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NJ officials: Brownfields funds to clean up polluted waters were not tracked
New Jersey officials say the state brownfields fund established to help clean polluted properties is nearly broke, and it’s unclear ...
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Penn Charter ‘College Prep’ alum guides students to success
Nearly three dozen students from the Philadelphia Public School District graduated from Penn Charter’s five-week long ‘Colleg ...
14 years ago
Last week’s most commented on Germantown stories
We like it when people are inspired to write comments to our stories. We’d prefer it when those comments mention some brilliant ...
14 years ago
Illegal immigrants obtain legal asylum status by lying
Since May, the world has been following the story of Nafissatou Diallo, a hotel housekeeper in New York, who claims she was raped by Domi ...
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Ardmore woman sits in tree to protest coal mining practices
A 21-year-old woman from Ardmore is staging a protest against coal mining practices by sitting in an 80-foot tree in West Virginia. ...
14 years ago
Van slams into Phoenixville building
The driver of a van that slammed into a Phoenixville building Friday night was seriously injured, according to a story from the West Ches ...
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Thousands go without power during storm in Montgomery, Bucks Counties
More than 50 trees were knocked down Friday night after a storm ripped through the Lansdale area, knocking out power to thousands of home ...
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Pottstown downtown improvement district authority gets new home
The Pottstown Downtown Improvement District Authority has a new place to call home. The PDIDA on Thursday moved into its new headq ...
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Roof construction to be completed by end of August at National Park Elem. School
A $961,000 project to install a new roof for the National Park Elementary School is scheduled to be completed by the end of August. ...
14 years ago
Rutgers program offers college-level courses to young students
Rutgers University is taking summer school to an entirely new level, offering college-level courses to 99 students, many of which are und ...
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Anti-violence motorcade rolls through North Philadelphia neighborhoods
At 10 a.m. today, the “Stop the Violence Motorcade & Rally” departs from Sixth Street and Girard Avenue.The motorcade wil ...
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Confession of a teacher: Reporter Ben Herold discusses school cheating story on NewsWorks Tonight
Philadelphia Public School Notebook reporter Ben Herold joined NewsWorks Tonight Friday evening to discuss his continuing coverage of rep ...
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New coffee shops make home in Doylestown
Coffee, anyone? Doylestown residents will soon be sipping on the coffee from two new independent coffee shops in the downtown area. ...
14 years ago
New life for empty brick building near Race Street Pier
Philadelphia Live Arts and Philly Fringe plan to bring a new headquarter building to an empty brick building across Delaware Avenue from ...
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13,000 jobs to be cut at Merck & Co. Inc.
Despite a profit jump, New Jersey based Merck & Co. Inc. on Friday announced it would cut an additional 13,000 jobs by 2015. ...
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