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Delaware lawmakers consider school guidelines for physical activity
There is a move in Dover to make sure if kids are going to be couch-potatoes, they aren’t one during school hours. Delaware ...
14 years ago
Constituents claim councilwoman is making Philly zoning issue personal
A Philadelphia zoning dispute was aired out during a City Council committee hearing. Some Norris Square neighbors object to ...
14 years ago
PATCO offers customer survey for ‘Quiet Car’ program
PATCO wants to hear how you feel about the Quiet Car pilot program. On ...
14 years ago
East Falls Community Council votes against latest security designs for Queen Lane reservoir
Fallsers are saying “don’t fence me in.” This week, members of the East Falls Community Council voted against pr ...
14 years ago
Chester prepping for return of USA Sevens Rugby in June
A sport once famously called “a ruffian’s game played by gentlemen” is returning to the Delaware Valley. On the first w ...
14 years ago
New York Magazine explores the new Barnes: Kooky or brilliant?
Two writers at New York magazine have highly different takes o ...
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Sandusky renews effort to have charges thrown out
From the Associated Press: Jerry Sandusky again asked a judge to throw out the child sexual abuse charges against him on Wednesday, ...
14 years ago
NewsWorks Tonight: How do you like us now?
On May 16, 2011, WHYY introduced NewsWorks Tonight, a daily radio show whose goal is to showcase the best reporting and storytelling from ...
14 years ago
Assessing the needs of dyslexic students through shared stories
New Jersey families are having a hard time getting public schools to recognize dyslexia in their children and to provide appropriate reso ...
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Chester considers tax on Union soccer tickets, charge for parking
To deal with budget problems, the strapped city of Chester is considering taxing soccer fans. The proposal calls for adding a 10 pe ...
14 years ago
‘When human life is on the line’
It’s heartening to learn that Connecticut has now abolished capital punishment – the fifth state to renounce government-sanct ...
14 years ago
Forum focused on Delaware poverty
Forum in Dover focuses on poverty and economic challenges facing Delaware residents. The first of three gatherings hos ...
14 years ago
Camden superintendent agrees to buyout
CAMDEN, N.J. — The school superintendent in Camden is leaving the job after five years. The district’s school board ...
14 years ago
N.J. governor’s vice presidential aspirations spark parody
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and the mayor of New Jersey’s largest city are channeling the Seinfeld-Newman riv ...
14 years ago
Despite funding end, merger advocates continue to push for consolidation of more N.J. towns
A citizens group that promotes municipal consolidation is pushing for more New Jersey towns to merge. And while state grants for s ...
14 years ago