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Old House Fair helps history live on in that old home
She only wanted to know about the wavy lines in the plaster of her 1726 farmhouse. Instead, Barb Seely may have walked away from the Old ...
15 years ago
Pedal-pusher wants to get Philly into sharing bikes
Alison Cohen, the president of Alta Bicycle Share, intends to make inroads in the market where she lives. That would be Philadelph ...
15 years ago
Why that second piece of pie doesn’t taste as sweet
Scientists have known for a decade one of the ways our taste buds detect sweetness. But when lab mice who had that sugar receptor knocked ...
15 years ago
Strings attached to N.J. ‘transitional aid’
Financially distressed towns in New Jersey that want to get extra state aid now must impose tougher restrictions on campaign donations. ...
15 years ago
Kelly: PHA Housing Choice Voucher Program is not closed
UPDATE: PHA has recently changed its website to say that the waitlist for the Housing Choice Voucher Program is closed. Until then, ...
15 years ago
Barnes Foundation moves to dismiss latest suit
The Barnes Foundation has filed a motion to dismiss the latest petition to reopen hearings on the foundation’s move from Merion, Pa ...
15 years ago
Pioneering journalist Thom Greer dies
Thom Greer, who became one of the first African-American journalists to run a major metropolitan newspaper, died today at the age of 69 i ...
15 years ago
Booker T. Washington; a controversial figure of greatness
Lindsay Turner is a winner of the “Achieving Greatness Through Choices” Black History essay contest at the Charles M. Finl ...
15 years ago
Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise speech of 1895 (audio and text)
The text of Booker T. Washington’s 1895 speech in Atlanta Source: Am ...
15 years ago
Violence in Philly public schools a continuing problem
Over 4,500 violent incidents were reported in the Philadelphia school district last year, which means that over 25 acts of violence occur ...
15 years ago
Friend Rick Keckler says Rutledge mayor Scott Shields was enjoying himself during his last jump, the ...
15 years ago