. One law ...
14 years ago
Mt. Airy BID spearheads collaborative effort to combat graffiti
In a bold effort to fight a recent scourge of graffiti, the Mt. Airy Business Improvement District (BID) organized a community meeting be ...
14 years ago
Chestnut Hill’s cobblestone replacement project to begin at 3 a.m. daily
PennDOT crews working along a stretch of Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill are now starting their shifts several hours earlier. F ...
14 years ago
Landlords might raise rent to cover property tax hikes
The giant, bouncing ball of AVI – that’s Mayor Nutter’s Actual Value Initiative, an attempt to make the propert ...
14 years ago
10 area cultural organizations get $2.1 million from Pew
In an effort to keep the area’s high-performing cultural organizations at their best, Pew has announced $2.1 million in funding for ...
14 years ago
Mayor Nutter officially opens the city’s pool season at Awbury Rec Center
It may have been a cool Monday afternoon, but that didn’t seem to bother several dozen children who waited patiently at the Awbury ...
14 years ago
Road construction underway in front of Houston Elementary in Mt. Airy
Road construction began this week on West Allens Lane in front of Henry H. Houston Elementary School in Mt. Airy. The Philade ...
14 years ago
In face of discouraging statistics, recent graduates flock to career fair
The great recession has hit young people in the labor market particularly hard. New numbers show recent grads still are looking for a l ...
14 years ago