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PECO incurs $45 million in Irene costs
Property owners aren’t the only ones staring at Hurricane Irene bills. Those wires that fell in your neighborhood are costin ...
14 years ago
Sounds of the city: blind historic actor gives a tour of Independence Mall
It’s not often we’ll tell you the best way check out one of our web stories is by closing your eyes. But in this case, you ...
14 years ago
Nutter wants citizens to support local efforts for firearms regulations
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter last week sent a letter to members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns encouraging them to support efforts t ...
14 years ago
Rivage community meeting put on hold
The city Redevelopment Authority is looking over proposals from developers interested in remaking the empty Rivage site in East Falls. ...
14 years ago
Country music star gives 6,000 books to Reading libraries
Reading Public Library card-holders have a wider reading selection now that a locally grown country music star has donated tens of thousa ...
14 years ago
Brandywine Conservancy re-forests the Brandywine Watershed in residents’ backyards
When it comes to water quality and conservation, Wesley Horner, senior advisor at the Brandywine conservancy, says trees are tops. “ ...
14 years ago
Here’s the gist of the 2011 Republican jobs plan, courtesy of Mitch McConnell in 2010: “The single most important thing we wa ...
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Ground breaking set for Delaware County animal control facility
Ground will break later this month on Delaware County’s new animal control facility once soil testing is complete. The shelt ...
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Back in 1938, a group of men started what has become the oldest Barbershop music chapter east of the Mississippi. This group is still mak ...
14 years ago
Delaware’s economy and election speculation
State Rep. Greg Lavelle joins the state of play team this week. Turns out Steve Martelli of Wilmington City Council is his cousin. ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia property owners must go through L&I before signing new tenants
And agreement among Philadelphia’s Department of Licenses & Inspections, the Homeowners Association of Philadelphia and Tenant ...
14 years ago
For 35 years, Tri State Bird Rescue and Research has been helping birds in Delaware and beyond have a second chance. From oil spill ...
14 years ago
When the wizards come marching in
Germantown Avenue in Chestnut Hill will receive a magical makeover this weekend during its first annual Harry Potter Weekend, a joint eff ...
14 years ago
As the US Postal Service fights to stay afloat, travel to Kirkwood’s thriving post office, all 160 square feet of it! ...
14 years ago
It’s just been a bad month for those who root for Philadelphia sports teams. We are “tortured” in our hopes for a ...
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