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Philadelphia’s three-day breast cancer walk begins today
Over the next three days, thousands of women and their loved ones will walk 60 miles around Philadelphia to raise awareness for breast ca ...
14 years ago
University of Delaware opens Innovation Center
The center is a cooperative effort with J.P. Morgan Chase designed to help faculty with research and to help students advance their caree ...
14 years ago
Libraries lobby to restore funding, research finds arthritis in younger dogs
Good morning, Feeders! Kimmel Center stagehands last night announced a contract agreement, which Tom MacDonald will have more deta ...
14 years ago
Kimmel Center and unionized stagehands make a deal in Philadelphia
Stagehands and other theatrical workers in Philadelphia are back on the job after having reached a contract agreement. The deal put ...
14 years ago
Sugarhouse Casino gets license renewed as it eyes expansion in Philadelphia
Philadelphia’s only casino has had its license renewed. Now it’s moving forward with expansion plans. The Sugarh ...
14 years ago
Eye surgery on zoo’s snow leopard cubs successful so far
It’s only been a few days since the Philadelphia Zoo’s snow leopard cubs underwent eye surgery, but the recovery process has ...
14 years ago
Jobs program starts at Delaware libraries
The first of four Jobs centers in Delaware opens today at the Dover Public Library. The centers are designed to help job seekers a ...
14 years ago
Cumberland County Regional High School re-opens after gas leak
Cumberland County Regional High School closed today and no one was permitted on the property after a gas leak was detected. After fin ...
14 years ago
Thousands expected at Apple Scrapple Festival
The Apple Scrapple Festival is here. As its name suggests, the ...
14 years ago
Amtrak hits record 30 million passengers
Commuting on Amtrak this morning? You’re part of a record-setting year: Amtrak officials say their trains carried more than ...
14 years ago
Philly teachers approve 1-year contract extension
Teachers in the Philadelphia public schools have approved a one-year contract extension that also helps the district close a massive budg ...
14 years ago
A historical Philadelphia tour for the hearing empowered
This month, the Independence Visitor Center has installed technology to help hearing-impaired people tour Independence Mall. Staff ...
14 years ago
The buck stops not: Mating season means deer apt to dart into traffic
Mating season is underway for whitetailed deer, which means they are on the move and are more likely to dart into roadways and cause acci ...
14 years ago
Remembering Lenny Skutnik, American hero.
Visiting the Flight 93 memorial last weekend got me thinking about heroes. The other hero who sticks in my memory is Lenny Skutnik, an o ...
14 years ago
Roxborough resident named to Nutter’s Animal Care and Control Team board
Mayor Michael Nutter has appointed eight people to Philadelphia’s new Animal Care and Control Team (ACCT) board and one of them is ...
14 years ago