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Festival ventures ‘Outside the Frame’ for monthlong performance series
A monthlong series of mostly solo performances springing from wide range of backgrounds, begins this week. “ ...
13 years ago
Vigil follows Philadelphia rallies calling for arrest of Florida teen’s killer
Philadelphians will hold a candlelight vigil Monday night to honor Trayvon Martin, the 17-year-old African American killed in Florida by ...
13 years ago
Trial begins for Catholic church official charged with reassigning abusive priests
The landmark trial of a Roman Catholic Church official is set to begin in Philadelphia Monday. It will turn a new page in the court battl ...
13 years ago
Northwest Philly state-rep candidates forum scheduled for Wednesday
The Chew and Belfield Neighbors Club Inc. will host a candidates forum on Wednesday night at the Joseph E. Coleman Regional Library. ...
13 years ago
Restauranteur Keven Parker of Mt. Airy spreads goodwill
It’s about 1 p.m. at Ms. Tootsie’s Restaurant and owner Keven Parker is as cool as a cucumber even though he is just minutes away fro ...
13 years ago
Life in Northwest Philly: Geese swimming in Wissahickon Creek
Northwest Philadelphia residents always have the Wissahickon Valley to retreat to get away from the city. This was the scene last week in ...
13 years ago
Comic book pits healthy food choices against junk food
Amid the variety of foods, crafts and flowers that makes Reading T ...
13 years ago
Young writers celebrated at inaugural Pretzel Park event
As a writing professor and author, Elizabeth Mosier says younger children and teenagers seem to already know what she has to teach her co ...
13 years ago
Poll: Compressed natural gas as an alternative to gasoline?
A new compressed natural gas filling station in Glassboro is now one of 28 such stations statewide and one of only eight to offer the alt ...
13 years ago
Tackling high gas prices with compressed natural gas in South Jersey
As gas prices creep toward $4 a gallon, the push for alternative fuel sources got a boost this month when the region’s latest comp ...
13 years ago
Rutgers-Camden takeover: Follow the money
I’m a cartoonist, not an English major. But every time I see news about the proposed Rutgers-Camden and Rowan “merger,” ...
13 years ago
Poll: Revel will be smoke free. Good or bad?
Revel Resorts, the new casino/hotel complex opening April 2, is doing something no other Atlan ...
13 years ago
Chestnut Hill College begins Steinway Master Artist series
Chestnut Hill College became an “All Steinway” school in January of 2011. It means that the faculty and students will only us ...
13 years ago