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Delaware economic panel considers funding for two expansion projects
Delaware’s Council on Development Finance is meeting today to consider funding the expansions of two major corporations: DuPont and ...
15 years ago
One-way fare proposed for SEPTA rails were tried, failed in Boston
Much like the system proposed by SEPTA, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority had a one-way rail fare system. For a year. It did ...
15 years ago
Squatters taking up valuable parking spaces in Chestnut Hill
Not limited to abandoned homes and waterfront decks at the Shore, squatters are popping up in Chestnut Hill’s parking lots. The nei ...
15 years ago
Do alternative career programs lessen the quality of an education?
A new report from Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Pathways to Prosperity, has sparked a debate about whether all student ...
15 years ago
Bala Cynwyd Library hosts what could be its last free concert
This year’s concert at the Bala Cynwyd Library could be the last free musical performance the library puts on. Budget cuts have slo ...
15 years ago
Seven Catholic schools in Philadelphia and Bucks County will close
The Archdiocese announced this morning it will close seven schools in Philadelphia and Bucks County at the end of this school year. ...
15 years ago
Casino regulatory cuts come up $15 million short on savings
Plans to cut nearly $15 million from the Casino Control Commission are proving to be less effective than New Jersey legislators had hoped ...
15 years ago
Everybody has some kind of beef with the media. Here’s one of mine:The Wisconsin standoff, pitting the new conservative governor ag ...
15 years ago
Obama Administration reaches out to Philly neighborhood leaders
An Obama Administration official traveled to Philadelphia to urge city officials and community leaders to get people involved in new fede ...
15 years ago
Rhyme, reason and much more behind names of Philly streets
When I think of interesting street names, I have to go back to the seed that grew into my book. My son Peter was an energetic chil ...
15 years ago
Vultures terrorize Dover neighborhood
Like a scene out of Hitchcock’s The Birds, residents in Dover’s Fox Run neighborhood say they’re being ov ...
15 years ago
Corbett reportedly takes over as Delaware River Port Authority chariman
Pa. Gov. Tom Corbett has taken over as the chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority. He replaces John Estey, a friend to former Gov. ...
15 years ago
National implications of the Wisconsin union standoff
Guests Nancy MaClean, historian of labor and public policy at Duke University; and Chris Edwards, director of tax policy studies at the C ...
15 years ago
Stories we’re chasing today at WHYY
Good morning, Feeders, and happy Monday! It’s warm, but rainy — can’t have it all. You can; however, enjoy lots of news ...
15 years ago