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Carnival’s queen of cotton candy enjoys the roaming life
For more than 30 years, families from across Northwest Philadelphia have kicked off their summer season with a trip to St. Gregory’ ...
15 years ago
Pa. GOP plan for drilling fee solidifies
Pennsylvania Senate Republicans’ Marcellus Shale drilling impact fee has finally moved from a hypothetical to a reality. Wel ...
15 years ago
Residents object to scantily clad women on apartments’ posters
Some Germantown residents want an apartment building owner to take down posters of scantily clad women advertising the complex’s sp ...
15 years ago
Birthers, leprosy – which is creepier?
Whenever I mention the Obama birth certificate business some reader makes the valid comment that this stuff should be ignored, not amplif ...
15 years ago
Audio/Video of the NewsWorks Eighth District Council debate
If you didn’t get a chance to attend last night’s Eighth District Council debate you’re in luck. G-Town Radio ...
15 years ago
Class-action pioneer says new limits benefit consumers
The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to put limits on class-action lawsuits. The court ruled in a 5-4 vote to allow companies to force cons ...
15 years ago
If busing ends, Philly district would have to transport charter students
The Philadelphia school district may have to cut 3,800 positions in order to close a $600 million deficit. Another proposal to make up fo ...
15 years ago
PHA, District Council 47 reach deal on pensions
The Philadelphia Housing Authority has negotiated a contract with the union District Council 47 which transitions away from a traditional ...
15 years ago
Rare fungus named for area botanist
If a fungus deep in a forest is named after you but no one ever sees it again, does it really count? Ernie Schuyler thinks so. In ...
15 years ago