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Police/FBI task force releases more images of Stenton Avenue bank robbers

Philadelphia Police and the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force on Thursday released images of two robbers who hit the Sovereign Bank branch at ...

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Springside Chestnut Hill Academy adds leadership training to its curriculum

As the first school year of officially merged boys and girls 11th and 12th grades draws to an end, Springside Chestnut Hill Academy (SCH) ...

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Pa. chain to stop selling beef with ‘pink slime’

A Pennsylvania-based grocery chain is the latest to stop selling fresh ground beef containing the filler known as “pink slime. ...

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Court date: Could the justices strike down part of the Affordable Care Act?

There has been lots of speculation about just what — if anything — Justice Roberts, Sotomayor and the rest of the U.S. Supreme Court ...

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Rowan University releases blueprint for Rutgers merger

Rowan University on Thursday released a blueprint for its proposed merger with Rutgers-Camden. Rowan administrators are calling for incre ...

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Council bill challenges Nutter’s property tax plan

A Philadelphia city councilman is challenging Mayor Michael Nutter’s plan to reassess property values in the city and generate an e ...

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Doylestown Borough Council to discuss whether to continue first Friday

Doylestown Borough Council will meet next month to discuss First Friday, an event not everyone in town supports.Though the concept of kee ...

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Delaware nurses donate thousands of scrubs

Thousands of scrubs have been donated at Christiana and Wilmington Hospitals, as nursing staffs change over to wearing a unified scrub co ...

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5th District: Brass knuckle attack on Main Street

This list covers March 5 – March 18 March 5, 2012 3700 block Main St. – Various items stolen from a CV ...

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Life without parole for man convicted of killing Lakewood police officer

Jahmell Crockam, convicted last month of killing Lakewood Police Officer Christopher Matlosz last January, will spend life in prison with ...

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Germantown United CDC seeks board members

Since the Germantown United CDC incorporated late last year, its founding members have met in small groups and at large forums, discussin ...

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New fitness park for Delaware students

Delaware students, grades K through 8, are pumping iron and toning their muscles at Newark Charter Elementary School. The school o ...

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Will a newspaper ad get Children of America to meet with CHCA?

The Chestnut Hill Community Association is having an internal debate on how best to restart talks with the operators of the soon to open ...

15 years ago

City of Camden accepting applications for season jobs

Looking for summer work? Well Camden is looking for summer employers. Mayor Dana Redd announced yesterday the city is accepting ap ...

15 years ago

39th Police District: Where vases are used as weapons

This list covers March 2 – March 8, 2012. March 2, 2012 3300 block Bowman St. – Dell laptop stolen fro ...

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