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St. Hubert’s students await an answer on closure appeal

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Point Breeze starts new zoning committee to mend broken process

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Challenges for 8200 Germantown Ave, PMN sale/interference saga continues, new bike signage, urban agriculture in W. Kensington

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State-funded improvements coming to Pleasant Hill Park

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New bike signs designed to show cyclists the way

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Work yet to resume on sidewalk project in Society Hill and beyond; new design means a new contractor agreement

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Longtime Roxborough resident speaks out against Interac expansion plans

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Neighbors to challenge zoning changes to 8200 Germantown Ave. project

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Potential U.S. military cuts far deeper than Pa. proposal

The head of Pennsylvania’s Department of Military and Veterans Affairs says budget cuts will mean about 60 layoffs. Decision ...

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Zoning board approves variance for private women’s prison in Germantown

The Zoning Board of Adjustment’s meeting room on the 18th floor of 1515 Arch St. was packed Wednesday afternoon with people seeking ...

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Staff reductions coming for Inquirer and Daily News

The Philadelphia Media Network has informed the newspaper union that it will reduce the staff of the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Daily ...

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Rutgers board hears passionate pleas to stop Camden campus merger with Rowan

The Rutgers Board of Governors got a big, passionate reception Wednesday at the Camden campus. Outside, more than 100 students rallied ag ...

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GOP leader foresees ‘war of ideas’ in N.J.

As the new legislative session gets under way in New Jersey, the leader of the minority Republican Party in the Assembly says he’s ...

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