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“Valley Talks” to feature a lecture on the importance of open space this week in Roxborough. Valley Green Bank and the ...
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Catholic schools join Philadelphia Great Schools Compact
The Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia has joined the city’s Great Schools Compact. The compact is designed to create more ...
14 years ago
Pa. prison system can handle budget demands, corrections chief says
The man leading Pennsylvania’s prison system says it can handle Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposal to hold the line on the agency ...
14 years ago
Bass to flood-zone residents: Money for infrastructure overhaul ‘is not there’
Last weekend’s impending rain storms weighed heavily on the minds of the East Germantown residents who sat down with Eighth Distric ...
14 years ago
Redd announces camera system to discourage illegal dumping in Camden
Et tu, Camden? Illegal dumpers will have a hard time unloading trash in yet another city. Like Philadelphia, Camden is crac ...
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Chesnut Hill Community Association meeting this week. On Tuesday April 24 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. the CHCA’s Aesthetics Commit ...
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Sunoco and Carlyle Group in Philly refinery talks
The owner of a Philadelphia oil refinery threatened with closure is in talks with one of the nation’s largest private equity firms, ...
14 years ago
Could you feed yourself on $5 a day?
The host of WHYY’s Radio Times, Marty Moss-Coane, is challenging herself to live on $5 a day for a whole week. ...
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Civil rights activist Julian Bonds will lecture this week in Germantown. On Thursday April 27 at 7:30 p.m. the Germantown Monthly M ...
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Love science? Come enjoy table top experiments at Earth Bread + Brewery. In honor of the Philadelphia Science Festival, Dr. Fred wi ...
14 years ago
5th District: Rash of car thefts in Manayunk and Roxborough
This list covers April 2 – April 22 April 2, 2012 7700 block Matthias St. – Car stole ...
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Taking deadbeat property owners to task
The fire that ravaged Kensington’s Thomas W. Buck Hosiery building, causing the deaths of two firefighters, has started a citywide conv ...
14 years ago
University of the Arts hires College of Performing Arts dean
The University of the Arts announced today its new dean of the College of Performing Arts. Kay F. Williams will take on the role J ...
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Hungry? Take a food tour of Manayunk and feast on cheesesteaks, tomato pie, soft pretzels and more. On Thursday April 26 at 11:30 a ...
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Costs of suspended Fla. drug-testing for welfare no indicator for Pa., proponents say
Drug testing welfare applicants and recipients in Florida ended up costing the state money instead of saving it, according to documents o ...
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