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North Central NID in holding pattern | Burns leaving L&I | controlling bike lanes | PILOT returns | Notebook wins

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May 4-6: Art Star at Race Street Pier | Physick Plant Sale | Broad Street Run | Overbrook Farms Open House

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NID hearing in Council’s Rules Committee airs wider grievances in North Central

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Dave Davies: Off Mic

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 ...

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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.< ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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. ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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