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Eighth District candidates will be out looking for you this weekend
Streets, supermarkets and train stations. Eighth District voters will likely see at least one of the seven candidates in that Coun ...
14 years ago
Roxborough beer distributor invites customers to have a drink on them
While Main Street Manayunk is celebrating its wedding season-themed “ ...
14 years ago
Manayunk’s COSACOSA art gallery wins Cohen Award
The Manayunk-based non-profit organization COSACOSA Art at Large received the Philadelphia Cultural Fund’s 2011 Councilman David Co ...
14 years ago
Natural gas company drilling again following fracking leak
Chesapeake Energy is resuming hydraulic fracturing and other completion operations at its Pennsylvania Marcellus Shale wells. The ...
14 years ago
Bragging rights figure in rites of passage in Legislature
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett has only signed one bill into law so far. Part of the delay in getting measures to his desk is that the Sen ...
14 years ago
School vouchers bill stalls in Pa.
Two key portions of Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett’s education platform made progress in the General Assembly this week. But a third ...
14 years ago
Pa. natural gas reserves fuel changes in auto industry
As gasoline prices accelerate above $4 a gallon, there may be more interest in cars that run on natural gas. Most vehicles powered by nat ...
14 years ago
Four vie to succeed DiCicco in Philly’s 1st District
Philadelphia City Council could experience one of its largest turnovers in decades this election season. Five seats are up for grabs. Tha ...
14 years ago
Corbett to undergo back surgery
When Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett undergoes back surgery Monday, he will temporarily transfer power to Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley. The former B ...
14 years ago
On health care, should United States follow Massachusetts?
Last week, putative presidential candidate Mitt Romney tried to point out the differences between the federal health law and the insuranc ...
14 years ago
Ethics Board raids Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller’s office
Investigators for the Philadelphia Board of Ethics visited the city hall office of Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller Friday, accompanied by ...
14 years ago
Low-key mayoral race draws quietly to a close
Philadelphia’s Democratic mayoral primary race has not been a contentious, public competition based on arguing the issues. Instead ...
14 years ago
Without N.J. backing, racetracks’ future is anyone’s bet
Now that there are agreements to privatize New Jersey’s horse racing tracks, the challenge will be how to make the tracks financial ...
14 years ago
Pet rescuers open restaurant in Tredyffrin
Animal rescues all have one thing in common: not enough money. To solve that problem, Pet Adoption and Lifecare Society has opened a rest ...
14 years ago