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New owner nutures seed company deeply rooted in American history
While delegates to the Constitutional Convention were in Philadelphia more tan 200 years ago, many stopped by the D. Landreth Seed Compan ...
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Irish immigrant rail laborers to rest in peace 180 years after death
The remains of bodies in a mass grave uncovered in Malvern, Pa., will be buried Friday. In 1832, an estimated 57 people died while ...
14 years ago
Young? Unemployed? You’re not alone.
Young people may be the group hardest-hit by the recession, even if they’re not the most visible. Young Americans may not be ...
14 years ago
War and peas — Don’t love that book? Put it down.
Some people feel obligated to finish reading every book they start. Once they pick up a book, even if ...
14 years ago
How are New Jersey public schools doing? Depends on where you live
The New Jersey Education Association, NJ’s primary teacher union, trumpets, “New Jersey’s schools are the best in the n ...
14 years ago
Parents voice concerns with plan to save Levering School
An official with Cook-Wissahickon Elementary School in Roxborough said this week that a proposal to relocate the school to William Leveri ...
14 years ago
Weekly Entertainment Guide: From “Black Mozart” to WaitStaff
WHYY’s Arts Calendar curator Robin Bloom sorts through hundreds of listings each week to find out what’s happening in the Del ...
14 years ago
A peanut butter mile: South Jersey woman running to raise awareness
How long will it take to tally 500 peanut butter miles? How about 1,000? More to the point, what is a peanut butter mile? Kristen ...
14 years ago
Measure limiting sick-time payouts advances in N.J.
A New Jersey Assembly committee has voted along party lines to advance legislation that limits cash payouts for unused sick time accumula ...
14 years ago