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Teachers in Philly, Hazleton can’t oversee their own PSSA tests
The state Department of Education has barred teachers in Philadelphia and Hazleton from administering standardized tests to their own s ...
14 years ago
74-year-old woman fatally struck by car in Roxborough
5:30 update: Police have identified the victim in yesterday’s pedestrian fatality as Sheila Banks of the 8900 block of Rid ...
14 years ago
Georgetown intersection gets new signals
Officials say a new traffic signal on Route 113 near Georgetown is going active. The Delaware Department of Transporta ...
14 years ago
‘Black Madam’ arrested at Germantown buttocks-enhancement ‘party’
According to a report from NewsWorks content partner ...
14 years ago
Shulick bites back after reports on FBI investigation
As the Feed reported yesterday, federal author ...
14 years ago
New edition of Philbrick Hall lends more space to Free Library
The main branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia will reopen the newly restored room housing its collection of popular fiction, music, ...
14 years ago
Playing the game of life as Du Bois found it in Philadelphia of 1896
The work and legacy of sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois have been incorporated into a new board game and learning tool for Philadelphia high sc ...
14 years ago
Cindy Bass: ‘Budgetary constraints’ have delayed council district-office plans
Before Cindy Bass was elected to the Eighth District City Council seat last year, she spoke about representing residents who felt disconn ...
14 years ago
How a business mentor brought Hipster Home to Chestnut Hill
After more than four years of having a home goods store in Phoenixville, David Friday and Lindsey Herman, co-owners of Hipster Home, relo ...
14 years ago
What do you think should happen to Princeton Battlefield?
The site where General George Washington won a pivotal fight with British troops during the Revolutionary War could soon be up for develo ...
14 years ago
A family asks for help finding Ruffles, a tiny dog last seen in East Oak Lane
More than three weeks ago, a little dog named Ruffles went missing from her home near Cheltenham Avenue. Her human family has not stopped ...
14 years ago
East Falls Tree Tenders, a small organization with deep community roots
The presence of the East Falls Tree Tenders can be felt all over the community, as members have planted nearly 1,000 trees on streets, al ...
14 years ago
‘No Child Left Behind’ news worth celebrating in New Jersey
On Feb. 9, New Jersey welcomed the news that it is one of 11 states to be granted a waiver from the No Child Left Behind law. ...
14 years ago
The science of quiet: PATCO begins ‘quiet car’ program
Rachel DeMarco boards the PATCO train set for New Jersey between 15 and 16th and Locust streets in Philadelphia. The city resident ...
14 years ago
Photo Slide Show – Haiti: two years later
Jan. 12, 2012, was the two-year anniversary of the earthquake that shook Haiti and tested the country’s infrastructure and health c ...
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