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SEPTA warning to keep your iPhone close
SEPTA is warning riders of the Market Frankford and Broad Street lines to be smart about when they check their smartphones. ...
14 years ago
Five properties added to Philadelphia Register of Historic Places
Five city properties have been added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, and Fishtown advocates are celebrating their big wi ...
14 years ago
New campaign: What 101 Philadelphians wish you new about the city
Philadelphia has a new campaign, brought to you by Philadelphians. Uwishunu, the blog of the Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketin ...
14 years ago
What plants work best in a sidewalk-level flower bed?
NewsWorks reader Judy is redoing a sidewalk garden, and she wrote in to ask for some recommendations for hardy plants that would have som ...
14 years ago
Let us now praise Rick Santorum. Seriously.Before we proceed to the next round of Republican contests, let us pause to recognize one of t ...
14 years ago
14th District Captain: Mt. Airy has more police presence not less
Upset by the recent decision to reassign two bike cops from the 7100 block of Germantown Avenue to other areas in Germantown, Mt. Airy ...
14 years ago
Butkovitz: Unpaid fines an ‘ongoing problem’ in Philadelphia
Philadelphia City Controller Alan Butkovitz has released yet another report detailing the city’s financial shortcomings. ...
14 years ago
Female pawns in the political game
The women of this country represent views across the political spectrum and are a major, albeit diverse, force in elections. Yet women an ...
14 years ago
New 24th District police captain has a ‘vision’ for improving quality of life
No doubt it’ll be an uphill battle for Charles Vogt. He’s the new captain of Philadelphia’s 24th Police District, which ...
14 years ago
Layoffs hit Philly papers, union pledges a fight
UPDATED AT1:45 p.m. It’s a sad day at my alma mater, the Philadelphia Daily News and the Philadelphia Inquirer, where 19 peo ...
14 years ago
Delaware drinking water upgrades get $18 million
The money will be loaned to cities and towns throughout the state to improve the quality of drinking water for more than 150,000 Delaware ...
14 years ago
SEPTA highlights subway stop where you’re most likely to have electronics stolen
Chew on this next time you whip out your cell phone to text on one of SEPTA’s subway lines: the tranist agency has highlighted the ...
14 years ago
Reporter Jen Howard talks with NBC10 about taste-testing N.J. wines
So now we know — New Jersey wines, if we can get past our wine snobbishness — stack up pretty well against French blends. Fres ...
14 years ago
City Council talks trash, Delaware City monitors air quality
Good morning, Feeders, and welcome to another day of above-average temperatures! Tom MacDonald is spending the bulk of his day wit ...
14 years ago
Teacher, Chester Upland school board president tussle
Police are investigating a physical confrontation involving the president of a Philadelphia-area school board and a high school teacher ...
14 years ago