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For foster kids’ safety, Camden lawmaker wants N.J. to change home-schooling rules
A measure intended to ensure the safety of children in foster care will have a hearing Monday before a New Jersey Assembly committee. ...
13 years ago
Blackwell wants to help people who owe Philadelphia taxes get city jobs
A Philadelphia City Councilwoman wants to make it possible for residents who owe back taxes to still get considered for city jobs. ...
13 years ago
Mother’s Day Musings from the Germantown Avenue Mamas
What I would really like for Mother’s Day by Elizabette: Mother& ...
13 years ago
Looking back at the history of the Trolley Car Cafe
In the 1950s, the Bathey House, now the Trolley Car Cafe, in East Falls was one of the only outdoor swimming pools in the area. Ki ...
13 years ago
Top 5 things to watch in NW Philly this week
Here’s a look at what’s to come on NewsWorks this week: Padge-Victoria Windslowe, now better known to many as the R ...
13 years ago
Movies and television shows tell you that one of two types of girls become prom queens: the most popular or the richest. I was nei ...
13 years ago
Mt. Airy woman runs support group for caregivers
It started about more than 20 years ago at a New Year’s Eve party. Eager to roll in 1991, Jean Cunningham invited a group of friend ...
13 years ago
Public workshops on Del. bike and pedestrian trails
Nearly two-dozen projects are on the agenda for this week’s workshops in New Castle and Sussex County. Workshops to di ...
13 years ago
Moms are free on Mother’s Day at the Academy of Natural Sciences
The Academy of Natural Sciences is celebrating Women in Natural Sciences Discover Weekend. And to pay tribute to all those special women ...
13 years ago
New anti-littering campaign uses social media #litteriswrongtoo
You wouldn’t eat gas station sushi, would you? It’s just wrong. And so is littering. So don’t do it. That’s the ...
13 years ago
Jay-Z and Mayor Nutter to make announcement Monday
Will there be an epic performance of Rapper’s Delight? We can only hope. According to the Mayor’s press office, ...
13 years ago
Mt. Airy dentist charged with illegally selling Percocet and Oxycodone
Mt. Airy dentist Chandrakant Parekh has been arrested on charges of illegally selling Percocet and Oxycodone. The Philadelphia Daily News ...
13 years ago
Philly’s first Local Music Day, today at 15 different venues
Local musicians and small businesses come together today for Philly’s first Local Music Day. Loves Local Music, an advocacy gro ...
13 years ago
Competitive eater inhales Philly favorites at Harrah’s rebranding ceremony
A re-branding ribbon cutting ceremony was held at the “new” Harrah’s Philadelphia. And to celebrate the Philly connection, competi ...
13 years ago
Clark Park’s family friendly May Fair is today in U-City
Organizers couldn’t have asked for a nicer day for this year’s May Fair, in Clark Park. The family-friendly event be ...
13 years ago