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Delaware Bayshore Initiative seeks to preserve coastal communities and draw visitors
A new effort to preserve coastal wildlife and natural areas, while making them more accessible to visitors, is beginning in central and s ...
14 years ago
Picture books ‘more like film and poetry than novels’
Children make terrible pets. We talk to the author of that and other cautionary kids’ tales, New York Times bestselling ch ...
14 years ago
Photo gallery: Philadelphia beats the heat as temperatures soar
It was so hot today that Philadelphia and Camden schools closed early, the breeze actually made things worse and spring seemed but a dist ...
14 years ago
Corbett targeted in new ad, reformers squabble in Phillly, and more
It sometimes seems as if none of the protests of Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett’s budget cuts and gas-drilling policies have any ...
14 years ago
Pa. State Police: 13 dead in Memorial Day weekend crashes
Thirteen people died and hundreds more were injured in holiday weekend car crashes in Pennsylvania. Of the 817 crashes the State P ...
14 years ago
Pa. finds 650 people fraudulently tapping into state benefits
Pennsylvania has nabbed more than 650 people suspected of fraudulently using state-issued debit cards that give them access to certain pu ...
14 years ago
National Spelling Bee starts with computer test
Nearly 300 proficient spellers have gathered at a convention center outside Washington to take part in the preliminary rounds of the Na ...
14 years ago
Drexel finds leatherback sea turtles may be especially vulnerable to climate change
New research out of Drexel University suggests that the leatherback sea turtles in the Pacific will be hit hard by rising global temperat ...
14 years ago
Pa. to enact sudden cardiac arrest law
An estimated 2,000 people under 25 die in the U.S. each year from sudden cardiac arrest. On Wednesday, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is s ...
14 years ago
Chestnut Hill credit card thief arrested
Yolonda Millhouse, 43, of N. 12th St. in Olney was arrested last week in connection with the crimes, which began with the theft of a wall ...
14 years ago
Sweltering May continues run of above-normal temperatures in N.J.
New Jersey is about to end another month of warmer than usual weather. May is the 16th month in a row of above-normal temperatures ...
14 years ago
New N.J. app lets consumers investigate charities
Thinking of donating to a charity but want to make sure your money makes it to the right place?A new app in New Jersey is meant to help c ...
14 years ago
Delaware gets relief from ‘No Child Left Behind’ mandate
Delaware is one of eight states that will now get flexibility from key provisions of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. U.S. Ed ...
14 years ago
Despite Pa., plan to trim pest-control funds, DEP ready for black flies, mosquitoes
Pennsylvania’s effort to control pests such as mosquitoes and black flies is slated to take a $200,000 hit in the proposed budgets ...
14 years ago