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Atlantic City in 32-month revenue slump
Atlantic City’s casino revenue is in a nearly three-year slump. Numbers released today from April show the 32nd consecutive month o ...
15 years ago
More cases of resistant flu strain found in Delaware
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed four more cases of antiviral-resistant influenza in Delaware, bringing the t ...
15 years ago
Highest-paying professions in Philadelphia area
Who’s earning the big bucks in the Philadelphia area? Gynecologists and obstetricians are the top earners, pulling in an average of ...
15 years ago
City home values dip just a third of average suburban decline
Things are a little better in the city than the suburbs–at least in terms of falling home prices, according to new numbers from a P ...
15 years ago
Toomey highlights parts of his 2012 budget
Sen. Pat Toomey and some of his fellow Republicans revealed today their plan for an alternative 2012 budget. WHYY’s Susan Philips w ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia unveils first porous street
Before you go asking, what’s so great about a porous street, consider this: the permeable material has the potential to re ...
15 years ago
Work begins on Sister Cities Park renovation
Ground was broken today at Sister Cities Park, where the next year will bring renovations and improvements to the space that honors Phila ...
15 years ago
Gay priest holds symposium on religion and human sexuality
Jim St. George is making headlines again. St. George, who was fired in February from his teaching position at Chestnut Hill College, will ...
15 years ago
Lindback Foundation honors 66 School District of Philadelphia teachers
Sixty-six teachers with the School District of Philadelphia will be at the Prince Music Theater tonight to receive $3,500 each. They̵ ...
15 years ago
Kathleen Bonanno wins Knight Arts Challenge for Literary Arts Center
Local author and award-winning poet Kathleen Bonanno will soon be able to make her literary arts center a reality. Out of over 1,700 appl ...
15 years ago
New chapel coming to Dover AFB
A year from now, a new chapel center is expected to open at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. State leaders broke ground Monday, w ...
15 years ago
Civil War troupe joins Colonial regulars in tourism mission
In the tourism trade, Philadelphia owns the Colonial era. No other city can match the heft of the birth of the nation as it is represente ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia teachers picket against proposed budget cuts
The teachers enlisted some parents and students for help on their picket line in the Mayfair neighborhood. Kindergarten tea ...
15 years ago
Crime Blotter April 20 – 26, 2011 ****************** FEATURED A ...
15 years ago
39th District: Employee robs barbershop of $1500, taken from a bag of cash
Crime Blotter April 22 – 28 ____________ April 23, 4200 block Germantown Ave. – a former barbershop ...
15 years ago