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Excessive heat warning through Sunday

The National Weather Service’s excessive heat warning for the Philadelphia area continues un ...

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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

Philly Parenting

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. ...

14 years ago

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

Speak Easy

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

Arts & Entertainment

‘Hall of Famer Terry Gross’

Terry Gross, the host of National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air,” will be inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in ...

14 years ago

Rep. Parker files appeal with Pa. Supreme Court in April 2011 DUI case

State Rep. Cherelle Parker (D-Philadelphia) is now looking to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in hopes of ending the year-plus long legal ...

14 years ago

State universities in Pa. plan only modest tuition increases

The heads of Pennsylvania’s state-owned and state-related universities say they’ll be able to keep tuition increases in line ...

14 years ago

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