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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
A recent fall from his wheel chair left psychologist Dr. Dan Gottlieb with severe injuries; a brain hemorrhage, and nerve damage in both ...
15 years ago
Burlington County union employees get word their jobs are part of budget review
More than 40 Burlington County union employees have been sent Rice notices, alerting them that their positions are part of an upcoming bu ...
15 years ago
Injured teen wrestler released from hospital
Mazzerati Mitchell has been released from the hospital. The 16-year-old had surgery last week despite his parent’s wishes after he ...
15 years ago
Chinese mummies, which had been blocked by Chinese officials are recently as a week ago, are now on display at the University of Pennsylv ...
15 years ago
Verna won’t commit to holding DROP hearings before primary
There is still no date in Philadelphia City Council for a hearing on the controversial Deferred Retirement Option Program or DROP. ...
15 years ago
Last-ditch effort to preserve adultBasic coverage
In the continued fight over Pennsylvania’s adultBasic coverage, Community Legal Services has written to Gov. Tom Corbett asking for ...
15 years ago