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Local filmmaker surpasses pledge goal before today’s deadline
Eugene Martin had until 2:49 p.m. today to raise $25,000. ...
15 years ago
Pottsgrove children shocked by electrically charged batting cage
Authorities in Lower Pottsgrove are investigating how a live electrical junction box became attached to a batting cage and caused two you ...
15 years ago
Fork & Barrel closes after less than a year in East Falls
The recent closing of a short-lived, but well-received East Falls restaurant has stirred up a mix of surprise, suspicion and outrage from ...
15 years ago
Should you have to pass a test to be allowed to vote?
Anyone can vote. That’s the beauty and potential disaster of American democracy. That’s what keep politicians up at night wor ...
15 years ago
Dear valued passenger,We at Uppity Airlines are thrilled to announce our new pricing package. As you may know, from reading the ...
15 years ago
Brown says her appearance at Republican debate was never certain
Last night, Philadelphia’s Republican candidates got a chance to debate the big issues. Some did. Two didn’t. Philadel ...
15 years ago
Barrage of disasters takes focus off BP spill anniversary
Yesterday marked the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill in the gulf. But earthquakes, tsunamis, nuclear disasters, mine cave-ins an ...
15 years ago
Cumberland County compiling storm reports for FEMA application
Anyone living in Cumberland County, N.J., who’s still cleaning up from last weekend’s storm may want to take the time to fill ...
15 years ago
Monster truck event will support Philadelphia’s mounted police unit
The Philadelphia Police Department announced today some horsepower (pun intended) behind the return of its mounted unit: monster trucks.< ...
15 years ago
Foundations withdraws bid to operate charter at King
In a letter to the School District of Philadelphia and Superintendent Arlene Ackerman, Foundations Inc. CEO Rhonda H. Lauer wrote the com ...
15 years ago
Search for Casino Reinvestment Development Authority director could take four months
It could take 120 days for the Casino Reinvestment Development Authority to find a permanent director to lead Atlantic City’s state ...
15 years ago
Montgomery County projects get $1.5 million in RACP funding
Four projects in Montgomery County will share more than $1.5 million in assistance from Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program funding. ...
15 years ago
5th District: Man robbed at gunpoint at Henry Avenue and Walnut Lane intersection
5th Police District Crime Blotter March 28 – ...
15 years ago
Nutter wants to talk to Archie about closed-door meeting
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is looking into a report by WHYY’s Newsworks.org and the Public School Notebook that documented a ...
15 years ago
New Jersey inspections get two tour buses off the road
Random bus inspections in Atlantic City yesterday found nine violations and turned up two buses that had to be taken out of service. ...
15 years ago