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Live-chatting Philadelphia’s soda tax debate

Update: Tom MacDonald send this report from City Hall at 1 p.m. Sources within Philadelphia City Council say a de ...

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Atlantic City breaks ground on first community garden

For a city that hasn’t had a supermarket since 2006, this is a big deal. Work began today on the first of Atlantic City̵ ...

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Agency says Newtown is Pennsylvania’s most expensive real estate market

Turns out Pennsylvania’s most expensive real estate market is in the Delaware Valley, according to Coldwell Banker. ...

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June 17th – 24th The Machine, Pirettes, a Sinatra Tribute, and the Kenya Safari Acrobats

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Reports say Weiner will resign from Congress

Politico reports Congressman Anthony Weiner will resign. Source ...

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Philadelphia’s Zoning Code reform will have to wait for Fall

Yesterday’s Zoning Code Commission hearing with Philadelphia City Council came just a blip on the city’s radar as the war ove ...

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Cows move in to help manage Delaware park

A pair of Belted Galloway cows will soon move into Brandywine Creek State Park as part of an effort to reduce the number of invasive plan ...

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Police trying to find teen mother and infant

Police are trying to find a 16-year-old mother and her four-month-old son who left her home after a fight with her mother.   ...

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Catching up with energy suppliers, examining a presidential tumor

Good morning, Feeders! It’s a big day in Philadelphia City Council, with the soda tax, sick days bill and East Falls SVU center up ...

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Philadelphia unveils its first green-topped bus stop

Now when you duck under the bus shelter at the northwest corner of 15th and Market streets to escape the rain, the shelter will be doing ...

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Man arrested for stealing from Pennsylvania governor’s mansion

He might have slipped the items out of the governor’s mansion unnoticed, but Michael David Yancey made the mistaken of trying to pa ...

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Jones chides Council colleagues in schools debate

Councilman Curtis Jones, whose Fourth District includes Manayunk, Roxborough and East Falls, is stepping us the heat behind his stand in ...

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Ft. Monmouth’s chapel, health clinic closing

Officials are moving forward with plans to close a military base in New Jersey, the AP reports.  Fort Monmouth’s Patter ...

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Jones holds up action on East Falls victims unit

A bill to move the police Special Victims Unit to a new East Falls facility is on the agenda for today’s City Council meeting. But ...

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The girls of Springside graduate under brilliant sunshine

The Springside School in Chestnut Hill picked the right day for its outdoor graduation ceremony. On Wednesday brilliant sunshine lit up t ...

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