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With winter over, PGW urges customers at risk for shut-off to seek help
The Philadelphia Gas Works is urging customers with unpaid bills to get help. PGW spokesman Barry O’Sullivan said low income ...
14 years ago
Steel sculpture by Ellsworth Kelly to rise outside Barnes
The Barnes Foundation will unveil a new public sculpture by Ellsworth Kelly Tuesday. The minimalist artist crafted a steel monolit ...
14 years ago
GFS will soon learn whether it won second consecutive Great Food Fight
A contingent from Germantown Friends School (GFS) will attend Philabundance’s Great Food Fight! awards on April 19 where it will le ...
14 years ago
Catholic high school baseball coach opts for trial on sex crimes charges
The South Philadelphia high school baseball coach accused of sexual and moral corruption is seeking a trial. Louis Spadaccini was ...
14 years ago
Warehouse in fatal Philadelphia fire had history of complaints
Two Philadelphia firefighters are dead, three others have been injured as the result of a five alarm fire in the Kensington neighbor ...
14 years ago
Industry analysts in N.J. anticipate accelerating gas prices to soon ebb
It’s costing more for gasoline — but a New Jersey analyst predicts prices will soon move lower. Gas prices in New Jersey h ...
14 years ago
Pa. judicial kickback scandal yields reform in juvenile court procedure
A bill drafted to protect a child’s right to a lawyer in court is now law in Pennsylvania. It was proposed to help clean up after t ...
14 years ago
Avon’s new CEO was passed over for same job at Johnson & Johnson
She won’t be the top executive at Johnson & Johnson, but Sherilyn McCoy will be a CEO nonetheless. McCoy has been named ...
14 years ago
Flag at half staff in Mt. Airy
American flags are being flown at half-staff today at city buildings in Philadelphia after two firefighters were killed early this mornin ...
14 years ago
Reality of Levering closure sinks in for parents and faculty
Sadness has now largely been tempered by inevitability. As Levering Elementary students returned to class Monday after a week-long ...
14 years ago
Public hearing today on Rehoboth Beach ocean outfall project
A proposal to design and construct a new ocean outfall to discharge treated effluent will be detailed today at a public hearing in Rehobo ...
14 years ago
Newark officials purchase hybrid vehicles in an effort to save money
Throughout the state of Delaware, local municipalities and cities like Newark have made a commitment to go green in order to save energy ...
14 years ago
First Fridays in Mt. Airy move to the end of the month
In an effort to stand out better, First Fridays in Mt. Airy will be renamed Final-y Friday and be held at the end of the month. ...
14 years ago
Judge limits lawyers’ comments on Sandusky case
The judge overseeing the child sex abuse case against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is putting attorneys on ...
14 years ago