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Pa. panel to explore privatization of state assets
Gov. Tom Corbett’s office is mum on the details of a commission that will serve as the first step in a process to privatize Pennsyl ...
14 years ago
Is there a meth ring in your neighborhood?
Officials with the Philadelphia Police Department say West Mt. Airy residents had little way of knowing that a neighborhood garage was pa ...
14 years ago
Pittsburgh celebrates 100th anniversary of return of the ‘h’
Pittsburgh is spelled weird. But folks who live there consider the “America’s Most Misspelled City” title just a ...
14 years ago
Excessive Heat Warning extended through Sunday 8 p.m.
The excessive heat warning is now in effe ...
14 years ago
Costco to bring jobs, bargain shopping to Limerick
About 1,000 have applied for jobs at the Costco set to open in Limerick next month, though there are only 90 to 100 positions to go aroun ...
14 years ago
Superfresh posts help wanted signs at Northern Liberties location
What looked like a probably-happening last week has become an almost definite. Superfresh has posted help wanted signs at the Bart ...
14 years ago
Poll finds MTV show has positive effect Jersey Shore’s image
MTV’s Jersey Shore show isn’t wreacking the havoc on the vacation destination that many have suggested it does. ...
14 years ago
Chaput to lead Philadelphia area Catholics
Come September eighth, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia will have a new spiritual leader. “It’s Shap-u, shap first syl ...
14 years ago
Philadelphians join protest against overuse of solitary confinement
A group of Philadelphians joined a movement yesterday that’s spreading across the nation as inmates at California’s Pelican Bay P ...
14 years ago
Traps test for tree-damaging beetles in Montgomery County boroughs
Ash trees in some Montgomery County boroughs are sporting purple boxes. But the brightly colored additions are for testing, not decorativ ...
14 years ago
Campbell’s to increase sodium levels in some of its soups
After reducing the sodium levels in some of its soups to 45 percent last year, Campbell’s has announced it will put some of the sal ...
14 years ago
Michael Vick wants to outlaw bringing kids to animal fights
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick joined the Humane Society of the United States today to push legislation cracking down on an ...
14 years ago
Donald Norcross stepping down as South Jersey AFL-CIO leader
After 16 years at the helm, the president of the Southern New Jersey AFL-CIO is stepping down. State Senator Donald Norcross says t ...
14 years ago
Real estate company launches positive Brewerytown blog
Add Brewerytown to the list of neighborhoods that has its own blog. Billed as “your home for local news, events, pictures, a ...
14 years ago
Housing Authority nearer to settling another sexual harassment complaint
The Philadelphia Housing Authority could pay twice what it offered last year to settle a sexual harassment complaint against former Execu ...
14 years ago