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Delaware will go after uncollected toll money
If you’ve ditched a toll in Delaware, the Department of Transportation is coming after you. The state’s Division of Motor Veh ...
14 years ago
A man is in stable condition after he was bitten by a timber rattlesnake in New Jersey’s Pinelands. The 24-year-old Ocean Co ...
14 years ago
What sister city of Philadelphia is as big as New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago combined?
What city is unknown to most Americans, but is as big as America’s three largest cities put together? The answer is Tianjin, in th ...
14 years ago
Philly council to hike taxes on property, not soda
Soda drinkers: rejoice. Homeowners: not so much. Lawmakers in Philadelphia have appr ...
14 years ago
Shining a light on “home insecure” youth
In West Philadelphia, a group of teenagers have been working with artists, counselors and teachers exploring what “home” mean ...
14 years ago
Top 5 West Oak Lane Jazz Festival vendors to check out this weekend
When you shop at a chain store you know what you’re going to g ...
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Recent complaint has echoes for Jazz Fest and OARC
The final note of this year’s West Oak Lane Jazz Festival has vanished from the air, but a new complaint has surfaced about the ev ...
14 years ago
Central High School’s “270” sings a new song
If you’re the second oldest public school in the United States you’re entitled to a few privileges. And a few secrets. O ...
14 years ago
How teens see ‘home,’ even when they lack one
How do you describe what home means? One way is by sharing stories that speak of the many ways we live. When a group of West Phila ...
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Soda tax dies again, but City Hall delivers $53 million for schools
The proposed soda tax is dead for a second time in Philadelphia, but higher real estate taxes are on the way. After 12 hours of ne ...
14 years ago
Casino’s treatment of female staff uniformly demeaning
The recent firing of eight middle-aged cocktail waitresses from their jobs at Resorts Casino in Atlantic City pretty much lays out the wa ...
14 years ago