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Discontent lingers after City Council unanimously passes Germantown variety store amendment
City Council voted unanimously on Thursday to approve a zoning-overlay amendment in Germantown that would allow variety stores over 7,500 ...
14 years ago
Crowd rallies for school vouchers in New Jersey
Supporters of a school voucher program rallied outside the New Jersey Statehouse Thursday, urging lawmakers to approve the measure in the ...
14 years ago
Dec. 6 Senate committee meeting for Houstoun’s SRC nomination
The Notebook is reporting the Senate ...
14 years ago
Milton Hershey School HIV discrimination case: Ryan White all over again?
A 13-year-old Delaware County boy is suing the Milton Hershey School for denying him admission b ...
14 years ago
Jury finds three men guilty in Piazza double-murder trial
A jury has found three men guilty of the murder charges against them for the 2009 deaths of Rian Thal and Timothy Gilmore. Thal an ...
14 years ago
Germantown’s Pop Warner team heads to their Super Bowl this weekend
The Northwest Raiders are about to do what their hometown NFL football team will most likely not this year: Play in the Super Bowl. ...
14 years ago
Boarding school stands by decision to bar HIV-positive Delco boy
A central Pennsylvania boarding school is standing by its decision to deny admission to a Delaware County middle school student because h ...
14 years ago
L&I labels Divine Lorraine Hotel a ‘blighting influence’
The Divine Lorraine Hotel on North Broad Street might once have been beautiful, but these days the historic building has a layer or two o ...
14 years ago
Refurbished Dilworth Plaza will yield fountain, skating rink
With Occupy Philadelphia protesters out of the way, work is beginning to transform Dilworth Plaza. “Our goal is to make this ...
14 years ago
Philly wants city contractors to extend benefits to workers’ same-sex partners
Philadelphia City Council has approved a bill requiring city contractors to give benefits to same-sex partners of their workers. C ...
14 years ago
Chester County like to approve measure to keep smokers away from public buildings
Chester County looks set to adopt a measure that would prevent people from smoking near the public entrances of county buildings. ...
14 years ago
Every year, Philadelphia’s city government spends slightly more than $4 billion. Where does all that money come from? More importan ...
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Delaware priest abuse victims reach settlement
Fourteen victims of sexual abuse have reached a $7 million settlement in their civil suit against St. Edmonds Academy, the Capuchin ...
14 years ago
Delaware Community Foundation Fund for Women invites grant applications
More than $125-thousand in grants will be distributed among nonprofit organizations that apply through the Delaware Community Foundation ...
14 years ago
The death of a 2-year-old Ocean County girl has prompted the New Jersey Department of Children and Families to review its domestic abuse ...
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