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Drills planned Thursday for 2 Phila. PATCO stations
The Delaware River Port Authority has scheduled drills at two Philadelphia PATCO stations Thursday to help DRPA police continue to improv ...
14 years ago
Volunteers, vision and change in Vernon Park
Volunteers from several organizations did clean up work in the bucolic and long troubled Vernon Park on Wednesday. The park has been clea ...
14 years ago
Need growing for Salvation Army
In the first six months of this year, the Salvation Army reports a significant increase in requests for lodging, rent assistance and util ...
14 years ago
Delaware pediatric abuse case prompts national guidelines
The Earl Bradley child sex abuse case has prompted a national call for reform. The Associated Press reports the nation’s lar ...
14 years ago
Fire forces evacuation of 30 people at Ocean City motel
A small fire that sparked Tuesday night forced an Ocean City motel to evacuate 30 of its guests. ...
14 years ago
Boeing awarded Delaware River contract
The Philadelphia Business Journal reports Boeing Co. has won a $4.4 million multi-year contract from Delaware County. ...
14 years ago
Kent County hosts public meeting on crime prevention
Residents of central Delaware as well as neighborhood groups can learn more tonight about ways to prevent crime. Kent County ...
14 years ago
Union vote scheduled for Wednesday in Chester County
Employees of the Chester County Department of Human Services are set to make a major decision Wednesday in a vote on whether to form a co ...
14 years ago
Delawareans get advice on how to cope with potentially dangerous heat
An intense heat wave continues to bake Delaware, and the worst may be yet to come in the next few days. The Delaware Emergency Mana ...
14 years ago
The science of ‘cool’ discussed Wednesday night in Philly
A group of ice cream vendors, experts and a well known TV personality are coming together tonight in Philadelphia to help keep you comfor ...
14 years ago
Weed wrap up – the worst plants of the region
Ground Level blogger Nicole Juday takes a last look at the worst weeds in Northwest Philadelphia taken from her recent series on these in ...
14 years ago
NJ Transit makes adjustments to train schedule before U2 concert
The band U2 has always had an international influence on music and, in some cases, politics and apparently on Wednesday night, the band a ...
14 years ago
Dangerous heat, humidity continues Wednesday
If you thought Tuesday was bad, just wait for Wednesday afternoon, as the National Weather Service has issued another excessive heat warn ...
14 years ago
Stay in Philly: New program encourages college interns to stay close
A new program aims to give college students a positive working experience while also encouraging them to make a home in Philadelphia afte ...
14 years ago
Pa. jury mulls who owns gold 1933 `double eagles’
A federal jury in Philadelphia is mulling a case that has long fascinated coin collectors: who owns a set or exceedingly rare 1933 gold c ...
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