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Market Street clogged with emergency vehicles, office workers
Update: Turns out all the commotion was a false alarm. Traffic got ugly for a while, but crews were packing up by 9 a.m. ...
15 years ago
PIAA committee turns down `non-boundary’ plans
A Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association committee has rejected proposals that had addressed growing concern over non-boundary ...
15 years ago
Crews search Philly river for teen who jumped in
Rescue crews in Northeast Philadelphia and Swedesboro, N.J., are looking for two teenagers who disappeared in separate incidents. Authori ...
15 years ago
The “Donut Man” reaches out to the city’s homeless with pastries, caring
It’s 4 a.m. on a Sunday morning in Germantown, the grass between the sidewalk and the street is still wet from the morning dew, hou ...
15 years ago
Why U.S. aid to Pakistan should continue.
For some Americans the failure of the government of Pakistan to detect the terrorist Osama Bin Laden living in suburban comfort in a mili ...
15 years ago
Coyle’s keeps the business in the family
Walk into Coyle’s Cafe in Roxborough on just about any night and one is almost certain to find one of the nine Coyle siblings there ...
15 years ago
The aim at the new St. James – provide top-notch schooling at low tuition
Big changes are in store for the historic St. James the Less site on W. Clearfield Street in the “Lower Falls,” or Allegheny ...
15 years ago
PhilaU student designs shelter for Haiti’s homeless
This transitional home known as “the Haiti House” by Philadelphia University students, was designed by five year architectura ...
15 years ago
What’s N.J. Governor Chris Christie running for?
Less than 18 months before the next national election, the Republicans lack a frontrunner or anyone who can excite the Republican base as ...
15 years ago
Kids sharpen reading and writing through photography
All spring, artists have been teaching elementary school kids in Philadelphia how to use photography to become better at reading and writ ...
15 years ago