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Weather like we’ve been experiencing this week isn’t ideal for most of us. Furry pets, transplanted shrubs, anyone who works ...
14 years ago
Even in the greenest homes, AC is on this week
Air conditioners around the Delaware Valley are humming this week as temperatures in the region hover around 100 degrees. DJ Starr ...
14 years ago
Modell’s taps Victorino for King of Prussia commercial
There’s a lot to be said about the new Modell’s advertisement featuring Phillie Shane Victorino. We’ll start wit ...
14 years ago
Christie announces education legislation, state environmental chief visits Philly
N.J. Gov. Chris Christie was in Camden today where he announced legislation for public-private education partnerships for some of New Jer ...
14 years ago
In Camden, Christie pushes school transformation idea
New Jersey has struggled for years to turn around its urban public schools. New Jersey Governor Chris Christie was in Camden today ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia Weekly interviews a gay Philadelphia Police officer
Philadelphia Weekly is celebrating pride week, and has an interesting interview leading up to the weekend’s big events. ...
14 years ago
Guilty plea in Delaware campaign donation scheme
A politically-connected businessman who headed Delaware’s largest alcohol distributor has pleaded guilty in federal court to charge ...
14 years ago
Heat stroke likely not the cause of police dog’s death
Vets in Galloway Township, N.J., say the death of a police dog there doesn’t appear to be heat-related. Blaze, a 6-year-old German ...
14 years ago
Health-care advocates object to Pa. plan on tobacco fund
With final state budget negotiations set to kick off this week, health-care advocates are making one last pitch to save Pennsylvania̵ ...
14 years ago
Lincoln Drive traffic pattern shift throws off drivers’ routines
Every neighborhood’s got one: the bad intersection people avoid because the light’s too long, no one obeys the stop sign or t ...
14 years ago
S. Africans’ lively faith impresses touring Roxborough teen
By the time Kyle Bone got up to tell his story, he was tired. It was the first weekend of a two-week trip with the Salvation Army’s ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia pushing to license tobacco sellers
Philadelphia City Council has passed a bill mandating a license to sell tobacco products in the city. The bill mandating a license ...
14 years ago
Archdiocese names new abuse victim advocate
Update: NewsWorks’ Dillon Buckley spoke with Johanna Berrigan of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests. ...
14 years ago
Nutter’s shotgun wedding with the school district
At 10 minutes before noon, I saw Bob Archie, the chair of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission (the body that everywhere else would ...
14 years ago