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Adventure group organizes game of flashlight tag
William Penn designed the city’s squares for flashlight tag. Didn’t you know? Of c ...
15 years ago
Website error accidentally admits 61 to University of Delaware hopefuls
Over-achievers got a punch in the gut last week when they were mistakenly accepted to the University of Delaware. The extra-curricular-pa ...
15 years ago
New Jersey utility companies can resume delinquent cut-offs
Six police cars were needed at one point to control the crowd outside the PSE&G office in Trenton, the Associated Press reports. Peop ...
15 years ago
Street vendors question West Philadelphia revitalization plan
Who’s got more rights to a street: the city, the shoppers who patronize the stores or the street vendors who work there? Leg ...
15 years ago
Delaware County senator proposes expanded DNA testing
Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi has advanced a bill that would expand crime-related DNA testing in Pennsylvania. The Chester Repub ...
15 years ago
Sussex County sheriff wants police powers
The Sussex County sheriff believes his office would operate better if he had the authority to do the same things as police officers. ...
15 years ago
Mariano returns to Philadelphia City Council as witness, not lawmaker
Philadelphia City Council is holding hearings to make it easier for ex-convicts to get a job. One well-known convicted felon who testifie ...
15 years ago
Multiple past violations for bus company involved in Turnpike crash
An investigation into yesterday’s Turnpike crash involving a bus from Super Luxury Tours Inc. revealed multiple safety violations w ...
15 years ago
Scope of Central Branch Library changes to meet needs, costs
The renovation and expansion plans on display in the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Central Branch have been there for so long they ...
15 years ago
Overhaul of Delaware’s drug laws passes House
State lawmakers overwhelmingly passed legislation Tuesday that revamps Delaware’s drug charges and sentencing laws. Rep. Mel ...
15 years ago
New Jersey and Pennsylvania lawmakers consider banning ‘bath salts’
Bath salts makes your you time a little more luxurious with a fizzy, perfumey bath. “Bath salts” is a moniker for su ...
15 years ago
Haley Barbour, prospective presidential candidate, is a white southern Republican with a thick southern accent. The worst thing he could ...
15 years ago
Audit finds ill-applied overtime in Streets Department
This might be hard to swallow for some of you 9 to 5-ers. Anyone who works longer than that should just stop reading now. An audit ...
15 years ago
Japanese students cancel visit to Wesley College following earthquake and tsunami
For several years, Wesley College in Dover has hosted a visiting group of Japanese students at about this time of year. Miyagi Univ ...
15 years ago
Fight to claim whoopie pie reaches House of Representatives
Update: The Associated Press reports the House debate has been delayed until tomorrow at the earliest. Better things to ...
15 years ago