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Education cuts will boost class size in 85 percent of Pennsylvania school districts
It’s not just the Philadelphia school district that’s facing lay-offs and massive budget cuts. A survey of school districts a ...
14 years ago
Nutter, Fattah, Brady participate in Bike to Work Day
If you work in or near City Hall, start your Friday with a bike ride alongside Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter and Congressmen Chaka Fa ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia police arrest men for fake L&I scheme
Philadelphia police have arrested two men in connection with a fake Licenses & Inspections scheme that bilked a Germantown property o ...
14 years ago
Discussing source of clergy sexual abuse and counting Philadelphia’s homeless
We’re winding down our first week of NewsWorks Tonight with some great local features for you on ...
14 years ago
Free, discounted pets to relieve overcrowded Delaware County SPCA
The Delaware County SPCA is having a rainy day special. Due to overcrowding at the shelter, the SPCA is giving away cats six months and o ...
14 years ago
New Jersey adds jobs, but unemployment doesn’t budge
New Jersey has more jobs for the third straight month, but the unemployment rate is unchanged. Employers in the Garden State added ...
14 years ago
Woman makes $140,000 cleaning up after Penn students
Kia Katrina Grasty likely makes more than some University of Pennsylvania professors. She does it by cleaning up after the students. ...
14 years ago
Delaware sex abuse case will be heard in Sussex County
When Earl Bradley’s case is heard before a judge beginning June 1, that judge will be on the bench in Sussex County. Superio ...
14 years ago
Despite economy, Philadelphians are watching and making more art
Philadelphians are attending more cultural events, according to a report from the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance measuring the ...
14 years ago
Beer vendor wants you to “tweet from your seat” at Phillies home games
Bill Watkins sells three or four cases of beer a night at Citizens Bank Park. He started at the Vet about 10 years ago, but now he& ...
14 years ago
House Democrats release Delaware redistricting plan
House Democrats have announced a redistricting plan for Delaware that shifts two legislative districts in New Castle County to new distri ...
14 years ago
Skeptical reaction to study on sexual abuse in Catholic Church
A new study links a rise in cases of clergy sex abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, to the Woodstock-Era wave of social and sexual freedo ...
14 years ago
The news about Arnold Schwarzenegger brings to mind the aphorism coined by the ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus: “Character is ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia going after businesses that fail to renew licenses
Philadelphia is cracking down on business operating with expired licenses. There are about 66,000 un-renewed business licenses in ...
14 years ago
Local Latino students win college scholarship money
Fifteen Latino students from local high schools have been awarded $20,000 in scholarships from the Hispanic American Commitment to Educat ...
14 years ago