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Homeless advocates help stall overhaul to Philadelphia law against aggressive panhandling
The bill to put more teeth in Philadelphia’s law against aggressive panhandling is on hold. The bill would allow Philadelphi ...
14 years ago
Bill cuts red tape for vets seeking mental health care
Legislation passed by the U.S. House as part of the defense authorization bill could make it easier for soldiers and veterans to get ment ...
14 years ago
COSACOSA celebrates 20 years with a new “Change of State”
COSACOSA celebrates its 20 year anniversary. COSACOSA takes its name from the Spanish term “la cosa que es la cosa”, which translate ...
14 years ago
Senate hearing reviews abortion clinic oversight, Art Museum welcomes Italian artist
Pa. Sen. John H. Eichelberger scheduled a hearing today at Drexel University to discuss state and local oversight of abortion clinics. Wh ...
14 years ago
Suburban Philadelphia communities receive recycling grants
Montgomery County and two Chester County communities will receive checks for their recycling efforts as part of the Pennsylvania Departme ...
14 years ago
Former exec charged with bilking CHOP of $1.7 million
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s former general counsel has been charged with embezzling $1.7 million from the hospital. ...
14 years ago
CHOP executive charged with embezzlment following investigation
Former general counsel and executive vice president of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Roosevelt Hairston Jr., has been charged ...
14 years ago
Limerick’s Exelon nuclear reactor back on line
Four days and two shutdowns later, Exelon’s Unit 2 nuclear reactor has resumed operations. The reactor first shut down Sunday and a ...
14 years ago
Markell proposes improvements to Delaware’s water infrastructure
Delaware Governor Jack Markell proposes spending more than $2 million to improve the state’s water infrastructure. The impro ...
14 years ago
Franchises giving away the goods for National Donut Day
Update: The DD at 7th and Market streets got slammed this morning. By 10:30, only a couple lonely looking cruellers were ...
14 years ago
Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy bus riders can now track SEPTA in real time
SETPA has a new online tool that allows riders to track bus and trolleys in real time. For instance, Chestnut Hill and Mt. Airy resident ...
14 years ago
Installation aims to teach students 21st Century skills
If you’ve strolled through Old City since last night, you may have noticed something a bit different about the National Constitutio ...
14 years ago
New Jersey Senate Democrats meet to discuss school funding
New Jersey Senate Democrats have a big task at hand today: mapping out a plan for funding an extra $500 million to aid the state’s ...
14 years ago
List of Philadelphia School District’s private contract payouts
Weeks of work has paid off for Parents United for Public Education. The group’s Philadelphia chapter filed a “right-to-know ...
14 years ago
Delaware beach goers can expect sun, sand, and traffic jams
Most beach travelers in lower Delaware know Lighthouse Road as their little secret. It’s the road they use to avoid the traff ...
14 years ago