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Roxborough native combines football, family and humor in new book
Author Tom McAllister, 29, who grew up on the 300 block of Hermitage Street, returned last week to Manayunk to promote his book,
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13 years ago
PWD to put Venice Island project out to bid this week
The Philadelphia Water Department says a project to remake the Venice Island Recreation Center in Manayunk, which will cost $45 million,
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13 years ago
State-of-the-art Convention Center devoid of art
Through the wall of glass towering over Broad Street, Convention Center visitors can see across the street into the windows of the scul
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13 years ago
Could public housing in Philadelphia actually get worse with a federal takeover?
It’s happened before.
Last Friday th
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13 years ago
Upper Merion man charged with killing twin, parents
A 23-year-old Upper Merion man was arrested Saturday and charged with st
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13 years ago
Man in wheelchair is struck and killed by train in Philly
A wheelchair-bound man died after being hit by a train near the intersec
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13 years ago
Flower Show: First impressions
The Flower Show opens today at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. It runs through March 13. Taking up 10 acres inside the Convention Cen
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13 years ago
Wayne Ave. Merchant Association considers facade improvements
Although Ramón Perez was only at his first meeting of the Wayne Avenue Merchant Association, he was already planning to recruit other bu
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13 years ago
Glaxo employees may be unhappy with amenities drought at Philadelphia Navy Yard
Sure they’ll be moving into shiny new cubicles in a sparkling new office building, but the thousand-plus GlaxoSmithKline employees
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13 years ago
Seal may have just stopped to rest on N.J. beach
A seal that came ashore on Island Beach state park yesterday afternoon may have just been doing what all of us do at the beach: Relaxing.
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13 years ago