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N.J. increases level of property tax relief
New Jersey homeowners who meet eligibility requirements have until the end of the month to apply for property tax relief programs. ...
14 years ago
Creating dangerously, reading collectively
This year’s selection for One Book, One Philadelphia is Edwidge Danticat’s “Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at ...
14 years ago
You have to admire the chutzpah of American Crossroads, the political committee associated with Republican operative Karl Rove, which is ...
14 years ago
Once friends, Nutter and Kenney at odds
When Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter vetoed a bill lowering the city’s parking tax last week, he killed a measure sponsored by Ji ...
14 years ago
N.J. molasses part of the recipe for toxic cleanups
A New Jersey molasses company has been fielding more and more orders that have nothing to do with baked goods. The International ...
14 years ago
Corbett outlines plans for Pennsylvania schools
Governor Tom Corbett has announced his four-part plan for education reform in Pennsylvania. Corbett wants to put a state commissio ...
14 years ago
Interim House celebrates its 40th anniversary of offering a “safe place to heal”
Thirteen years ago, Toni Montier didn’t think she’d be where she is today. “When my addiction took off, I lost e ...
14 years ago
Advocates of the extraction process known as “fracking” say it’s safe, yielding vast quantities of natural gas without ...
14 years ago
Congress nears vote on abortion funding measure
After months of focusing on economic issues, lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are likely to turn back to a contentious abortion debate by t ...
14 years ago
Gov. Christie keeps Church & Dwight company in New Jersey
With credit to N.J. Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, Church & Dwight — makers of First Response pregnancy tests and Trojan condoms — is sta ...
14 years ago
Groundbreaking Delaware Artist
Edward Loper, Sr., the self taught Delaware artist died last weekend. He was 95. The work of this African-American art ...
14 years ago
Large RSVP pool shifts time and location of next Smoke Signals forum
South Philly residents are itching to talk about smoking regulations. The next Smoke Signals discussion forum was set to take plac ...
14 years ago
Philly City Council revisits teen curfews
After imposing earlier curfews by executive order this summer, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is asking City Council to change the cur ...
14 years ago