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Fire forces brief evacuation at Germantown High School
Students at Germantown High School were evacuated Tuesday afternoon after a fire broke out inside a school bathroom, according to officia ...
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Winter – what winter? Ocean City rental property numbers up over last year
On a Saturday afternoon in February, as a cloudy sky gives way to a light rain, the first thing on the mind of Ocean City Fudge Kitchen e ...
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Southern Delaware senate race draws several candidates
A newly-created State Senate district in Sussex County will be contested by several candidates. 2010 Republican candidate for U.S. ...
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Shawmont parents fight to get school police officer back
With less than 24-hours notice from the School District of Philadelphia, Shawmont Elementary’s parents learned that their school po ...
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Delaware labor and environmental spending plans to be scrutinized by lawmakers
The Delaware General Assembly’s Joint Finance Committee hears spending requests today from the Department of Natural Resources and ...
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Delaware’s largest school district will get a new superintendent
The Christina School District Board of Education has chosen a longtime educator to become the next superintendent of Delaware’s lar ...
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Ahead of House transportation vote, SEPTA works the phones
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote on a transportation bill this week that could strip guarantees out of the federal gas tax tha ...
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Idle ConocoPhillips refinery gets environmental permit renewal
ConocoPhillips’ Trainer Refinery might be idle, but its permits are up to date. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental ...
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39th Police District: Where walking around with $49,500 is ill-advised
39th Police District in Philadelphia This list covers Jan. 27 through Feb. 2, 2012. Jan. 27, 2012 3 ...
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Police: Dispute over dog waste prompts fatal shots
Police say a dispute over dog waste led to a shooting that killed a Philadelphia man. Chief Inspector Scott Small says a man in hi ...
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Jury selection nears in Philly church-abuse case
Monsignor William Lynn is set for his final pretrial hearing today before jury selection start in his landmark priest-abuse case. ...
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N.J. looks at incentives to turn abandoned houses into affordable housing
A New Jersey Senate committee will consider legislation Thursday that would encourage towns to turn foreclosed homes into affordable hous ...
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Why the Jeremy Lin phenomenon?
I suppose that if you don’t live around New York, and you’re not a sports fan, and don’t follow the news, and you don ...
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Yolanda Wisher kicks off Big Blue’s first poetry open-mic night
Mt. Airy has added a new open mic event to its growing literary calendar of spoken word happenings. An intimate group gathered for the fi ...
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‘Very young girls’ documentary highlights problem of sex trafficking in the U.S.
Like most people, Chestnut Hill College (CHC) freshman Brittany Lee thought of human trafficking as something that occurred in other coun ...
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