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Three minute warning — public comment comes to council
Until 2010, Philadelphia’s City Council didn’t permit any public comment at all in its main meetings. Then, the state Supreme ...
14 years ago
What will happen to the old Indian River Inlet Bridge?
Now that the new Indian River Inlet Bridge is open in Sussex County, Delaware, a NewsWorks reader wants to know what will happen to the o ...
14 years ago
Brown: stakeholder meetings planned for feedback on later last-call proposal
There’s a long way to go before Philadelphia can even consider keeping its bars open later, but Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brow ...
14 years ago
Judge to rule by Monday about evidence in Catholic church sexual abuse trial
Lawyers in the Philadelphia Archdiocese child sexual abuse case faced off in court Monday. The Judge upheld her previous ruling tha ...
14 years ago
Galloway Township now home to Miss New Jersey Outstanding Teen
Sixteen-year-old Amanda Ross of Galloway Township beat out 16 of her peers Saturday ...
14 years ago
Christie announces more changes to N.J. cabinet
Update, 2 p.m. N.J. Gov. Chris Christie has made more changes to his cabinet. The Associated Press reports Ken Ko ...
14 years ago
Who would you choose for Philadelphia schools superintendent?
School Reform Commissioner Wendell Pritchett is calling all Philadelphia students, parents and teache ...
14 years ago
Delaware adds foam drop-off site in Milford
Not so fast with the vacuum, Delawareans. There are now ...
14 years ago
Adler’s widow plans to run for his South Jersey congressional seat
Shelley Adler, the widow of former Democratic U.S. Rep. John Adler, says she plans to run for her late husband’s old seat. ...
14 years ago
Private L.A. firm to buy Pep Boys for $1 billion
The locally based Pep Boys auto repair/retailer is jumping ship. A $1 billion deal with the Gores Group ...
14 years ago
Delaware lawmakers begin six-week review of Governor’s proposed budget
Days after Governor Jack Markell released a $3.54-billion budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2013, members of the Delaware General Assembly ...
14 years ago
In race to the South Pole, losing team left lasting scientific legacy
A hundred years ago, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and four companions became the first to reach the South Pole. Three months later, ...
14 years ago
National Penn Bank robbed in Chestnut Hill
The National Penn Bank in Chestnut Hill was robbed this morning shortly before 11: ...
14 years ago
Raw milk farm suspends production after illnesses
Health officials say six people in Pennsylvania and Maryland who consumed raw milk from the same farm have been stricken with illnesses ...
14 years ago
The inspiration behind Chestnut Hill’s Musehouse
After 13 years teaching English at Cheltenham High School, Kathleen Sheeder Bonanno took an early retirement. For at least seven years sh ...
14 years ago