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Wells Fargo Center seats get cupholders
What’s missing from the Wells Fargo Center? Cup holders. But not after this week. Comcast-Spectacor begins the task ...
15 years ago
Lower Merion school board votes to settle latest webcam suit
A week ago, attorneys for the Lower Merion School District were working to get the latest webcam suit against the district tossed out. Mo ...
15 years ago
Two recent longshoremen deaths and several years without port death
There hadn’t been a fatal accident at Philadelphia’s ports in 11 years when Carmen “Chuckie” DiRago died earlier ...
15 years ago
“All eyes on the East Coast should be trained on the movements of Hurricane Irene, which forecasters say could develop into a major ...
15 years ago
Back to the drawing board for Dover lawmakers after a plan to create a hotel lodging tax was shot down by a City Council committee. < ...
15 years ago
Christie requests federal assistance for Salem, Gloucester, Cumberland counties
In his letter declaring a major disaster, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie is specifically seeking federal assistance to clean up the flood damag ...
15 years ago
Good morning, Feeders! We’re not through with. . . Ackergate? Ackermania? We’re working on the name. In the meantime, ...
15 years ago
Gov. Markell visits prison education program
Governor Markell will tour the education center at Howard Young Prison in Wilmington. The educational unit at the prison was trans ...
15 years ago
Delaware mother accused of poisoning son’s sandwich with Oxycodone
State Police say a Lewes woman put crushed Oxycodone into her son’s peanut butter sandwich so she could pass drug tests. 33- ...
15 years ago
Markell touring facilities for back-to-school day
Some students in Delaware are already heading back to class. To soften the blow of the end of summer, Gov. Jack Markell will welcome some ...
15 years ago
Northeast rail corridor gets $745M for upgrades
Reading this on a train during your morning commute? Then we’ve got some good news: The federal Department of Transportation ...
15 years ago
Gunfire at SW Philly basketball court injures 6
Police say gunfire erupted at a southwest Philadelphia basketball court during halftime of an adult league game with hundreds of spectato ...
15 years ago
E-Z Passes may soon be sold in Wegman’s and Walmart stores
The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission is working to make it easier for people to use E-ZPass. The agency is hoping to sell the tran ...
15 years ago
Pennsylvania bans more designer drugs
In the wake of a statewide ban on bath salts and so-called synthetic marijuana, one expert says it’ll take more than chemical-speci ...
15 years ago
Starfinder athletes embrace diversity through tile
At the Starfinder Foundation in Manayunk, a group of high school soccer players is taking time out of their practice schedule to get crea ...
15 years ago