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Philly teachers approve 1-year contract extension
Teachers in the Philadelphia public schools have approved a one-year contract extension that also helps the district close a massive budg ...
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A historical Philadelphia tour for the hearing empowered
This month, the Independence Visitor Center has installed technology to help hearing-impaired people tour Independence Mall. Staff ...
15 years ago
The buck stops not: Mating season means deer apt to dart into traffic
Mating season is underway for whitetailed deer, which means they are on the move and are more likely to dart into roadways and cause acci ...
15 years ago
Remembering Lenny Skutnik, American hero.
Visiting the Flight 93 memorial last weekend got me thinking about heroes. The other hero who sticks in my memory is Lenny Skutnik, an o ...
15 years ago
Roxborough resident named to Nutter’s Animal Care and Control Team board
Mayor Michael Nutter has appointed eight people to Philadelphia’s new Animal Care and Control Team (ACCT) board and one of them is ...
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Traffic and noise a concern for planned Fresh Market complex
As Bowman Properties move forward in the development of 8200 Germantown Avenue, the neighbors along Hartwell Lane are not budgi ...
15 years ago
Celebrating public and personal milestones at Interim House
On Thursday, Interim House, a residential addiction recovery center for women in Germantown, celebrated its 40th anniversary at it’ ...
15 years ago
N.J. refines measure guiding pension fund investment
The New Jersey Senate Budget Committee has advanced legislation that would explicitly allow pension fund money to be invested in startup ...
15 years ago