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Philadelphia moves ahead with first major zoning overhaul in decades
Philadelphia City Council will have a chance to hold hearings on the first major re-write of the zoning code in a half century. Th ...
14 years ago
Chives recalled for possible listeria contamination
Chives distributed by an upstate New York company have been recalled for possible listeria contamination. They were sold in Pennsylvania, ...
14 years ago
Philadelphia City Council honors man who brought down NYC subway slasher
Three months to the day after Joseph Lozito tackled a crazed man on a New York City subway, Philadelphia City Council is honoring him for ...
14 years ago
PHA can begin releasing law firm billing invoices
A U.S. District Court judge has ruled the Philadelphia Housing Authority can release three years’ and $1.6 million worth of law fir ...
14 years ago
A new chapter for a used book store
Whether in her hometown of Ellington, Connecticut, or on family vacations across the country, Ann Tetreault grew up frequenting used book ...
14 years ago
Eighth District question: Working with diverse groups
This is the eighth of ten questions NewsWorks asked the seven Democratic candidates running for the Eighth District City Council seat to ...
14 years ago
Alex’s Lemonade Stand gives $2 million to Children’s Hospital
Alex’s Lemonade Stand is giving $2 million to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. That’s a lot of lemonade. CHO ...
14 years ago
Markell signs civil union bill in Delaware
Same-sex couples in Delaware can take heart in knowing their tiffs about whose night it is to take out the trash are now recognized by th ...
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Should we care that Mitch Daniels’ wife left him in 1993, filed for divorce, moved to California, married another man, then divorce ...
14 years ago
Chelten Plaza market study summary
Editor’s Note: On May 6, I was provided with a eight-page Power Point summary of the market study that Cons ...
14 years ago
Reconstruction begins on Levoy Theater
Four months after the Levoy Theater collapsed in Millville, reconstruction is beginning. This is the second effort to refurbish the theat ...
14 years ago
Views still conflict over ‘fracking’ fluid spill
It’s been three weeks since a natural gas well in northeastern Pennsylvania’s Bradford County went out of control, spilling t ...
14 years ago
Rape, killing raises questions about child safety
The murder of 9-year-old Skyler Kauffman in Montgomery County has people wondering if her death could have been prevented. The gir ...
14 years ago
Action News filming local goodbye to Oprah
Wanna say goodbye to Oprah? As the daytime TV queen prepares for her final episode later this month, Action News is helping locals say go ...
14 years ago
SEPTA Safety Blitz warns students to stay off rail tracks
SEPTA’s Safety Blitz yesterday was the corporate equivalent of “stay off my lawn.” Except with some less selfish sentim ...
14 years ago