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Jeri Lynn Johnson carefully cultivates Black Pearl orchestra of young musicians
When an orchestra is working the way it should, the music sounds effortless. Notes just pour off the stage as though there were no other ...
14 years ago
Mt. Airy Learning Tree holds fundraising dance
Several hundred people turned out Friday night (3/30/12) for the third annual MALT Ball. The dance is part Mt. Airy Learning Tree’s ...
14 years ago
In this coming year of 2012 cooperative enterprises will have a little time in the sun since the United Nations has designated it the Yea ...
14 years ago
Professionals tell Roxborough High’s aspiring astronauts, engineers and doctors, ‘you can do it’
“What do you guys want to be when you grow up?” asked BET TV producer Derrick Stevenson to a room full of students at Roxboro ...
14 years ago
The ‘Fabulous Thunderbirds’ at the Atlantic City Boardwalk
For over thirty years, the Fabulous Thunderbirds have been performing their Texas roadhouse electric blues with such top 40 hits as ̶ ...
14 years ago
Top 7 stories of the week in NW Philly
Here’s a list of the top stories in Northwest Philadelphia this week: 1. OF ...
14 years ago
Climate change may be the new threat to the Wissahickon Creek
It was “bad news-good news” for the crowd who packed the auditorium at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy School in Chestnut Hi ...
14 years ago
Four more face charges in death of Bucks County musician
Four more people face charges in the shooting death of Bucks County musician Danny DeGennaro. According to ...
14 years ago
Two Bucks towns join lawsuit agains state drilling law
It’s becoming and out and out battle — over zoning regulations. Seven municipalities have joined a suit against Pennsy ...
14 years ago
Kitchen: ‘We deserve better’ than Prime Healthcare at Roxborough Hospital
Pennsylvania State Senator Shirley Kitchen (D-Phila.) calls it a ‘mistake.’ Although, the sale of Roxborough Hospital ...
14 years ago
N.J. couple to wed at Academy of Country Music Awards
A Washington Township, N.J., couple will tie the knot Sunday in front of millions of people. Christina Davidson and Frank Tucci we ...
14 years ago
PATCO expands ‘wave and pay’ for riders’ convenience
Starting Monday, far more riders on the PATCO high speed line between Philadelphia and South Jersey will be able to pay their fare in a n ...
14 years ago
Xfinity amusement venue coming alive
Xfinity Live! has opened to the public inside the footprint of the old Spectrum sports arena. It’s a bit smaller than first forecas ...
14 years ago
City to Germantown Artists Roundtable: ‘Now is the time’ to buy commercial space on the corridor
On Thursday night, about 50 Germantown-area artists gathered for the latest meeting of the burgeoning Artists Roundtable, an effort launc ...
14 years ago