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Sierra Club aims to stop gas drillers’ use of public. land in Pa.
The Sierra Club says Pennsylvania agencies leasing public park and forest land for natural gas drilling are not in compliance with federa ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia to kick off two-year workforce project
Philadelphia is celebrating work.In partnership with the Mural Arts Program and the Citizens Bank Foundation, Mayor Michael Nutter will a ...
15 years ago
N.J. lawmakers may spend summer break at work
State lawmakers in New Jersey might not be getting their usual summer break. While enactment of a state budget usually brings an end to l ...
15 years ago
Former Sixer, Armen “The Hammer” Gilliam dies playing basketball
An autopsy will determine the true cause of death, but when former Sixers player Armen “The Hammer” Gilliam died last night, ...
15 years ago
Pennsylvania changes liability law, slots revenue down around Philadelphia
Changes to Pennsylvania’s tort law will complicate things for people looking to obtain monetary compensation through lawsuits. Dave ...
15 years ago
N.J. voters favor cameras at intersections
A new poll finds there is plenty of public support in New Jersey for the use of cameras at intersections. More than 75 percent of ...
15 years ago
Another fire strikes former industrial building in Camden
Firefighters in Camden, N.J., continue to douse the smoldering rubble that was once a coverall factory at 6th Street and Carl Miller Boul ...
15 years ago
West Chester Area School District’s collection raises eyebrows
After an East Bradford family lost most of its belongings in a fire last month, the West Chester Area School District decided to take up ...
15 years ago
Notebook: Why we published the leaked school district document
In the days since it published leaked documents detailing facilities plans at the School District of Philadelphia, the Public School Note ...
15 years ago
I don’t know what happened to Casey Anthony’s baby, but I’ve covered enough trials to know that if you’re opining ...
15 years ago
The news is in the mail: some PECO electric discounts going away
Some PECO customers are receiving bad news in the mail. 215,000 customers in the region who get their electricity from PECO will r ...
15 years ago
Phily Stat returns to help city make sense of mountains of data
The Nutter administration heralded the management tool “Philly Stat” as a way to revolutionize city government. A year ago it ...
15 years ago
Sweeney says he’s not sorry for lashing out at Christie’s budget cuts
Don’t expect an apology anytime soon from N.J. Senate President Stephen Sweeney. Despite urging from the Christie administra ...
15 years ago
Scally drops out of Philadelphia’s at-large council race
There’s one less person vying for one of Philadelphia’s city council-at-large seats. ...
15 years ago
Bike shop owners left wondering why City canceled Kelly Drive rentals
Wondering why you can’t rent bikes on Kelly Drive anymore? So are a lot of other people, and so are Glenn Krotick and Joseph Wentze ...
15 years ago