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Students, lawmakers try to preserve Philadelphia’s ‘accelerated schools’
Students and lawmakers are trying to save “accelerated schools” in Philadelphia from budget cuts. Accelerated schools ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia City Council reluctant to hike taxes even to help schools
Philadelphia City Council plans to hold a hearing Friday about funding the school district. The proposed tax hikes are running into troub ...
14 years ago
New Jersey wants to help residents quit smoking
New Jersey residents looking to quit smoking are getting a little help from the state. The Department of Health and Senior Services annou ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia activates Heatline through midnight
We’ve got a long, hot day ahead of us, and the Philadelphia Corporation for Aging knows it. The agency will activate its Heatline a ...
14 years ago
Fed up with crime, woman shoos dealers away with Christian music
Here’s a tip for residents at their wits’ end with the drugs and crime in their neighborhood: try a little gospel music. ...
14 years ago
Miss Delaware Pageant gets underway
Miss Delaware Pageant celebrates the start of its 70th annual contest tonight in Dover. The pageant, at Dover Downs, starts ...
14 years ago
School Reform Commission must answer to Nutter, Pennsylvania DEP head comes to Philly
Good morning, Feeders! The National Weather Service says temps will hit 99 degrees today. Pools aren’t open yet, ...
14 years ago
Year long investigation ends in cocaine bust
State Police wrap up a yearlong investigation, arresting two brothers for allegedly running a cocaine delivery organization in Bridgevill ...
14 years ago
Biking Germantown’s historic sites
The same weekend Denmark’s Alex Rasmussen peddled his spandex-clad and professionally trained buttocks off to a win at the Philadel ...
14 years ago
Delaware First Lady honored in Wilmington
Delaware’s First Lady Carla Markell will be honored at the Girls Inc. Strong, Smart, and Bold Awards tonight at Archmere Academy. ...
14 years ago
Former police inspector pleads guilty to extortion count
9:25 a.m. Castro faces a maximum of 25 years in prison for the extortion count and the count he was found guilty of in A ...
14 years ago
Action on Chelten Plaza – new group, new plans
Tracy McNeil, an energetic woman with wisps of gray hair and bright blue glasses, said curiosity brought her to the first Germantown Care ...
14 years ago
Person charged with aiming laser at Coast Guard copter
Police at the New Jersey shore say they’ve made an arrest after a Coast Guard helicopter crew reported being targeted by a laser po ...
14 years ago
Hot, muggy weather grips the Delaware Valley again
Today will be hot. Even hotter than yesterday, which was a record-setter: The National Weather Service says the 97 degrees recorded in Ph ...
14 years ago