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Extreme heat likely to blame for low turnout for Mt. Airy’s latest Final-ly Friday event
It’s a Friday evening and Germantown Avenue in Mt. Airy is bereft of foot traffic. Surely, this is not the kind of vibrant, laid b ...
14 years ago
Michael Moore on stage tonight at Plays & Players
It’s been five years since documentary film maker, Michael Moore released SiCKO to the world. And to celebrate the anniversary, he’ll ...
14 years ago
Class-action lawsuit filed over red-light cameras in N.J.
Nobody likes getting pulled over and getting a ticket. But it’s even worse to receive one in the mail from a red-light camera poised at ...
14 years ago
Excessive heat warning through Sunday
The National Weather Service’s excessive heat warning for the Philadelphia area continues un ...
14 years ago
Mt. Airy’s Sandaga celebrates its 20th Anniversary
Senegal native Alassane Gueye, 65, patiently helps a pair of ebullient young ladies scour the bracelet racks in ...
14 years ago
Missing 7-year-old boy found dead in a swimming pool
The search for a missing seven-year-old boy ended Friday when Isear Jeffcoat was found dead in an Oak Lane swimming pool. Accordi ...
14 years ago
Violent thunderstorms disrupt a.m. Amtrak service to Washington D.C.
Last night’s violent thunderstorms are to blame for power outages and transportation service interruptions across the northeastern Unit ...
14 years ago
The osprey should be the official bird of the Jersey Shore
There’s a webcam aimed at an osprey nest at Island Beach State Pa ...
14 years ago
Chestnut Hill, Germantown or Downtown this 4th of July?
Whether you choose to stick to the NW or head downtown, there are tons of ways to put on those stars and stripes in Philly over the next ...
14 years ago
Top 7 stories in NW Philly this week
Here’s a look at what you may have missed this week: 1. ...
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One-month reprieve for Pa. recipients of general assistance
An 11th-hour adjustment will give Pennsylvania recipients of a soon-to-close public welfare program one more month of benefits. Th ...
14 years ago
The N.J. budget standoff: Sum it up in 6
Once again, Chris Christie is locking horns with New Jersey Democrats over the state budget. Facing a July 1 deadline, Gov. C ...
14 years ago
Christie signs N.J. budget, but not without changes
Gov. Chris Christie took a veto pen to the state budget Friday, slashing $361 million from the spending plan Democrats sent him before si ...
14 years ago
PSU president seeks lowest tuition hike in 35 years
Penn State University’s president says he’ll propose the lowest tuition increase in about 35 years for the coming school year ...
14 years ago
Occupy expects ‘national gathering’ in Philly
Members of Occupy groups from around the country are beginning a weeklong “national gathering” in Philadelphia. Occupy ...
14 years ago