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American Red Cross donations to Japan reach $100 million
With an addition $40 million donation today, the American Red Cross has given $100 million to the Japanese Red Cross since last monthR ...
14 years ago
How to get past voter apathy in Philadelphia
Donna Reed Miller has represented Philadelphia’s Eighth Council District for the last two-and-a-half decades. Is it because of vote ...
14 years ago
Frack wars reach other side of the Delaware
New Jersey environmentalists are urging Governor Christie to support a ban on fracking in the Delaware River Basin. Fracking is a ...
14 years ago
Middle school teacher calls for better sex education in public schools
Free condoms are great and all, but not if the people who need them most lack access and education about them. A middle school tea ...
14 years ago
Lack of firefighter test means more overtime until next summer in Philadelphia
Philadelphia will be looking at a firefighter shortage at least until next summer. Philadelphia is working on a new firefigh ...
14 years ago
Camden transsexual sues employer for discrimination
A Camden man is suing his former employer on the grounds his termination was gender-based. El’Jai Devoureau was born a female, but ...
14 years ago
Pew report shows Philadelphia’s progress relative to other cities
Pew Charitable Trusts has released its new State of City report ...
14 years ago
East Marlborough approves 20-acre park plan
The first phase of a 20-acre park in East Marlborough has been approved. Township supervisors approved the plan for Unionville Community ...
14 years ago
New New Jersey law creates next of kin registry
A bill signed into law today creates a voluntary next of kin registry for drivers license- and identification card – carrying New J ...
14 years ago
Carper pushes Chevy electric car at Delaware car dealer
With gas heading towards $4.00 a gallon, Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.) went to Milford to make a pitch for electric technology in automobil ...
14 years ago
Carl Lewis prepares for political announcement in Mount Holly
Update: Lizz reports Carl Lewis said during his speech, “When I run, I run to win!” Original ...
14 years ago
Tastykake reach will expand under Georgian ownership
Well if the move to the Navy Yard made the Tastykakes taste different, we can’t imagine what Georgian ownership will mean. F ...
14 years ago
Police: Teenage girl attacked in Fairmount Park
Police are looking for a man who attacked a 17-year-old girl in the Roxborough section of Fairmount Park this morning. Officer Jil ...
14 years ago
Census Redistricting Data gets mapped
The latest Census 2010 Redistricting Data includes more specific race data, which you can find on Pol ...
14 years ago
PSPCA raids dog fighting in Philly neighborhoods
Months of investigation are paying off. The Pennsylvania SPCA busted a Gray’s Ferry dog fighting operation Sunday night, foll ...
14 years ago