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City Council members weigh value of summer vacation
Philadelphia City Council is on summer recess, but members ask that you don’t call it a vacation. Philadelphia City Council will no
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13 years ago
Photo ID rule for voters has a skeptic in Philly
A plan to require photo ID’s be shown before any voter can cast a ballot has been appoved by the Pennsylvania House. It now heads t
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13 years ago
Philadelphia Triathlon officials enhance safety precautions
The Philadelphia Triathlon is something everyone in the city needs to be prepared for this weeken
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13 years ago
Manyunk Arts Festival returns, this time with state funds
For the first time in 22 years, the Manayunk Arts Festival has some state funding.
The festival returns this weekend, and comes wi
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13 years ago
The news is filled with stories of bullying. You may have a child, or know of a child who has experienced or witnessed it. Th
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13 years ago
Severe thunderstorm watch for Delaware Valley
The Delaware Valley has been put on a severe thunderstorm watch through tonight Parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey could get hit, and a
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13 years ago
Musician Dennis Fortune plays the keys for jazz band Manifest III. Fortune spoke with WHYY about how he got started and what he hopes peo
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13 years ago
June is the anniversary of Delaware’s pioneering Coastal Zone Act. The law helped preserve the state’s fringe of water-cleani
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13 years ago
Police, Coast Guard begin boat safety awarness weekend
It’s Operation Dry Water weekend around the country, and the Philadelphia Police are ready.
Today through Sunday, police wil
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13 years ago
Hurricane season is upon us again. A big storm affecting lots of people is something Delaware’s emergency planners hope never hap
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13 years ago
Jazz band Manifest III kicked off concert performances at the DuPont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival in downtown Wilmington’s Rod
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13 years ago
Athlete climbing Philadelphia stairs to break world record
Chris Solarz is no slouch. The guy has run almost 200 marathons and ultra marathons, and he’s won six Philadelphia-based stair race
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13 years ago
Undocumented immigrant talks about her citizenship status
This ain’t Disney World.
That’s where Fernanda Marroquin thought she was going when her parents brought her to America
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13 years ago
Sierra Club finds mercury in New Jersey residents’ hair
A study done by the Sierra Club found elevated levels of mercury in New Jersey residents’ hair, but the state Department of Environ
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13 years ago
Teacher layoff disagreement will go straight to arbitration
Common Pleas Court Judge Idee C. Fox has ordered an expedited arbitration for the
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13 years ago