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National Park Service backs Delaware Water Gap power line
The National Park Service is backing a plan for a new high-voltage power line through the recreation area spanning Pennsylvania and New J ...
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Jazz musicians unite to benefit Grumplethorpe
Tenor saxophonist Larry McKenna is one of four musicians to perform a three-hour jazz concert at the Germ ...
14 years ago
School Reform Commission votes to close eight Philly schools, spare two
The School Reform Commission voted Thursday night to close eight District schools, but spared E.M. Stanton and Isaac Sheppard Elementary ...
14 years ago
Weekly Entertainment Guide – Painted poetry and public art
WHYY’s Arts Calendar curator Robin Bloom sorts through hundreds of listings each week to find out what’s happe ...
14 years ago
Philly education officials vote to close 8 schools
Education officials in Philadelphia will close eight public schools in a bid to become more efficient and compensate for major enrollment ...
14 years ago
Police: Gun found in baggage at Philly airport
Police say a man was taken into custody at Philadelphia International Airport for having a loaded handgun in his luggage a little more th ...
14 years ago
‘Dancin’ on Air’ takes a new turn
In the 1980s, “Dancin’ On Air” was teased perms, blazers with shoulder pads, and Topsiders. It was the Running Man, the ...
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The most religious states, and is gambling morally acceptable?
What are the most and least religious states? Do Americans feel it’s morally acceptable to gamble? What’s more important, the ...
14 years ago
Phila U. students launch school’s first sustainability forum
Ever since Philadelphia University’s campus-wide energy awareness and reduction initiative launched in October, an estimated $400,0 ...
14 years ago
Youth-led theater group to perform sold-out shows in Roxborough this weekend
The Zumba class that usually exercises under the nave of Roxborough Presbyterian Church on Ridge Avenue has been moved due to an imminent ...
14 years ago
Farm-to-fork trend challenging the traditional diner menu in South Jersey
The Jersey diner. We all know it pretty well: big menus, bigger portions and even bigger cakes and pies. But a couple of diners in South ...
14 years ago
Celebrating Women’s History Month with a look at ‘The Ladies of Laurel Hill’
More than a dozen history enthusiasts wandered through the Laurel Hill Cemetery on a recent Thursday evening to learn about the cemetery& ...
14 years ago
School Reform Commission votes to close Levering; AMY Northwest to move in
Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. The 5-0 vote by the city’s School Reform Commission Thursday night sealed the fate of William Lever ...
14 years ago
Easter Egg Hunts in Philadelphia
Are you hunting for an Easter Egg Hunt for 2012? Bring your baskets and come check out one of these events in Philly and ...
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