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Enlisting parents in the quest for better Philadelphia schools

Philadelphia School District officials say parental involvement is the key to improving struggling neighborhood schools. But keeping pare ...

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Nearly 900 Photo Day prints to be displayed at opening night exhibit

Thursday is the opening night for the Philly Photo Day exhibit after the Photo Arts Center spent the last week sorting through submission ...

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Remains mishandled at Dover Air Force Base

A year-long Air Force investigation found gross mismanagement of the handling of remains of fallen service members at the military’ ...

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Speak Easy

Does the president control the Emergency Alert System?

A Feed post about a national test of the Emergency Alert System planned for tomorrow led a reader to ask: Does this include the internet, ...

14 years ago

Low voter turnout so far in Manayunk and Roxborough

Maybe it’s the idea that a single vote doesn’t count, or the construction obstacles, or the sudden change in polling location ...

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President Obama outlines Head Start rules in Delaware County

President Barack Obama came to Delaware County today and promised to do an “end run” around congress if the Republicans won ...

14 years ago

Speak Easy

Community involvement in proposed Ogontz development should’t stop at ward leader

In response to a report from Amy Z. Quinn, a reader had a question about a plan to convert a derelict apartment building in North Philade ...

14 years ago

Low turnout at Manayunk and Roxborough polls – is voter apathy or construction to blame?

Philadelphia voters in Manayunk and Roxborough had a difficult time getting to the polls on Tuesday morning as construction and venue cha ...

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Election Day photos

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Philly votes Old City’s Khyber Pass as best bar in the city

What’s the best bar in the city? Old City’s Khyber Pass, according to the bloggers, writers and drinkers Foobooz polled. ...

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Fracking on the ballot box in three Pa. Communities

Vot­ers in three Penn­syl­va­nia com­mu­ni­ties will decide whether or not to allow drilling in the Mar­cel­lus Shale. The ref­ ...

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Brian Rudnick: ‘I’m going to win by a little’

Brian Rudnick’s bid for Philadelphia City Council has come down to its final day. “I feel great,” Rudnick, an in ...

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Bernard Hopkins discusses the impact Joe Frazier had both in and out of the ring

Just days after it was publicly announced that legendary hometown boxer Smokin’ Joe Frazier was receiving hospice care for advanced ...

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Karen Brown says car was vandalized election morning

Not a great start to Election Day for Republican mayoral candidate Karen Brown. She says she found paint splattered on her car ear ...

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Nutter, Montco Dems and sports betting big winners

12:15 a.m.  WHYY’s Tom McDonald has filed this report on ...

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