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Princeton arts center talks get revived
Late in January, Princeton University and the two Princetons ...
15 years ago
Feds investigating whether a U.S. attorney campaigned on the job
The U.S. Office of Special Counsel is investigating whether an assistant U.S. attorney campaigned for Patrick Meehan and Arlen Specter us ...
15 years ago
Will I get into Harvard? Ask Facebook
High school seniors are playing the waiting game this spring, nervously checking mailboxes and inboxes for news of college admissions. ...
15 years ago
The once and maybe-again mayoral candidate Tom Knox says he’ll have an announcement next week, and a “surprise” is in s ...
15 years ago
MLK school walkout protests turnaround plan
Friday at noon, about 75 students burst out the front door of Martin Luther King High School in West Oak Lane, chanting, “Save our scho ...
15 years ago
Power outage strikes the heart of Mt. Airy’s commercial district
(Update 7 p.m. Most businesses in the 7100 block of Germantown Ave. have their power back. Of the few that remain dark include The Se ...
15 years ago
Del. transportation secretary resigns after year under fire
Carolann Wicks, who rose through the Delaware Department of Transportation from engineer to cabinet secretary only to see her actions que ...
15 years ago
State stores set clearance sale
Beginning March 1, about 400 liquor and wine labels will go on clearance sale at state stores. The sell-off, known as delisting, i ...
15 years ago
Local Twitter users nominate anyone, everyone for mayor
Who do you think should be Philadelphia’s next mayor? And we don’t just mean Michael Nutter, Milton Street and maybe Tom Knox ...
15 years ago
Pa. lawmaker says prison cancellation is political payback
The Corbett Administration’s decision to cancel a planned $200 million state prison has Pennsylvania House Democrat Bill DeWeese ri ...
15 years ago
CHOP fires general counsel over ‘financial irregularities’
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has fired its executive vice president and general counsel. Hospital spokesman Georg ...
15 years ago
Even the most devout of families have suspicions of priests
What does it say about the Catholic church that even in the ’60s, the most devout followers had their suspicons of priests? Mostly, ...
15 years ago
Holy Family University coach suspended for assault allegation
Holy Family University has suspended its basketball coach after a player accused him of assault. Coach John O’Connor was suspended ...
15 years ago
Christie vetoes more than a dozen job-creation bills
“Veto” has been a popular word in N.J. Gov. Chris Christie’s veto. He’s vetoed 14 bills meant to spur job creatio ...
15 years ago
Philadelphia Port business up 10 percent
The company that manages and operates Philadelphia’s Packer Avenue Marine Terminal said Friday that there was a 10 percent increas ...
15 years ago