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Roxborough’s Schuylkill Center helps injured hawk take flight

Last week, an injured Cooper’s hawk was able to “get back on his wings” after the Schuylkill Center for Environmental E ...

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Transgendered substance-abuse treatment facility plan moves from Kemble Ave. to Southwest Philly

Philadelphia will soon have a residential substance abuse treatment facility for transgendered men and women, but it won’t be at th ...

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Cape May wildlife management area formally dedicated by N.J. DEP

The release of 500 trout into Flynn’s Pond in the Cape May area marked the formal dedication of the Cox Hall Creek Wildlife Managem ...

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More than 1,000 defibrillators found during Philadelphia search challenge

Philadelphians found more than 1,100 automated external defibrillators during the MyHeartMap Challenge. Late last year, GIS shop A ...

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Philadelphia School District budget still millions in the red

The Philadelphia School District still need to cut millions from its budget by July.  But the head of the School Reform Commission t ...

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39th Police District: Where a side-view mirror got stolen off a rental Chrysler

This list covers March 9 – March 15, 2012. March 9, 2012 1900 block W. Venango St. – Complainant said ...

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After weather delays, NASA sends five rockets into space

NASA’s Anomalous Transport Rocket Experiment has begun. Five r ...

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N.J. budget officer challenges Christie on revenues

The research arm of the New Jersey legislature thinks the Christie administration’s revenue projections for the next 15 months are ...

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National Interest

‘A recipe for disaster’

It’s no mystery why politicians in both parties have remained so reticent about the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvo ...

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Mt. Airy resident reflects her back on Jeopardy College Championship experience

Like most college seniors, Mt. Airy resident Sarah Bart is anxiously awaiting graduation. The difference with this 22-year-old and ...

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South Philly’s Lori Chinitz wins Week 6 of the Discover NewsWorks Sweepstakes

A big congratulations to Lori Chinitz! The South Philadelphia resident is our latest winner in the Discover NewsWorks Sweepstakes. ...

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Speak Easy

15 signs your husband is thinking of voting Republican

Standing in the checkout line, you see plenty of magazines offering stories like “What he isn’t telling you” and ̶ ...

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City Council discusses a landbank, public gets a lesson in wilderness medicine

Good morning, Feeders! Tom MacDonald is in Philadelphia City Council chambers as its members discuss schools’ zero tolerance ...

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East Falls neighborhood leaders crack down on illegal signs

They’re really hard to remove. The best practice, it became manifest, is to rest a six-foot ladder against the utility pole ...

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Fisker to replace batteries in all 2012 Karmas

Problems in the cars’ battery cells could cause the cars to perform poorly or result in decreased durability. The electric c ...

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