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Christie: Pension system could go broke by 2020
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie says that if changes aren’t made to the state pension system it will go broke by 2020, reports t
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13 years ago
Lighthearted opera rose from place of despair
A children’s opera created by Jews in a Nazi concentration camp will be performed in Philadelphia.
Photos by Nathaniel H
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13 years ago
New tour illustrates Philadelphia’s African-American culture
Philadelphia has well over 3,000 murals, and now the Mural Arts Program has packaged some of them together as an African-American cultura
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13 years ago
A photographer who shoots from the hip
Mark Cohen’s photographs are not always pretty, in fact they’re somewhat stark images and, at first glance, brutally imperson
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13 years ago
CHCA to consider different tax-exempt status
The Chestnut Hill Community Association is investigating whether to change its tax-exempt status to help with fundraising.
Current
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13 years ago
Seeking stability at Germantown High
In some city schools, the Philadelphia School District’s so-called Renaissance process has been anything but smooth. In recent weeks, s
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13 years ago
Layout of Mt. Airy townhome project revealed
The long abandoned site and burnt shell of the Garrett-Dunn house has been an eyesore and concern for many on Germantown Avenue.
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13 years ago
Embracing a culture through oral storytelling
The Roxborough branch of the Philadelphia Public Library honored Black History month this week in a medium that is becoming less and less
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13 years ago
Dredging plans for Manayunk Canal move forward
If nature had its way, the Manayunk Canal would eventually turn into wetlands. To keep that from happening, the city’s Department o
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13 years ago
Proposed DRBC gas-drilling rules panned
Environmental regulators got an earful Thursday about proposed rules governing drilling for natural gas along the Delaware River.
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13 years ago