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In testimony to the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday, Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan denied that the April 12 incid ...
14 years ago
Historic bell will ring to honor veterans in Germantown for Memorial Day
In honor of our nation’s veterans, the bell at the Concord School House will be rung on Memorial Day in Germantown at an event whic ...
14 years ago
Arson is cause of Wilmington Friends School Fire
The Delaware State Fire Marshal says the April 17th fire at the Wilmington Friends School was the work of an arsonist. The fire de ...
14 years ago
Philly GOP elects a new chairman: legitimacy in question
Last night, ward leaders of the Philadelphia Republican Party met in a Northern Liberties church to nominate a new chairman. Members nomi ...
14 years ago
NewsWorks inquiry prompts Council, L&I action on blighted Germantown property
When Tim Smigelski moved to Germantown in 1995, he never thought that he would rebuild a neighborhood. Over the next decade, though, the ...
14 years ago
FDA launches new pediatric drug database
The Food and Drug Administration has just launched a new database with information about drug safety and efficacy for kids. Parent ...
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Philly’s Department of Licenses and Inspection gets professional makeover
Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses and Inspection workers are getting a makeover. Everyone from those cleaning and sealin ...
14 years ago
Comcast joins industry leaders to provide a national WiFi network
Five of America’s largest cable companies, including the Philadelphia-based giant, Comcast, have teamed up to create a national WiFi ne ...
14 years ago
Why Mitt Romney would visit a charter school in West Philly
You sometimes hear political hands say that a campaign’s most valuable commodity is the candidate’s time. So why would ...
14 years ago
Pa. streamlines process for getting ID needed to vote
The agency overseeing implementation of Pennsylvania’s new voter ID law has come up with a way to make it easier for residents to g ...
14 years ago
Lynn returns to the stand today for cross-examination
Monsignor William J. Lynn returns to the stand today for cross-examination in the landmark Philadelphia clergy sex-abuse case. Ly ...
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Philadelphians will soon be able to appeal parking tickets online
Philadelphia City Council has approved a bill allowing drivers to appeal parking tickets on-line or through the mail. Counci ...
14 years ago
Watch your step, that’s ‘Art in Transit’ on the subway
Travelers on SEPTA’s subway lines are in for a visual treat. As part of the Art in Transit program, 10 different art projects can be fo ...
14 years ago
Hundreds protest student loan debt at Delaware Sallie Mae headquarters
Last Thursday NewsWorks covered the protest at Sallie Mae in Newark. That produced some conversation that we believe should continu ...
14 years ago
‘Rocket Man’ hospitalized with respiratory infection
Elton John is in a Los Angeles hospital with a serious respiratory infection. The 65-year-old knighted pop-singer became ill while perfor ...
14 years ago