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Poll: Philadelphians willing to pay more for better services
Not that they’re jumping at the chance to pay more taxes, but Philadelphians will fork over more money if it means better services. ...
14 years ago
Prescribed fire at Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware expected to maximize public safety
On Tuesday, a remote area of Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware, was intentionally set on fire… again. The Parks and Recre ...
14 years ago
Audit finds state health plan cheaper for N.J. towns
A new audit shows that more than a third of New Jersey counties and towns are wasting millions of dollars on health insurance brokers an ...
14 years ago
‘Don’t fall in love at the Flower Show’ and 9 more handy tips
The Philadelphia International Flower Show is widely touted as the the most ambitious indoor garden s ...
14 years ago
Tuskegee Airmen no-shows at Germantown museum event, but are honored in their absence
In celebration of Black History Month, dozens of community and military members and representatives of the ACES Museum in Germantown gath ...
14 years ago
St. Hubert’s brown and gold fights on — but for how long?
My mom and about half the women in my family went to St. Hubert’s. The students wore blue uniforms then — the ones that are now e ...
14 years ago
FEMA reimburses Camden County for $1.3 million in Hurricane Irene expenses
To date, Camden County has been reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for $1.3 million in Hurricane Irene expenses. That ...
14 years ago
An open letter to Rutgers-Camden: We don’t want to ‘take you over’ or ‘damage’ you
Dear Rutgers-Camden: I am a proud member of the Rowan University family, with whom you will probably have an awkward arranged marria ...
14 years ago
N.J. Senate advances bill to cut aid to to towns that don’t share services
New Jersey municipalities that don’t play nice with their neighbors could see state funding cuts. The Senate had advanced Pr ...
14 years ago
Benefits, credibility at stake for Rutgers-Camden in merger
An essay published on NewsWorks.org this past November detailed concerns about the rumored merger of the Rutgers-Camden campus, Rowan Uni ...
14 years ago
Fisker announces changes at the top
Fisker founder Henrik Fisker has named former Chrysler chief Tom LaSorda CEO of Fisker Au ...
14 years ago
Another Democrat on the ballot in Pa. attorney general race
The race for Pennsylvania attorney general is crowded once again. After clearing up a paperwork problem, Democrat Don Bailey is on ...
14 years ago
Nascent Germantown CDC seeks to start turning dreams into realities at Wednesday night event
Late last year, the Germantown United CDC was founded around the idea of a re-imagining — of people coming together and, through c ...
14 years ago
Maybe Mitt Romney will prevail tonight in Michigan, maybe he won’t. It almost doesn’t matter. Win or lose, he’s already ...
14 years ago
Cape to Gate: A windy wonderland
On Saturday morning, I loaded up my mom’s Subaru Baja with cans of Pringles, bottles of Gatorade and four sleepy runners and drove ...
14 years ago