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How to handle grown children who overstay their welcome
Is your kid over 18, still living at home and using your basement as a personal studio apartment? It’s not a call for a talk show t ...
15 years ago
Council-at-Large candidates talk hometown green issues at debate
Fresh vegetables, yes. Zoning reform, mostly yes. Trees, maybe yes, maybe no.Green jobs, of course, but let’s argue about how to cr ...
15 years ago
Old City flowers first sign of spring in Philly
WHYY’s Lizz Fiedler snapped this photo outside the National Constitution Center. Today’s warm weather is surely a tease, but ...
15 years ago
Photos: Council members show their Irish pride at St. Patty’s Day meeting
They didn’t skip yesterday’s meeting to wait in line at bars like some folks did, but City Council members showed their Irish ...
15 years ago
In the best of all possible worlds (to borrow a phrase from Voltaire), a fact-challenged Iraq war cheerleader would subsequently suffer a ...
15 years ago
Half of the Eighth District council candidates challenged over petitions
In a new development in the race to fill the seat of Eighth District Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller, NewsWorks has learned that half of t ...
15 years ago
Toomey requests “historical exemption” for upgraded street signs in Lower Merion
Pat Toomey is calling on Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood to reconsider some road safety rules that would impact Lower Merion’s ...
15 years ago
FDA panel advises removing menthol from cigarettes
A panel of the Food and Drug Administration has advised the FDA to remove menthol from cigarettes. The recommendation comes today followi ...
15 years ago
Delaware’s effort to help Japanese sister-state
The state has launched a website for residents looking to help Delaware’s sister-state, Miyagi Prefecture. Miyagi was ...
15 years ago
Judge demands new lawyer for Pearl Gosnell
Update: Pearl Gosnell’s lawyer has been removed for a conflict of interest, the Associated Press reports. Common P ...
15 years ago
Details in latest Abbotsford shooting remain unclear
After more than two weeks, the details of an early-evening shooting at the Abbotsford Homes in East Falls remain murky. At around ...
15 years ago
Judge consolidates three DROP ballot challenges
Tom MacDonald is at this morning’s hearing for election ballot challenges, where he says the judge has opted to consolidate the thr ...
15 years ago
Ballot challenges begin, Temple students prepare to leave Japan
Happy Friday, Feeders, and happy warm weather! Enjoy it while it lasts. Things are slowing down a bit as the weekend rolls in, but weR ...
15 years ago
Questions on Temple’s Evacuation of U.S students from Tokyo
I taught at Temple University’s campus in Tokyo, Japan, in the spring of 2005. Like all of my colleagues who have done the same, I ...
15 years ago
Patio hours up for debate in Rehoboth
Hours at patios and decks in Rehoboth Beach could be extended after tonight’s Commissioners meeting. Rehoboth City Commission ...
15 years ago