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Neighbors get to know a natural asset in Germantown
An arboretum is a collection of trees, according to Wikipedia. Merriam-Webster’s web site claims it’s a place that cultivates “tree
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13 years ago
Herman Cain opts to campaign in Philadelphia, not Iowa
A Republican Candidate for President campaigned in Philadelphia July 4th instead of shaking hands in an early primary state.
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13 years ago
Independence Day could have been July 2 or July 8
The National Constitution Center reminds us that
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13 years ago
Montgomery County double-shooting suspect dead after six-hour standoff with police
Many news outlets, including the Delaware Coun
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13 years ago
Smyrna-Clayton parade sets a Delaware tone for the 4th of July
It’s billed as Delaware’s oldest 4th of July parade. The Smyrna-Clayton parade along Main Street in Clayton proved in 2011 that it st
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13 years ago
Rowhomes replace housing towers in South Philadelphia
Some new South Philadelphia homes have risen from the rubble of a crumbling public housing project.
Philadelphia Housing Au
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13 years ago
New Jersey environmentalists urge Gov. Christie to sign fracking ban
Environmentalists in New Jersey are urging Governor Christie to sign a bill to stop a controversial process for extracting natural gas. &
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13 years ago
QFest brings the world’s best LGBT cinema to Philadelphia
The 2011 Philadelphia QFest begins on Thursday, July 7, and runs through July 18. This marks
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13 years ago
The war in Libya: An African perspective
Here’s a quick quiz culled from the opinion pages in Ghana, where I’m teaching this summer: Who is the imperialist race trait
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13 years ago
This week Doron Taussig and Dave Davies sit down to hash out the budgetary year that was. Things got off to a slow start but heated
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13 years ago
Of Denzel, fireworks, layoffs and lockouts
“Explain it to me like I’m a 6-year-old.”
That was the favorite line of Joe Miller, the lawyer played by Denzel
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13 years ago