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A recap of NW Philly neighborhood goals for 2012
Last month, Newsworks profiled three Northwest Philadelphia development corporations in order to develop a civic agenda for the coming ye ...
13 years ago
Will land banks cash in vacant property?
This week, Philadelphia City Council got to work on a problem that’s bedeviled the city for decades: the vast inventory of abandone ...
13 years ago
Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday celebrated
This year marks 200 years since the birth of Charles Dickens, the great Victorian author who bequeathed the world such literary masterpie ...
13 years ago
Delaware environmental department in need of frog call monitors
A word of warning here — years of watching the Muppets probably won’t give you a competitive edge for this job. Delaware ...
13 years ago
If I was a city councilmember for a day …
A recent tweet from Daily News reporter David Gambacorta about outlawing car horns got us thinking: I ...
13 years ago
I’m lucky to have met a lot of people in my role as videographer for NewsWorks. After interviewing upwards of 200 Philadelphi ...
13 years ago
Mob scenes: Philly students create play from random city violence
This weekend, another flash mob is coming to Philadelphia — this time as documentary theater. For three days, Thursday throu ...
13 years ago
Sunoco CEO resigns as company changes course
As Sunoco is entering its next generation, company CEO Lynn Elsenhans is leaving the company. In the Philadelphia region, Sunoco h ...
13 years ago
Pennsylvania dairy linked to bacterial infections
The Maryland Department of Health has confirmed the presence of the bacteria campylobacter in two samples of raw milk from a south ...
13 years ago
Taking count of cyclists, walkers, changes in Philly region
High-tech tools are counting bicyclists and pedestrians around Philadelphia and the region. They’re part of an effort by planners t ...
13 years ago
Philadelphia’s mrCharlie jams across 3 generations
Jam band mrCharlie has been a staple of the Philadelphia concert scene for decades. Tomorrow night, the quartet will have two special gue ...
13 years ago
Betty Lindsay is this month’s local hero
Theodore Stone, a block captain and community activist in Germantown, nominated Betty Lindsay for our Local Hero series. Stone has ...
13 years ago
Rendell, investors eyeing Philadelphia newspapers
In a conference call with reporters late Friday afternoon, former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell confirmed he and a group of investors have ...
13 years ago
Vegans’ answer to Wing Bowl includes roller skating
Wing Bowls past might have kept vegans at home as the city devotes itself to a day full of meat consumption. But in Philadelphia, ...
13 years ago
Delaware leaders write Postmaster General in effort to save Hare’s Corner
To help their efforts to save Delaware’s only mail processing center, Sen. Tom Carper, cha ...
13 years ago