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Strong winds take down 150-year-old oak tree

WHYY’s Shai Ben-Yaacov stands atop a 150-year-old oak tree that toppled down in Germantown due to strong winds on Friday.  The ...

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HUD calls for Philadelphia Housing Authority’s board members resignations

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is calling for all five board members of the Philadelphia Housing Authority to step ...

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Politics & Policy

I meet the Berks County Tea Party Patriots

I received an invitation to speak about illegal immigration to a gathering of the Berks County Patriots and other Tea Party groups in Lee ...

14 years ago

Students rally for more community input on Renaissance plans

Students, parents, teachers, and education advocates rallied outside of Philadelphia School District headquarters on Friday sending a mes ...

14 years ago

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ shakes up Penn Charter stage

Upper School students from William Penn Charter School’s Performing Arts program in East Falls show off their talents on stage as t ...

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Community roundtable helps plan Germantown art district

The Germantown Arts Community Roundtable began as a way to have local artists voice their opinions on the formation of an arts district i ...

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Casino lets the dogs in

The Showboat casino hotel in Atlantic City has become the first gambling ...

14 years ago

David Cohen getting $6 mil. to stay at Comcast

According to federal financial filings, Comcast has decided to hold on to David L. Cohen, one of the Philadelphia’s most influentia ...

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Ethics board watching Philly candidates

Dozens of candidates in Philadelphia are gearing up to run for City Council and other offices. Most of them haven’t register ...

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Philadelphia-area Libyans worry about those back home

The White House says Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has lost the confidence of his people following brutal attacks by his supporters on th ...

14 years ago

U.S. funding to help resettle refugees at risk

Among the budget cuts Congress is considering are reductions in funds for newly arrived refugees. A group of Philadelphia area refugees g ...

14 years ago

Unions, tea party clash over benefits in N.J.

Thousands of union members demonstrated outside the Statehouse in Trenton Friday to protest state government efforts to cut public employ ...

14 years ago

Pottstown lawyer searching for the man who returned his lost cash

Not only did some kind soul turn in the $1,400 cash he found lying on a West Chester street, he didn’t leave a name or any other id ...

14 years ago

Salem County women receive grant, training to help build home

Salem County, N.J.’s Habitat for Humanity has received $5,000 from the international organization for its participation in “N ...

14 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Chagall exhibit is aperitif to Paris-inspired art festival  

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is jumping the gun. Next month, the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts descends on the ...

14 years ago

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