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Your chance to fix Philly’s screwy election map
The near future of representative democracy in the city of Philadelphia will be decided right after Labor Day. And hardly anyone i ...
14 years ago
Byram Township searches for new owners of Byram Consolidated School
Some 75 years ago, the Byram Consolidated School was only one of two schools in the township, but now, it sits vacant as township officia ...
14 years ago
Changing demographics: Montgomery Co. continues to see shift in single-person households
Montgomery County officials say they are continuing to see a shift in the number of single-person households, which have now outnumbered ...
14 years ago
Chester Co. farmers come together to donate fresh produce to the hungry
Nearly 40 Chester County farmers are coming together to donate fresh produce to the hungry as part of the Chester County Food Bank’ ...
14 years ago
PA National Guardsman killed in Afghanistan laid to rest
A National Guardsman from Pennsylvania was laid to rest on Saturday after he was killed near Bagram, Afghanistan. ...
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Bordentown City inducted into Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia
The one-square-mile historic Bordentown City was added into the Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia, a program aimed at helping homeown ...
14 years ago
Cars and Crafts at sixth annual East Passyunk festival
East Passyunk Avenue will be jammed with cars today, but you won’t be sitting in traffic.The cars will be parked for the sixth annu ...
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2 Officers injured in South Phila. overnight accident
Two police officers were injured overnight in South Philadelphia after being struck by another vehicle, sending their car into a utility ...
14 years ago
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 ...
14 years ago
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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