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Irene’s death toll reaches 40 across 11 states
Hurricane Irene’s death toll continues to climb as state and local governments work to clean up the mess she left behind. As of Tue ...
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Delaware enacts measures to protect student-athletes from repeated concussions
Governor Markell signs a bill into law today that addresses the problem of concussions in high school sports. The measure th ...
14 years ago
Wilmington Trust sheds its name for M&T
Looking for Wilmington Trust? Look a bit harder. As its merger with M&T Bank moves forward, the bank is in the middle of its b ...
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Philadelphia Catholic school teachers plan rally as contract set to expire
With their existing contract about to expire and classes starting next week, Philadelphia Catholic school teachers rallied this morning o ...
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Irene has the lights out for a lot of folks–nearly 5 million homes and businesses in a dozen states are still without electricity, ...
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Your morning commute: Mass transit update
Irene is behind us, but some transportation problems remain. Here’s some useful information for your morning commute: ...
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Rachael Ray brings show–and a garden–to South Philly
“The Rachael Ray Show” is coming to Philadelphia Tuesday, and leaving behind a garden. Last week the producers of the ...
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How would the new Venice Island water basin have fared in Hurricane Irene?
While much of the neighborhood around it was left underwater by Irene’s floods, the old rec center building on Manayunk’s Ven ...
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In Manayunk, sunshine, relief replace water, worry
Sunday’s floodwaters—several feet of murky, brown water that cloaked the black asphalt as Ire ...
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