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Altoona is broke and has lots of company
The state has declared Altoona, Pennsylvania as financially distressed, making it the 27th municipality to enter the commonwealth’s ...
14 years ago
Protests in Harrisburg against cuts to services for disabled
Advocates are warning a number of Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare policy changes are endangering the agencies that provide serv ...
14 years ago
Abandoned properties – the crisis of the month
When an abandoned factory fire in Kensington killed two firefighters last month, and a grand jury was empanelled, and the mayor condemned ...
14 years ago
NBC10 weather forecast: Expect rain through Saturday
Temperatures will break 80 tomorrow before we duck back down into the 70s. Once things clear Sunday, expect a few rain-free days of sun.< ...
14 years ago
Photo gallery: Verizon employees rally against company’s greed
Local Verizon employees gathered around Rittenhouse Square this afternoon to protest what they call their company’s greedy practice ...
14 years ago
Councilwoman Bass: ‘Blight is unacceptable’ in Germantown
Eighth District City Councilwoman Cindy Bass said she is attempting to end the plague of crumbling and abandoned properties which are lef ...
14 years ago
5th District: Bathtub stolen from Leverington Ave. property
This list covers 5th District crime reports from April 23 to April 29 April 23, 2012 300 block Delmar St. ...
14 years ago
N.J. Supreme Court upholds caps on sick time payouts
New Jersey’s Supreme Court is upholding limits on sick time payouts for top school administrators. In a unanimous decision, ...
14 years ago
New Castle County officials focus on economic development
New Castle County officials are one step closer to revitalizing a struggling area that has seen development shift to other parts of the s ...
14 years ago
Twelve short stories inspired by the Mutter Museum
For the past few years the Mütter Museum has been eagerly opening itself to artistic interpretation. Philadelphia’s archive of mor ...
14 years ago
Northwest Philadelphia council members had a busy Thursday session
City Council members from Northwest Philadelphia spent Thursday’s meeting honoring locally raised filmmakers, getting resolutions p ...
14 years ago
City Council honors St. Hubert’s after high school gets spared from closing
There were two reasons why City Council honored Saint Hubert Catholic High School for Girls at a Thursday session attended by students, t ...
14 years ago
Could changing Medicaid cut ER visits for dental emergencies?
Emergency room visits for preventable dental conditions are up 16 percent across the nation, according to a report from the ...
14 years ago