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Theme announced for 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show
Seven months ago, it was Springtime in Paris…in Philadelphia. The 2011 Philadelphia International Flower Show brought hundreds of t ...
14 years ago
Police make arrest in one Germantown homicide, seek suspects in another
Philadelphia police continue to search for suspects in Friday’s deadly shooting in the East Germantown section of the city, but hav ...
14 years ago
Delaware woman abducted; later freed
Wilmington Police are still searching for a man accused of kidnapping his ex-girlfriend Tuesday morning. Police say 32-year-o ...
14 years ago
$2,500 for a night at the ‘Jersey Shore’ house
We weren’t going to write about. Really. But the fascination got to us. The Jersey Shore house is for rent. Not jus ...
14 years ago
Graphic designer develops brain-stimulting mobile app for babies
Your cranky old grandpa wasn’t kidding when he said soon even babies will be using smartphones. A graphic designer spent the ...
14 years ago
Design for living: Hilary Jay’s celebration of Philadelphia innovators
They sound like lyrics from The Sound of Music: scissors and cameras and fashion store catwalks; chairs and eyeglasses and train station ...
14 years ago
Activist group demands Hershey go fair-trade
Halloween is a time when kids binge on chocolate and candies. But one group wants you to think about the children on the ot ...
14 years ago
Lease signed for former Borders location
A new tenant will soon be moving into the site of a former Borders bookstore location in the Chestnut Hill section of Philadelphia. < ...
14 years ago
‘Play date’: A conversation with Stanford Thompson and Thomas Lloyd
When we arranged a “play date” with Stanford Thompson and Thomas Lloyd, neither had ever met the other. We wanted to capture ...
14 years ago
Local NBC Sports jobs moving to Connecticut
The Connecticut tax credit system has bested us. In an announcement today, Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy announced the move of NBC Sp ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia stymied by growing raccoon problem
A Philadelphia City Council committee has approved new legislation to handle a raccoon problem that is growing is some neighborhoods. ...
14 years ago
Occupy Philly publishes first community newsletter
Occupy Philly’s first newsletter is hot off the presses. Issue I of Occupy Philly Base Camp News came out today, free of charge. ...
14 years ago
Police and Parking Authority at odds about red light cameras and crashes
Police data show accidents have gone up at many intersections in Philadelphia with red light cameras. Advocates are still behind t ...
14 years ago
Germantown couple hosts financial boot-camp workshops
Ed and Keisa Thompson want to “help people understand what it means to manage money,” so last weekend, they held a Financial ...
14 years ago