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Summer learning loss more severe for kids with special needs
It’s that time of year when kids start thinking about their summer break. Some educators call summer “the big eraser” a ...
15 years ago
Off-duty SEPTA officer arrests rider for taking inappropriate pictures
The woman hoping for a little snooze on her way to work Wednesday found an unfortunate seat companion in George Tai Kim. Kim began snappi ...
15 years ago
Advocacy groups draft letter to Corbett-about homelessness and violence
Project HOME has teamed up with CeaseFirePA and Moms Against Guns to draft a letter to Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett asking for his help to enact ...
15 years ago
Verna: no plans for DROP hearings soon
Don’t expect Philadelphia City Council to hold hearings on the controversial DROP early retirement ...
15 years ago
Acme to lay off 900 part-time employees
Acme Markets announced today it will lay off about 6 percent of its employees in Philadelphia, South Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. ...
15 years ago
Putting Wilmington on the digital map
“The yellow pages is dead,” declares Brian Soward, social media enthusiast. That’s why a group of active social media ...
15 years ago
Another unsuspecting Upper Darby resident receives package of pot
Yet another package of marijuana has been left on the doorstep of an unsuspecting Upper Darby resident. A package arrived in the mail fro ...
15 years ago
Despite the fact that America’s foremost phony issue has now been laid to rest, it would be naive in the extreme to assume that bir ...
15 years ago
Despite the fact that America’s foremost phony issue has now been laid to rest, it would be naive in the extreme to assume that bir ...
15 years ago
New Jersey Attorney General moves on bath salt ban
New Jersey Attorney General Paula Dow has filed emergency rules to immediately ban the sale of bath salts, the Associated Press reports.< ...
15 years ago
Ship docked at Navy Yard catches fire
A ship docked at the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia caught fire this morning, bringing crews from the Coast Guard and Philadelphia Fire ...
15 years ago
Schools, term limits, DROP take center stage at Eighth District debate
If you missed last night’s Eighth District City Council debate (or you went and think you missed something important), we’ve ...
15 years ago
Baby’s First Birthday: Delaware Children’s Museum celebrates
A year ago the Delaware Children’s Museum was wondering if people would accept this big yellow thing on the Wilmington waterfront where ...
15 years ago
Laid off Atlantic City police officers start process of returning to work
Laid off Atlantic City police officers will have to take a battery of tests before they can return to work, but the process has begun. ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia City Counil publishes legislative documents online
Open Data Philly indeed. As part of Philly Tech Week, the city unveiled Monday steps toward making its data accessible to journalists and ...
15 years ago