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Music Contest for “NewsWorks Tonight”
Attention Delaware Valley bands and musicians: WHYY-FM is launching a new, half-hour, drive time radio show called NewsWorks Tonig ...
14 years ago
Paterno’s son calls for elimination of Penn State’s state subsidy
Fumble! Just after Penn Sta ...
14 years ago
Congress to vote on repealing mortgage assistance programs
A program that helps people avoid losing their homes to foreclosure could get its budget cut. Democratic Members of the Philadelphi ...
14 years ago
Lautenberg asks Obama for flood disaster relief
Not long after asking for help for blizzard relief, New Jersey is looking to the federal government for help with floods from yesterday ...
14 years ago
It’s been drilled into the heads of every native of Mobile, Ala: The Port City is the home of Mardi Gras. Yet most people st ...
14 years ago
Delaware volunteer award honors First Lady Carla Markell and Muriel Gilman
When Governor Jack Markell was inaugurated in January 2009 he announced there would not be a ceremonial ball. Instead he was asking for a ...
14 years ago
Schuylkill River no longer rising, water level remains steady
WHYY’s Tom MacDonald sends word from the Manayunk Develope Corportation that the Schuylkill River has stopped rising: “No par ...
14 years ago
The Serafin String Quartet knows the formula to beautiful music. Take 4 different people, who can play 4 similar instruments.   ...
14 years ago
New Jersey woman writes letter to Christie’s wife
A Sparta, N.J. woman has written a letter to New Jersey First Lady Mary Pat Christie upon the governor’s request. Let’ ...
14 years ago
Local musicians tire of festival’s growing popularity
Once an indie, underground music festival, South by Southwest has grown in popularity over the years. And some local musicians aren’ ...
14 years ago
Things To Do has been both horrified and mesmerized by the images of destruction coming out of Japan in the wake of the tsunami. People ...
14 years ago
Contractual commitments keep DRPA spending off-track
Despite promises from the Delaware River Port Authority to cut spending on economic development work, the authority is still spending on ...
14 years ago
Business fights back against mandatory sick time
The battle to require employers to offer sick time to all workers in Philadelphia continues to go on in City Council. A Washington ...
14 years ago
Wilmington plans to add 13 firefighters
City officials have announced plans to add 13 firefighters to the Wilmington Fire Department, thanks to a $1.7 million federal grant ...
14 years ago
Phoenixville schools consider cuts, layoffs, tax hike in face of state funding slash
With $2.3 million in state funding now missing from Phoenixville Area School District’s budget, talks of an increased tax hike are ...
14 years ago