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The Mt. Airy-based Philadelphia Folksong Society produces this festival. Thursday night’s music shows are for campers only. ...
14 years ago
Phila U. welcomes new students at Convocation
Philadelphia University welcomed the Class of 2015 and their families on Thursday at the Convocation ceremony in the school’s Galla ...
14 years ago
Obama plan for illegal immigrants: Want a job? Come on down!
President Obama’s Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday sent a ...
14 years ago
Natural gas production up 60 percent in Pa.
Pennsylvania’s natural gas production jumped 60 percent in the past six months, according to a state Department of Environmental Pr ...
14 years ago
Plan to track personal gambling losses faces opposition in Pa.
A controversial bill aimed at helping problem gamblers in Pennsylvania is moving through the state House of Representatives. The measure ...
14 years ago
Pa. lawmakers begin puzzling over legislative districts
A preliminary Pennsylvania redistricting plan is due in mid-November, and one flashpoint is whether districts won’t merely be redra ...
14 years ago
Solar panel project halfway finished in New Jersey
PSE&G is now about halfway through the process of installing solar panels on its utility poles throughout New Jersey. Since it ...
14 years ago
Folk Festival Coverage: Thurs night concert photos
Here are Howard Pitkow’s photos from Thursday’s night’s performances for the campers at the 2011 Philadelphia Folk Fest ...
14 years ago
U.S. grant to help connect Pa. kids with insurance
A consortium of family advocates has nearly $900,000 and two years to connect about 8,000 Pennsylvania kids with health insurance. ...
14 years ago
With promise of audit, Christie accepts Hudson River toll hikes
Tolls are going up to use the tunnels, bridges and trains crossing the Hudson River between New Jersey and New York. Starting next month, ...
14 years ago
Walt Whitman Bridge begins three years of repairs
The Delaware River Port Authority this week officially will embark on a multimillion-dollar renovation of the Walt Whitman Bridge. ...
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N.J. looks into merging tiny Merchantville with Cherry Hill
New Jersey Department of Community Affairs officials have given-the go ahead for a study of consolidating the tiny town of Merchantville ...
14 years ago
Sweeney, Norcross have different views of mock Twitter profiles
Lots of political figures are the subject of mock Twitter profiles. For those who lack a Twitter presence of their own (or who hav ...
14 years ago
With sea turtle eggs safe, hatchling watch begins in Delaware
Nearly 200 fragile sea turtle eggs are resting comfortably after a rescue mission on the beach at Delaware’s Cape Henlopen State Pa ...
14 years ago
Invasive snakeheads found in Delaware pond
The highly aggressive, predatory fish, known as invasive northern snakeheads, have been found in Becks Pond in Bear, one of Delaware̵ ...
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