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Philly church mum on priest until donor complained
Documents from a clergy-abuse trial show Catholic church officials ignored complaints a Philadelphia priest had molested two boys until ...
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Move to privatize Pa. prison nursing services fails
Critics of a plan by Pennsylvania’s Department of Corrections to outsource the work of its nurses to private companies are breathin ...
14 years ago
Temple, former med school official settle with feds over billing fraud
Temple University and Dr. Joseph Kubacki have settled with the United States in Kubacki’s conviction for improper medical billing. ...
14 years ago
New filing in Pennsylvania voter ID suit
Remember that lawsuit filed to stop Pennsylvania’s voter ID law? Well now there’s a suit to keep it. Eight Pennsylvani ...
14 years ago
Rabid raccoon captured in the Wissahickon after trail attack
A rabid raccoon was captured in Wissahickon Park this week after biting an adult in a public restroom near Roxborough’s Valley Gree ...
14 years ago
Jay-Z will invite Obama to Philly’s Made in America music festival
Nearly 30 performers will be part of Philly’s “Made in America” musical festival Labor Day weekend, but organizer Jay-Z ...
14 years ago
GCC forms new committee to monitor Germantown zoning matters
There are a couple of important things to know about Ernie Freeman, who will chair Germantown Community Connection’s new Planning, ...
14 years ago
Come see drumming legends perform live! The Woodmere Art Museum, located at 9201 Germantown Ave., is hosting “A Tribut ...
14 years ago
Could Blondell Reynolds Brown be Philadelphia’s next mayor?
A lot of names have surfaced as possible candidates in Philadelphia’s next mayoral race. Councilman Bill Green, City Control ...
14 years ago
Newark police target pedestrians
Careful where you walk. Police are concerned about the rising number of pedestrian injuries. So, Newark police are keeping a ...
14 years ago
Activists seek bank settlement money to bring back HEMAP
Activists in Philadelphia are hoping a mortgage assistance program will get a new life with money from a legal settlement. ...
14 years ago
Walking in the street next to Phila. City Hall could cost you
Philadelphia is getting serious about keeping pedestrians from walking near the construction project outside City Hall. ...
14 years ago
Midrise apartment plan for Delaware waterfront
A new plan has surfaced for the building of an 11-story mid-rise apartment complex on the Delaware waterfront north of the Ben Franklin B ...
14 years ago
Cash aid for disabled adults on Pa. chopping block
A program that provides about $200 a month for disabled adults who can’t work is on Pennsylvania’s chopping block even as s ...
14 years ago
Councilwoman Bass: ‘If you’re not getting the answers you need, call us’
Eighth District City Councilwoman Cindy Bass held a Thursday night community meeting at Triumph Baptist Church in Nicetown in a continued ...
14 years ago