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Local students video chat with NASA astronauts on board the International Space Station
Imagine seeing three NASA astronauts floating in the International Space Station and asking them “What’s it like up there? ...
14 years ago
Pea Patch swimmer tells of Delaware River skull discovery
What’s it like to find a skull in the river you’re swimming in? Just ask Randy Garrison. He was in the Delaware River ...
14 years ago
Hezekiah Jones to perform free concert Wednesday in Northwest Philadelphia
The Philadelphia-based Hezekiah Jones band will perform a free outdoor concert Wednesday (6/26). The show will be at Pastorius ...
14 years ago
Bowling your way to fitness in East Falls
Rolling a bowling ball and lifting bowling pins can now be a part of your exercise routine at a new fitness center in East Falls. ...
14 years ago
PlanPhilly profiles Chestnut Hill home for its Queen Anne architecture
PlanPhilly, a NewsWorks content partner, profiles a Chestnut Hill home, as a beautiful example of Queen Anne-style architecture. The ...
14 years ago
Butkovitz: Sheriff sale buyers receiving old owners’ water bills
Buy a sheriff sale property in the last few years? City Controller Alan B ...
14 years ago
With Lynn convicted, are civil cases against Philadelphia Archdiocese up next?
The jurors have spoken in the landmark priest sexual abuse case in Philadelphia. Now what? In addition to a spate of civil ...
14 years ago
Lynn on waiting list for electronic bracelet, but no decision on house arrest
UPDATED 2:30 p.m. Monsignor William Lynn is in jail until July 5 at least. Judge M. Teresa Sarmina is considering gra ...
14 years ago
More Delaware State Park areas to become tobacco-free
Already banned in Delaware State Parks’ bandshells, amphitheaters, athletic stadiums and fields, swimming pools, and playgrounds, t ...
14 years ago
5th District: Man attacked and robbed by three men after opening his front door on Pensdale
This list includes June 11 – June 17 June 11, 2012 400 block Pensdale St. – Eagles wa ...
14 years ago
Turning Facebook followers into crime fighters in South Jersey
They say everyone knows each other in small towns. A South Jersey police department says it has proved that’s also true onlin ...
14 years ago
‘El Wingador’ posts bail for cocaine distribution charge
“El Wingador” is a free man for the time being. Also known as Bill Simmons, the former Wing Bowl champ was arrested al ...
14 years ago
Reward doubled in case of pitbull found burned in E. Germantown (Warning: graphic picture)
In what was described as an “extreme case of animal abuse,” a dog discovered in Germantown suffering from extreme burns died ...
14 years ago
Artist replaces Sandusky image on Penn State mural
The depiction of Jerry Sandusky on a well-known mural across the street from the Penn State campus has been replaced by an image of a p ...
14 years ago
Attorney General Eric Holder announces COPS grants in Philadelphia
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder chose Philadelphia as the place to announce 220 cities and counties are receiving federal grants for ne ...
14 years ago