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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 ...
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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
Manayunk neighbors hold meeting to discuss Route 35 bus changes
SEPTA’s plan to replace its Route 35 buses with hybrid vehicles may be a green one, but it could also be inconvenient. The l ...
14 years ago
After turmoil, King High looks to turn the page
Updated: 4:57 p.m. District officials expect to have a new principal in place for Martin Luther King High School in Germa ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia City Council aiming to cut cost of DROP
Now that the primary is over, Philadelphia City Council is concentrating on a major thorn in its side–DROP. Most of council ...
14 years ago
Drexel announces merger with Academy of Natural Sciences
Drexel University and the Academy of Natural Sciences have announced a merger under a $1 million grant from Pew Charitable Trusts. ...
14 years ago