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Strangers pull woman to safety when her car becomes stuck on Del. train tracks
A woman driving through Newark, Del., this morning was saved by two strangers when her car became stuck on train tracks around New London ...
14 years ago
Golden-winged warbler, Indiana bat named to N.J. endangered, threatened species list
New Jersey has updated its list of endangered and threatened species for the first time since 2003. Five new species have been dee ...
14 years ago
Pa. Supreme Court chief seeks clemency on budget cuts
State Supreme Court Chief Justice Ron Castille is asking Pennsylvania lawmakers to negotiate kinder budget cuts, a mere month after his b ...
14 years ago
Philly official reports herself for campaign violation
A city official who was elected on a platform of ethical transparency and accountability has dimed herself out for campaign fund-raising ...
14 years ago
Kitchen collections of Philly’s grand dame of cuisine set for sale
Philadelphia foodies will have a chance to own a piece of local culinary history. The personal kitchen of Julie Dannenbaum, a prominent f ...
14 years ago
Nutter trying to lure new 1,000-bed hotel to Philadelphia
The Nutter administration wants another major hotel built in Philadelphia so the convention center can attract bigger crowds. With ...
14 years ago
Plan to increase N.J. minimum wage advances
An Assembly committee has advanced legislation to raise New Jersey’s minimum wage. The current $7.25 an hour minimum wage in ...
14 years ago
PATCO rolls out Quiet Car trial period March 1
Taking a cue from SEPTA, NJ Transit and customer surveys, PATCO will launch its quiet car trial later this winter to try to give passenge ...
14 years ago
Tony Danza and Sen. Stack speak out for Philadelphia schools
A state senator and an actor who became a Philadelphia teacher for a reality TV show are speaking out together for the city’s publi ...
14 years ago
Coming to a City Paper honor box near you: immigration reporting on de-industrialized cities
2012 holds a lot of promises. Everything will be gamified, we’ll find out who’s ...
14 years ago
Nutter joins city and neighborhood officials to open the revitalized Manayunk Towpath
Kay Sykora fist pumped the air when she reached the podium placed at the foot of the Manayunk Canal Towpath on Thursday morning. S ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia still in a pickle that could cost millions
At the request of a Newsworks reader, I wanted to come back to an issue I wrote about six months ago which could blow a multi-million dol ...
14 years ago
24-hour staffing at Philadelphia’s real-time crime surveillance center
Philadelphia has joined the ranks of about 10 cities to have a Real-Time Crime Center stocked with surveillance videos, databases and oth ...
14 years ago
Triplet injured in Burlington County school bus crash released from hospital
One of the three students critically injured last week in a school bus crash in Burlington County, N.J., has been released from the hospi ...
14 years ago