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Air Force plans to reduce Pa. positions by 25 percent
The Air Force plans to cut about 1,623 positions at bases throughout Pennsylvania to comply with long-term budget reductions. An A ...
13 years ago
N.J. legislature begins scrutiny of gov’s budget plan
Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed $32.1 billion budget is about to get its first legislative hearing. The Assembly Budget Commi ...
13 years ago
Drexel professor coordinates map of endangered sea turtle migration
Leatherback sea turtles are the giants of the turtle family, growing to more than 6 feet long and sometimes living longer than a century. ...
13 years ago
The Philadelphia Society of Free Letts carries on the legacy of the immigrants who created it. At 120 ...
13 years ago
For three recent weeks, Northwest Philly was the deadliest section of the city
A thud at the front of the house stirred Janie Wright from her sleep. One of her sons, also residing at the East Germantown proper ...
13 years ago
Mt. Airy residents told: Two local bike cops now patrol Germantown
East Mt. Airy residents plan to let 14th Police District Capt. Joel Dales know they’re not happy with his decison to re-locate the ...
13 years ago
New no-fee policy for residents designed to promote Camden County’s 20 parks
Bride-to-be Suzanne Brown got an early wedding gift when the county refunded the deposit she’d put on the picnic grove she reserved ...
13 years ago
Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education seeks public input on new name
Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education officials decided there’s nothing in a name when it comes to the one they’ve had for t ...
13 years ago
Manayunk co-op proposal takes off on Facebook; community schedules public meeting for April
Last week, the Manayunk Development Corporation – in conjunction with Weaver’s Way Co-Op grocery – announced plans to explore t ...
13 years ago
Poll: Should Ocean City allow BYOB?
Last summer, a few restaurant owners tried to get Ocean City to repeal its long time ban on having alcohol in public spaces by proposing ...
13 years ago
A New Jersey family’s history told through dozens of quilts
Dorothy Talavera of Delanco, N.J., can stand over any one of her dozens of quilts and tell you when it was made, who made it and the hist ...
13 years ago
West Oak Lane store owner in ‘extremely critical condition’ after violent robbery
According to NewsWorks content partner NBC Philadelphia, a 39-year-old store owner in West Oak Lane was shot by a masked robber during a ...
13 years ago
Planning Commission OKs Delaware River plan
A plan to guide development along Philadelphia’s Delaware River waterfront was approved Tuesday by the City Planning Commission. T ...
13 years ago
Funding source for Pa. 911 call centers dwindling, officials warn
Pennsylvania’s 69 emergency call centers are being fully funded, but the state’s top emergency manager says a budget crisis i ...
13 years ago