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Quartet of nightclubs take part in inaugural Center City Jazz Festival
Four downtown nightclubs in Philadelphia will be hosting a jazz festival on April 28. The Center ...
13 years ago
Jobs programs fear cuts to federal funding
It’s a tough time for programs funded through Philadelphia’s Community Development Block Grant. The Commerce Departmen ...
13 years ago
14th Police District: Where someone will steal your IPhone while you’re talking on it
This list covers Feb. 26 – March 3 Feb. 26, 2012 7600 block Woolston Ave. – Complainant said her granddaughte ...
13 years ago
Want to give private equity firms a break?
A bill poised for passage in Philadelphia City Council Thursday would exempt private equity funds from the city’s business taxes. ...
13 years ago
Stained glass made by Germantown High students will beautify North Philadelphia school
Germantown High School students are using their artistic talents to create stained-glass windows for the Community Partnership School in ...
13 years ago
Future unclear for Delilah’s Soul Food at Reading Terminal Market
There it was, suddenly, last Friday — a sign alerting Reading Terminal Market customers that Delilah’s Soul Food is closed, at le ...
13 years ago
AG candidate Kane opposes Pa. plan for pre-abortion ultrasound
A Democratic candidate for Pennsylvania attorney general is speaking out against pending legislation that would require women to have an ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia owes $877k for Boy Scouts’ eviction case
The city of Philadelphia must pay nearly $900,000 after a failed effort to evict the Boy Scouts of America over the scouts’ ban o ...
13 years ago
Mild winter leads to early allergy season, issues for farmers in N.J.
It really hasn’t been much of a winter and the unusually mild weather is causing some problems. The allergy season is off to ...
13 years ago
Alternative to prison is second chance for some Philly offenders
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams stood side-by-side Wednesday with some lawbreakers to congratulate and then warn them. The ...
13 years ago
Schwartz increasingly a player in national Democratic Party
Look at congressional contests in the region this year, and it’s striking that one of the least competitive races features the cand ...
13 years ago
Girl with pink hair allowed back in Delaware middle school
Shue-Medill Middle School in Delaware has welcomed back a sixth-grader who was suspended last week for showing up with pink hair. ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia sustainability conference hopes to put ideas into action
This weekend, the Springside Chestnut Hill Academy will host the Homegrown Institute’s ...
13 years ago
SEPTA projects $38 million shortfall in 2013
SEPTA says it’s too soon to know if 2013 will bring a fare hike. But it’s not too soon for officials to project a $38 ...
13 years ago
Mining the ‘residue of time wasted’
Innovation is talked about as the engine that will move the economy forward as we emerge from an economic downturn. But this watchword is ...
13 years ago