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Community members line up to express disdain for development plan
Community outrage over a planned strip mall development in Germantown continued to flare Thursday night during a heated face to face meet ...
15 years ago
SRC gives Green Woods the green light to expand
The School Reform Commission has approved the Green Woods Charter School’s application for an enrollment expansion, putting into pl ...
15 years ago
Section of Bells Mill Road to close temporarily
Drivers traveling along Bells Mill Road from Ridge Avenue to Germantown Avenue will experience temporarily closures for two weeks startin ...
15 years ago
Posting will be a little thinner than normal over the next week when I’m busy pitching on the air for WHYY’s spring fundraisi ...
15 years ago
Food fight: Feds aim to cut ads targeting kids
Food marketers are under mounting pressure to either change their advertising tactics aimed at kids, or the foods they promote to young p ...
15 years ago
Red Cross counselors prepare for trip to Alabama
As WHYY’s Lizz Fiedler reported earlier, a dozen mental health counselors from the Southeastern Pennsylvania Chapter of the Red Cro ...
15 years ago
As Acme plans layoffs, self-checkout is a ready replacement
Acme Markets announced this week plans to lay off about 900 part-time employees in the Philadelphia region. As those layoffs loom, worke ...
15 years ago
PSPCA removing animals from Kensington home
The Pennsylvania SPCA reports its humane law officers are on site right now removing animals from a home in Kensington. So far, fi ...
15 years ago
GOP, Corbett agree on Pa. school voucher plan
Senate Republicans and Gov. Tom Corbett have agreed on a framework for a school vouchers bill. The understanding, reached earlier this we ...
15 years ago
Former Philadelphia area man sentenced in child pornography after being nabbed in Honduras
A 27-year-old man from the Philadelphia area has been sentenced for having child pornography on his computer. Charles Lefebvre, for ...
15 years ago
Events tie up, reroute Philadelphia traffic
Hoping for a slow, easy Sunday? Sorry. Four major events in the area could snag your weekend errands. West, North, South and Cente ...
15 years ago
Red Cross volunteers from area heading to help tornado victims
About a dozen mental health counselors from the Philadelphia area are preparing to go to the South to help tornado survivors. American Re ...
15 years ago
Fair warning: Broad Street to close for a swinging time
Every year, Lorie Phillis does one scary thing. This year, she flew on a trapeze over a vacant lot on Broad Street. The scary part, she s ...
15 years ago
Drug Enforcement Agency hosts prescription drug disposal event
Today is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, and more than 5,300 sites across the country have joined the effort to collect and dis ...
15 years ago
Fundraising walk focuses on brain tumor awareness
To increase awareness about brain tumors and the signs leading to diagnosis, Delaware’s Kelly Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation ...
15 years ago