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Coffee shop aims to address poverty in North Central Philadelphia
Often seen as a sign of gentrification and neighborhood evolvement, coffee shops are taking on a new role by fighting poverty. ...
15 years ago
Suit tries to DROP Philadelphia City Council members from ballot
The two remaining Philadelphia City Council members in the controversial early retirement program DROP are facing court challenges to the ...
15 years ago
USDA researcher closer to cracking down on invasive stink bugs
Mean-looking, apple-eating stink bugs are more than just smelly. As the invasive brown marmorated stink bugs creep in from parts of Asia, ...
15 years ago
N.J. shore towns say Census numbers don’t add up
The Census said populations are down in some New Jersey shore towns. At one town said the numbers just don’t wash. Ava ...
15 years ago
Camden, Hamilton, Exton businessmen get Temple University award
Temple University’s Fox School of Businesses & Management has announced a few of the recipients for next month’s informat ...
15 years ago
Judge to consider constitutionality of pizza-throwing law
A Chester County judge ruled last month that a slice of pizza counts as weapon. After all, it’s a solid, which is pretty much all t ...
15 years ago
Presenting land use plans for PhilaU, Drexel and Penn Charter
Officials from Philadelphia University, Drexel University and the William Penn Charter School presented the future land use plans of thei ...
15 years ago
Corbett, Education Secretary consider merit-based teacher pay
Pennsylvania’s Acting Education Secretary Ronald Tomalis says teacher salaries shouldn’t be based only on seniority. Tomalis ...
15 years ago
Penn dental student returning to ABC reality dating series
If you can’t find love, go on a reality dating show. If you can’t find love on a reality dating show, go on a second one. Uni ...
15 years ago
Yarnbombers make Market-Frankford Line more colorful and cozy
That colorful, slightly cozier seat you just grabbed on the El is not the work of SEPTA. But it will make your riding experience more enj ...
15 years ago
Larkins must explain critera behind 10 New Jersey school renovations
New Jersey’s Schools Development Authority has allotted $584 million to spend on 10 schools in the state’s poorest districts. ...
15 years ago
Temple University creates blog to cover Japan disaster
While students studying at Temple University’s Japan campus remain safe after last week’s earthquake, those on Main Campus ar ...
15 years ago
Does Barack Obama have bad luck on the energy front, or what? Last spring he endorsed an expansion of offshore oil drilling – and t ...
15 years ago
Northern Liberties home gets top nod from architectural magazine
Update: Apparently, we’re a very design-forward city. ...
15 years ago
Eighth District council forum coming up in Germantown
The 8th District City Council is crowded. And it should be an interesting one, since longtime seat-holder Donna Reed Miller isn’t s ...
15 years ago