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N.J. ranks 46th for school breakfast program participation
New Jersey ranks just 46th for is participation in the National School Breakfast Program, which provides free or reduced-price meals to s ...
14 years ago
Top honors for three Delaware festivals
Punkin Chunkin, Apple Scrapple and the Sea Witch Festival are among the top events on the continent, according to the American Bus Associ ...
14 years ago
Type in “memoir” on a book-selling website, and close to 200,000 hits will come up. Why this need to write down and share our ...
14 years ago
Leaders who help the city dance, sing, soar and grow
Sometimes in Philadelphia it seems as if every public leader ends up enmeshed in controversy and scandal. That’s not true, r ...
14 years ago
Temple student housing gets financed as councilman seeks to block developments
Financing has been secured for student housing near Temple University just a week after 5th District Councilman Darrell Clarke announced ...
14 years ago
High school cancels homecoming dance to avoid last year’s wild dancing
This year’s homecoming dance at Princeton High School will be a little light on dancing. Very light. As in none at all. A fe ...
14 years ago
Gosnell and staffers will have one trial, judge rules
Co-defendants of a Philadelphia abortion doctor charged with murder must stand trial with him, even if they are not charged with performi ...
14 years ago
Student shot in the eye with BB gun
14th Police District in Philadelphia 43 W. Haines Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144 This district covers Chestnut Hill, Mt. ...
14 years ago
A different kind of leadership: meet Philadelphia’s Creative Connectors
Creative Connectors use art to mobilize people around an issue. They consider the common good and they engage in diverse groups. T ...
14 years ago
When ideologues pose as journalists, the results are often disastrous. They’re typically allergic to actual facts, preferring inste ...
14 years ago
A most valuable announcer for the Phillies
As the Phillies begin their playoff run, one man not in a uniform also will be on the field. Dan Baker has been the Phillies stadi ...
14 years ago
PSSA scores show disparities, room for growth
Pennsylvania has officially released the statewide PSSA test results from last Spring, highlighting school-by-school where students are e ...
14 years ago
Phillies Rally Trolley rolls through Center City
What comes between the Phillies’ NL East win and NLDS Game 1? A rally, of course. The Phillies Rally Trolley goes on a small ...
14 years ago
My daugther Sarah – the family’s biggest Phillies fan – just reminded me of this video, which I then watched four times ...
14 years ago
Bucks County Zoo closes to refocus development efforts
The Bucks County Zoo and Conservation Society will close temporarily next month after opening in 2009. The zoo and traveling show will sh ...
14 years ago