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Arts groups assess budget cuts
In their Center City conference room, the staff of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance was plugged in. While watching a video proj ...
15 years ago
Educators weigh Pa. budget plan
Gov. Tom Corbett’s budget plan is getting a lot of reaction, especially his proposal to slash almost $1.2 billion in fund ...
15 years ago
21 priests suspended in response to grand jury report
Cardinal Justin Rigali, the Archbishop of Philadelphia, has placed 21 Catholic priests on administrative leave. Today’s anno ...
15 years ago
Woman robbed of $1000 purse in East Mt. Airy
14th Police District in Philadelphia 43 W. Haines Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144 This district covers Chestnut Hill, Mt. ...
15 years ago
Hearing focuses on N.J. health-care funding
As they examine Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed $29 billion state budget, New Jersey lawmakers are getting some input at public hear ...
15 years ago
Twenty-one priests implicated in a recent grand jury report have been put on administrative leave, Cardinal Justin Rigali announced today ...
15 years ago
Wilmington Rotary partners with Pakistan
Members of the Wilmington Rotary Club recently returned from a trip to Pakistan as part of the group’s ongoing effort to educate an ...
15 years ago
Every year, right around St. Patrick’s Day, a giant shamrock is painted on the street at Ridge and Midvale Avenues in East Falls. H ...
15 years ago
Slayings raise issues of mental illness, violence
Several reports claim that a young man accused of killing his parents and twin brother in a Philadelphia suburb suffers from schizophreni ...
15 years ago
If you’re Irish or just a big pretzel lover, you’re in luck. Tasty Twisters on Umbria Str ...
15 years ago
Anthony Campisi over at PlanPhilly is reporting that the SEPTA’s subway-surface trolleys are about to get their own voices: ...
15 years ago
Will Pa. and N.J. governors follow Wisconsin’s lead?
The bitter labor fight in Wisconsin is like the fight over legalized abortion in that both sides think they benefit from keeping the figh ...
15 years ago
Education cuts in Corbett’s proposed budget
Reacting to Governor Corbett’s proposed budget cuts, members of Social Service groups rallied in Center City to call on the legisla ...
15 years ago
YouTube video aids police in brawl investigation
Dover police thought they had pretty much wrapped up the investigation of an argument that escalated into a brawl. But five days a ...
15 years ago
Dating site used to lure people to Bucks motel for robbery
Four people in Bucks County have been arrested for using a dating site t ...
15 years ago