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14th District: Three men attack SEPTA Route 23 bus driver near Mt. Airy library branch
14th Police District in Philadelphia 43 W. Haines Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144 This district covers Chestnut Hill, Mt. ...
15 years ago
39th District: A man was murdered in Hunting Park West
Crime Blotter May 20 – 26 FEATURED: MAY 23: 2600 block W. Cambria St. – a man was murdered. Pol ...
15 years ago
Popular vote bill threatens electoral gridlock
Ever since the 2000 presidential election when Gore won the popular vote, but Bush won the presidency by winning the majority of votes in ...
15 years ago
Philly schools issue layoff notices; some blocked
The Philadelphia School District has begun issuing thousands of layoff notices to teachers and other employees, but a judge has ordered t ...
15 years ago
The polls are open in NJ, but few incumbents face serious primary challenges
The polls in New Jersey are officially open, and they’ll stay that way ’til 8 p.m. Voters w ...
15 years ago
Santorum doesn’t always play nice, but some like it that way
Rick Santorum doesn’t have a reputation for playing nice. Early in the Republican’s U.S. Senate career, Democrat Bob Kerrey ...
15 years ago
A banner day for fashion in Philly
Like a scene from “The Sound of Music,” advertisement banners that had fluttered from poles along Broad Street were pulled d ...
15 years ago
Renewed vision for Manayunk’s Umbria Village
It’s the same name, but a very different vision for a possible residential development near SEPTA’s Ivy Ridge train station i ...
15 years ago
Urban honey venture swarms Northwest Philadelphia
On a recent cloud-covered Monday, Trey Flemming scales a short ladder propped against the side of Weavers Way Co-op in Chestnut Hill. It& ...
15 years ago