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Quakers’ future home to feature a ceiling that slides open to the sky

A steady downpour could not dampen the spirits of those gathered to take part in the groundbreaking ceremony for Chestnut Hill Friends Me ...

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PATCO to continue quiet car experiment

Train passengers can continue to ride in relative silence between southern New Jersey and Philadelphia. PATCO says it will extend ...

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Sports journalist talks about cardiac screenings for student athletes

Sports journalist and author Mark Hyman discusses New Jersey’s bill to enact mandatory cardiac screenings for young athletes. Hyman ...

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‘Black Madam’ faces Wednesday preliminary hearing in ‘pumping party’ case

A preliminary hearing for Padge-Victoria Windslowe, the so-called “Black Madam” who was arrested in late February in Germanto ...

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Germantown High students open the city’s first in-school ‘bank’ branch

Set to a backdrop of money themed songs by the O’Jays, Donna Summer and Ol Dirty Bastard, Germantown High School hosted a first-of- ...

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East Falls thief arrested after returning to crime scene to ask for a job

Here’s one to add to the dumb criminals list: An alleged thief who reportedly robbed Joe Long’s East Falls Auto shop, located ...

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Education

Principal reinstated in Camden as part of whisltleblower suit settlement

A former school principal turned whistle-blower is getting his job back, thanks to an arbitration judge’s ruling. The Camden educa ...

14 years ago

Lagging N.J. tax revenues jeopardize Christie income tax-cut plan, Democrats say

New Jersey tax collections are below the projections made by the Christie administration. The latest figures from the New Jersey T ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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