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Philadelphia kicks in $2.9 million to help newspapers’ move
The city of Philadelphia is loaning the owners of the Inquirer and Daily News $2.9 million to help the company move into the former ...
15 years ago
N.J. Community Affairs chief to leave Christie Cabinet
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s commissioner of Community Affairs is leaving his Cabinet. Department of Community Affairs C ...
15 years ago
Corbett pushing for changes in grading school administrators
Gov. Tom Corbett says Pennsylvania’s school teachers aren’t the only ones whose grading scale should change. The governor Mon ...
15 years ago
Restoring the pecking order in a backyard chicken coop
In the last few months I had some rooster problems. Any peace was interrupted by four roosters crowing loudly and constantly. Two ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia’s online suggestion box: philly.changeby.us
A new website will act as an electronic suggestion box for people who want to get things done in Philadelphia. The website ...
15 years ago
Execs head to jail for flouting corporate responsibility
Three medical device executives from suburban Philadelphia are headed to prison. One other Synthes company executive is also scheduled fo ...
15 years ago
Study shows Philadelphia has most rapid growth in income segregation
A long-term study of more than 100 major metropolitan areas in the United States offers further evide ...
15 years ago
Corbett backs selection of Freeh to lead Penn State investigation
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett is backing the selection of Louis Freeh, former FBI director, to lead an independent investigation into Pen ...
15 years ago
New N.J. deregulation plan would keep rate controls on basic service
Efforts to deregulate phone, television and Internet services in New Jersey have been stuck for a while. Now there’s an alternativ ...
15 years ago
Pop-up art exhibit in Germantown tries to bring light to painful issue
It was a cold Saturday morning at the corner of Wayne Avenue and West Queen Lane, outside the abandoned New Covenant Baptist Church. Some ...
15 years ago
Your chance for answers about the Valerie Plame CIA leak scandal
Former American spy Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband, Joe Wilson, a former diplomat to Iraq, will revisit the CIA leak controver ...
15 years ago
Rev. Jesse Jackson stops by Occupy Philly
As the cloud threatened to burst with rain and some Occupy Philly members made way for the removal of City Hall scaffolding, Rev. Jesse J ...
15 years ago
Celebrating 100 years of protecting Delaware’s wildlife
One hundred years ago, the Delaware Board of Game and Fish Commisioners was created. Today, state leaders looked back at the histor ...
15 years ago
PhillyBurbs, CSNPhilly to swap sports content
A deal announced today creates a content partnership between Comcast SportsNet Philly and Calkins publications, which include PhillyBurbs ...
15 years ago
Chester County lays off more computer department workers
Technology can help governments do the same amount of work with fewer people. Which is great, except when you become one of the ex ...
15 years ago