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NW Philly students head back to school on Tuesday
Kids in the Roxborough, Manayunk and East Falls neighborhoods will soon be trading in their swimsuits and sunscreen for No. 2 pencils and ...
14 years ago
Settlement gets new music director
On their first day of school students at Settlement Music School in Germantown can expect a new face. On Thursday, September 8, Er ...
14 years ago
Super PACs undermine democracy, key fundraiser says
As fundraising for the 2012 presidential race heats up, one of the region’s leading political fundraisers says he concerned about t ...
14 years ago
Robber targets Roxborough bank
A suspected serial robber hit another Northwest Philadelphia bank this morning — this time robbing a Citizen’s Bank on Ridge ...
14 years ago
He’s persistent! Robber hits 3rd Roxborough bank in a week
Again? Really? The criminal now known as the “Roxborough Robber” pulled off his third heist of the week today at a ban ...
14 years ago
The Limerick Nuclear Generating Station is listed as one of many East Coast nuclear plants requiring updates to their earthquake-proof in ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia City Council may decide Chestnut Hill zoning request
A zoning change needed for Bowman Properties’ proposal to turn the old Magarity Ford site into a mixed-use development could come b ...
14 years ago
Manayunk bounces back to business after Irene
Less than one week after Hurricane Irene drenched the coast and flooded many parts of the Philadelphia area, local restaurants and store ...
14 years ago
Honoring 31 heroes, CrossFit style
It will be a grueling ordeal for 31 minutes across the nation today. That’s when CrossFit-affiliated gyms host a 31-minute partner ...
14 years ago
Motorcycle ride commemorating Flight 93 departs from Holmesburg prison
For the sixth consecutive year, correctional officers, sheriff’s officers and Philadelphia police officers will ride their motorcyc ...
14 years ago
Summer of Peace initiative ends with community cookout
The Summer of Peace initiative will end today, like most other summer events. The seasonal program led by Pa. Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams ...
14 years ago
Romance and robots inspire Philly Fringe performances
Philly Fringe is under way, along with its sister festival, Live Arts. For the next 15 days, hundreds of performances will be staged thro ...
14 years ago