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New loans helps Tastykake avoid expiration
A Philadelphia icon is safe for now thanks to some new financing.
A new loan package totaling $6.5 million has been put together t
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13 years ago
Haitian amputees learn to live their former lives
WHYY’s Susan Philips returned to Haiti a few days ago to follow up on her reports from Port-au-Prince last year. The one-year anniv
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13 years ago
Rendell calls for review of state death penalty
Pa. Gov. Ed Rendell says the state legislature needs to review the death penalty in order for it to be effective. The outgoing governor s
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13 years ago
N.J. looks into expanding services for autistic kids
Advocacy groups welcome New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s intention to explore having every county in New Jersey develop special sch
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13 years ago
Mummers applications due later this month
It seems like just two weeks ago the mummers were parading down Broad Street. Oh wait…
Applications for the 2012 M
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13 years ago
Committee of Seventy praises PHA’s new gift policy
The Committee of Seventy is praising Public Housing Authority Interim Executive Director Michael Kelly for his ban on gifts to agency emp
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13 years ago
Chester County mayors join gun control coalition
Four Chester County mayors have joined the Mayors Against Illegal Guns organization in response to the weekend shooting in Arizona.
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13 years ago
Scholarships available for Latino high schoolers
Latino high school seniors in Pennsylvania, South Jersey and Delaware can now apply for college scholarships offered through the Ronald M
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13 years ago
A big donation to Philabundance
A regional food hub is receiving some help in a time of need.
Philabundance is receiving 6,000 cans of food from S
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13 years ago
Education Foundation give grants to Lower Merion
Two grants totaling $7,500 have been given to two Lower Merion educational facilities.
A $2,500 grant to the Welsh Valle
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13 years ago
artblog expands to quarterly newsletter
The Daily News is shaking things up, Casino Connection is killing its print publication and the artblog has launched a newsletter. The ti
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13 years ago
Williams will decide by February on run for mayor
State Sen. Anthony Hardy Williams is being talked about as the only serious potential Democratic challenger to Philadelphia Mayor Michael
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13 years ago
Does zero tolerance policy work in schools?
What’s the best way for schools to prevent and deal with violence? Most voters in
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13 years ago
Towns vote to close Route 52 causeway for construction
In an effort to save summer tourism, Ocean City and Somers Point councils voted separately and unanimously last night to close the Route
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13 years ago
When you learn about the history of Delaware you always hear about Caesar Rodney’s heroic ride to cast a deciding vote for the Declara
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13 years ago