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Tugboat mate in fatal duck boat crash was on cell phone
The tour boat company and lawyers for two tourists killed last summer in a crash on the Delaware River in Philadelphia are responding to
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Helping new immigrants restart old careers
Like many Americans, some new immigrants have to settle for “just-a-job” before they can get a toehold on the career they lov
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13 years ago
Bensalem company offers gem-studded prom dresses
This is not the sort of prom dress that will end up crushed in the back of the closet after its night on the town.
A Bensalem comp
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13 years ago
AG Biden goes after chronic polluters
Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden is pushing for harsher fines for companies who make a habit of polluting Delaware’s air, water
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13 years ago
Nutter gives District Attorney extra $2 million despite over-spending
Mayor Michael Nutter has proposed giving an extra $1.9 million to the District Attorney’s office, despite the office’s over-s
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13 years ago
Gas prices continue to soar across the country and in Delaware.
The national average for a gallon of regular gasoline today i
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13 years ago
Orchid growers in Linwood explain the cloning process
Did you know when you buy orchids they’re probably clones? About 80 percent of orchids sold these days are clones.
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13 years ago
DROP flap prompts Phila. Councilman DiCicco to drop re-election bid
Another Philadelphia City Councilman in the controversial DROP retirement program has decided not to seek re-election.
Counc
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13 years ago
PECO begins new 10-year utility pole inspection cycle
PECO announced today it will begin another 10-year cycle of utility pole inspections to the tune of $1.1 million. The energy compan
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13 years ago
Delaware could be home to two more casinos, one each in New Castle and Sussex Counties.
House Majority Leader Rep. Pete Schwartzko
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13 years ago
Termination hearing scheduled for displaced Audenried teacher
Hope Moffett has a 204 hearing tomorrow. She’ll make her case to the School District of Philadelphia at a termination hearing, whic
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13 years ago
Pew poll shows Philadelphians’ outlook not so sunny
Sixty percent of Philadelphians says their neighborhoods are excellent or good places to live. Sounds pretty positive to us. But that num
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13 years ago
Owner Jim Evans mans the grill at Bob’s Diner on a recent morning in Roxborough. Did you know the diner hasn’t actually
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13 years ago
More investigation needed to determine cause of Allentown explosion
It’s possible an inspection of a natural gas pipeline caused a leak that resulted in an Allentown explosion last month. John Walsh,
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13 years ago
Gay priest determining if he has a legal case against Chestnut Hill College
There are a lot of words being parsed between Jim St. George and Chestnut Hill College. The two sides are going back and forth about whet
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13 years ago