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Ex-inmate: Education cuts mean ‘we’re going to need more prisons’
On Friday, Germantown Friends Meeting welcomed filmmaker Matthew Pillischer and a panel of justice-system activists and former inmates fo ...
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City Council talks schools budget, Camden County explores bike share options
Good morning, Feeders! Tuesday brings us big news from Philadelphia City Council. Ahead of tonight’s neighborhood budget hea ...
14 years ago
Center City third graders take anti-hunger message to Casey’s office
Bob Casey has a delivery coming his way at 11 this morning, and it’s not lunch. Third grades from McCall Elementary in Socie ...
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Laurel extends curfew at Carvel Gardens
Laurel extends curfew at Carvel Gardens for now. The curfew which bans non-residents of the apartment complex was put in pl ...
14 years ago
Betty White running for office in Montco, and a controversial voice is back in the Inky
Betty White is on the ballot in Pennsylvania — NOT the “Golden Girl,” but a Marlborough Township Democrat, who we are told ...
14 years ago
39th Police District: Where former tenant/landlord disputes resemble ‘The Shining’
This list covers April 20 – April 26, 2012. April 20, 2012 5400 block Wissahickon Ave. – Handgun, cell ...
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UD Trustees meet after sculpture unveilling
University of Delaware campus sculpture unveiled before Board of Trustees meeting. The “Wings of Thought” sculpt ...
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Children’s author Maurice Sendak dies at 83
The man who took us “Where the Wild Things Are” has died. Maurice Sendak, 83, died Tuesday at his home in Connecticut, ...
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The Delaware Housing Coalition hosts its annual Day of Housing in Dover. The group will preview results of a stat ...
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Last call: Final public hearing for Pa. redistricting plan concludes
At last week’s public hearing, some giving testimony blasted the commission for kowtowing to incumbent lawmakers instead of heeding ...
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Dry N.J. resort weighs BYOB, ‘Jersey Shore’ fears
Voters in New Jersey’s Ocean City will decide an issue that has roiled this seaside community for decades: whether to allow restaur ...
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Restructuring Philadelphia schools: Have administrators overlooked anything?
The School District of Philadelphia recently announced that it would reorganize the apparatus by which we educate the children of Philade ...
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Don’t buy me anything for Mother’s Day
Anna Jarvis launched a crusade for a day to applaud mothers. For the rest of her life, she fough ...
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The lyrics to ‘Take Me Back to Manayunk’
“The Manayunk Club,” one of the movies in the 14th annual Street Movies Film Festiva ...
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Roxborough Development Corporation receives National Trust Main Street accreditation
The Roxborough Development Corporation has been recognized as an accredited “Main Street Program” by the National Trust’ ...
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