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Convention Center spurs Philadelphia development
The expanded Pennsylvania Convention Center is helping to bring more businesses to the neighborhood in Center City. Tw ...
15 years ago
Phoenixville inspector charged with stealing from fire victim’s home
A preliminary hearing has been set for later this month for the Phoenixville codes enforcement officer charged with stealing from a fire ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia’s Republican candidates talk issues at debate
The word debate is being tossed around a lot these days, given the upcoming elections. Philadelphia’s council districts are having ...
15 years ago
New Jersey scientists honored for developing diabetes drug
It’s the work of Merck scientists Ann Weber and Nancy Thornberry that helped create an oral medication for Type II diabetes with a ...
15 years ago
Earth, Wind & Fire and The Roots to usher in Philadelphia’s 4th of July
Philadelphia’s July 4th festivities will be mixing hip hop and soul. “Earth Wind and Fire in Philadelphia for the Four ...
15 years ago
Chicago school bans homemade lunches
Healthy or not, cafeteria food tends to have a . . . well, a cafeteria-like quality. ...
15 years ago
Women’s groups trying to pry sick leave bill from Philadelphia City Council limbo
Women’s service and advocacy groups are not happy that a bill calling for sick leave for all workers in Philadelphia, is sitting in ...
15 years ago
District high school students talk about safey policies
If you’re not causing trouble in school and you’re not the target of bullying attacks, what’s it like to pass through m ...
15 years ago
Pennsylvania Game Commission debates open season for porcupines
A decision expected today from the Pennsylvania Game Commission could yield porcupines the same fate as opossums, skunks, weasels, coyote ...
15 years ago
Sussex Emergency Ops Center is going solar
The Sussex County Emergency Operations Center will soon have a new source of power thanks to a nearly $650,000 federal grant. Coun ...
15 years ago
Nutter loses table tennis game to U.S. under-nine champ
Mayor Michael Nutter was reportedly a good sport Friday night after his table tennis loss. Nutter was at the Fall Center for the grand op ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia improves in national small-business ranking
Philadelphia has climbed several rungs in the small-business vitality ladder, taking the No. 48 spot out of the nation’s 100 major ...
15 years ago
Making sense of radiation levels in Philadelphia drinking water
New tests of drinking water around Philadelphia show trace amounts of radiation, but federal environmental protection officials say ...
15 years ago
“Can’t anybody here play this game?”
Don’t forget to circle May 5 on your calendar! Fox News is slated to broadcast the first Republican debate of the ’12 preside ...
15 years ago
America has always been a melting pot, and in this case that pot contains chocolate. A Greek immigrant set up shop in Wilmin ...
15 years ago